The Controversial Faith of Barack Obama

President Obama’s recent statement on gay marriage has again thrust his religious views onto the front pages. In defending his position, Obama stressed that he and his wife were “practicing Christians” and that his stance was supported by Christ’s teaching… Read More

Obama Fundraising Declines

President Obama’s campaign raised $43.6 million in April, a decline from the $53 million it collecting during March, the campaign announced this morning.
The campaign offered no explanation for the drop in fundraising – actually, it didn’t mention the drop.… Read More

For Marriage: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble

Oh, the irony of it all.  For the past two years, the Republican establishment has been insisting that the only effective way to beat President Obama in 2012 is to set contentious social issues aside and focus like a laser… Read More

Obama’s Energy Delusion

As spring bloomed, the president addressed the nation on energy. The president told us, “Without our planning for the future, it will get worse … The oil and natural gas that we rely on for 75 percent of our energy… Read More

It Begins: Obama v. Romney, Week 1

Something wonderful unfolded in American politics the last few days.
Almost immediately after Rick Santorum dropped out of the Republican presidential hunt, David Axelrod and the Obama reelection team unleashed the class-warfare cannons. They expected to enjoy the first salvo… Read More

Yes, Congresswoman Pelosi, We’re Serious: On the Constitutionality of Obamacare

America anxiously awaits the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare. At the core of the decision is a simple question: Is the “individual mandate” in Obamacare constitutional? And thus, is Obamacare constitutional?
Several times during the debate and deliberation, my mind… Read More

Obama Visits An Oil Field!

With gasoline prices marching north, President Obama next week will take a break from worshipping the sun and putting his finger to the wind when he actually highlights energy projects that provide lots of energy.
The White House is desperate… Read More

Tax Avalanche!

President Obama’s proposed budget is unique in at least one respect: it calls for the largest tax increases in U.S. history. At least ten separate tax increases are included in the document, estimated by the Treasury Department to raise $1.7… Read More

Race and Class and Politics

I could write an extemporaneous dissertation on the political race and the human race, class acts and class warfare, and the politicization of everything including morals and the natural law and constitutional liberties never before threatened by government. But I… Read More

What Will the Presidential Election Be All About?

My colleague, Paul Kengor, wrote a brilliant article this week saying that Team Obama will try to cast the presidential election either in terms of class warfare—if Romney is the Republican nominee—or a battle over social issues, if Santorum gets… Read More

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