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Playing Soldier in the Suburbs
While many libertarians want to take criminal-justice reform too far, there’s no reason why the Department of Homeland Security should be outfitting local police forces like military combat units.
New York Times, August 16, 2014 -
Memo: Scoring of 2017 Project’s Alternative
Scoring by the nonpartisan Center for Health and Economy finds that, compared to Obamacare, the 2017 Project’s “Winning Alternative to Obamacare” would save $1.13 trillion in federal spending, reduce premiums, increase access to doctors, and lead to 6 million more people having private health insurance.
September 8, 2014 -
A Conversation Between Bill Kristol and Yuval Levin
Bill Kristol talks with Yuval Levin about reform-minded conservatism, working in the White House, Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine, and the nature of a genuine education.
The Foundation for Constitutional Government, August 2014 -
Comparing Alcohol and Marijuana: Seriously
The New York Times and other advocates of marijuana legalization are peddling fictional claims about addiction while ignoring the clear warnings of current science, which shows that pot-smoking actually changes the brains of users—especially young users—in a way that alcohol does not.
Hudson Institute, July 27, 2014 -
Ted Cruz: Boehner’s Immigration Plan Will Not Solve Border Crisis
Bills introduced by Sen. Cruz and Rep. Blackburn would help stop President Obama’s extraordinary efforts to nullify federal immigration laws—by banning his administration from printing work permits for people who aren’t legally authorized to be in the United States.
Breitbart, July 29, 2014 -
Emails Show Cozy Government-Insurer Alliance, Expectation of Bailout
While President Obama vilifies his insurance allies in public, he secures taxpayer-funded bailouts for them in private.
The Weekly Standard, July 29, 2014 -
Legalization by Edict
If President Obama unilaterally and lawlessly grants amnesty and work permits for 5-6 million illegal immigrants, it “could well be the most extreme act of executive overreach ever attempted by an American president in peacetime.”
National Review Online, July 29, 2014 -
The Obamacare-IRS Nexus
The IRS was originally planning to follow the plain text of the law on Obamacare—until President Obama’s political appointees intervened.
Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2014 -
It’s Time for Conservatives to Stop Defending Police
The abuse of executive power isn’t limited to the Obama administration.
National Review, July 21, 2014 -
Big Business: Lapdog of the Left
As the battle over the Ex-Im Bank shows, conservative populism wants to limit government and keep it from favoring big business, while liberal populism wants to expand government and let it both command and feed big business.
Real Clear Politics, July 23, 2014 -
The Obamacare Subsidy Court Battle
Adam White, Jeff Anderson, and host Michael Graham discuss the legal and political ramifications of the D.C. Circuit Court’s ruling that Obamacare’s text doesn’t permit subsidies to flow through the federally established exchanges.
The Weekly Standard, July 22, 2014 -
Obama Aides Were Warned of Brewing Border Crisis
President Obama not only caused the current border crisis—since the year before his announced unwillingness to deport minors as required by law, the rate of minors illegally emigrating from Central America has risen about 20-fold (from about 300 to 6,000 per month)—but he also ignored warnings it was coming.
The Washington Post, July 19, 2014 -
Mommy Police with Real Handcuffs
Horribly safety-obsessed parenting notions are now being mandated by law in some communities, turning what should be vibrant and adventurous American children into dependent, coddled wimps.
Bloomberg, July 16, 2014 -
The White House Is Bribing Health Insurance Companies
Hiding its intentions under mountains of regulatory paperwork, the Obama administration is trying to bribe insurers to keep premiums from going even higher in 2015.
Forbes, July 14, 2014 -
Disorder at the Border
The crisis—or invasion—taking place on our border is a direct result of President Obama’s lawless decree that he won’t deport young illegals and his wider refusal to provide interior enforcement of immigration laws.
The Weekly Standard, July 21, 2014