In what is being described as “one of the biggest abdications of power we have seen on the part of our government in modern time,” the United States Senate is now three years into their failure to do their most basic legal responsibility: …

I’m sure I’m not the only person who periodically finds himself wondering if it’s all just a dream or if he’s found himself starring in one of the more bizarre episodes of ‘The Twilight Zone.”

For instance, Bret Baier reported that Joe Biden recently had the …

In the previous post, we discussed the fact that Romney is just getting started (following a difficult primary) and Obama is weaker than a lot of his supporters are willing to acknowledge.

Recent work from Resurgent Republic reinforces that notion, indicating that Obama’s current level of …

There are dangers in overconfidence. There are dangers in underestimating one’s opponents and overestimating oneself or one’s allies. That is a mistake I do not wish to make. Until recently, it was a mistake the Democrats appeared to be making. They were speaking as though …

By Dick McDonald

Today’s Lead Editorial from the New York Times:

A Clear Warning From the Jobs Numbers

After the unmistakably weak employment report for April, it’s obvious that the economy will not heal itself without more government help.

The Democrats promote and the media parrot the insane …

When surveying support for and opposition to government’s recent big-spending adventures, one finds a great variance in support for TARP vs. other efforts like the American Recovery and Relief Act (a.k.a. the $800 billion stimulus) and Obamacare. Simply put, you get a lot more people …

In the previous post, we discussed the notion that polls are overstating Obama’s strength, and that he and the Democrats are in a weaker position than many believe they are. And in Friday’s Washington Post, Krissah Thompson provides even more evidence for this …

A few election news items from around the state . . .

According to a recent robo-poll, David Schweikert has increased his lead over Ben Quayle:

An autodial poll of the CD6 primary shows Schweikert increasing his lead over Quayle. A poll conducted last night …

More than two centuries of First Amendment rights turned on their head. Is this real? According to reports on a mainstream media source (despite the left’s claims to the contrary, FOX News is mainstream), it is real:

No more protesting when the Secret Service is present? …

(Editor’s note: This information provides a good followup to Hannah Thoreson’s earlier post.)

In 2007, the Democratic majority in Congress enacted legislation to double interest rates on new federal student loans from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent in 2012.  At a time when