When he was the minority leader of the Senate–a position he’s likely to return to in November–Mitch McConnell attempted to explain his inability to get anything done with these words: “Today, Democrats not only have the White House, they have…
On September 21, 2010, the Secretary of State announced the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (Alliance) at the Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (GCI)—with the Clinton Foundation being one of the “Strategic Partnerships and Alliances.” By November 2014,…
“It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.” Do you know who said those words? If you’re thinking it was some radical right-wing Republican, you would be wrong. These are the words of George Meany, the former president of…
The religion of peace has stuck again. Last week it was Brussels, but it is too late to guard our gates, as brave Horatius lamented: Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: “To every man upon this…
By now, most people probably know about one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest campaign gaffes to date: “we’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” As soon as I heard it, I tweeted: “Imagine…
In the words of John McCain, “Allahu Akbar It’s Friday!” And of course that means it’s time for some conservative comedy. As I do every Friday, I bring you some of the best conservative political and religious comedy, jokes, and…
The argument over trade and whether governments should allow it to be “free” goes back to the latter 18th, early 19th century economists, Adam Smith, David Ricardo and James Mill. They could be said to be the fathers of the…