This week Amtrak renamed its Wilmington, Delaware train station after Vice President Joe Biden. The newly renovated station received $20 million in stimulus funds and was one of the first projects to receive taxpayer money, at Biden’s urging. As you may recall, after the stimulus passed in 2009, President Obama laughably dubbed Biden “Sheriff Joe” […]
Today Anthony Sanders discussed judicial activism and Citizens United v. FEC on National Review’s blog “Bench Memos”: Is it “judicial activism” to forbid the government from censoring a movie? This is not a trick question. Critics of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC have been calling it one of the worst examples […]
With the Obama Administration and Congress still haggling over how to fund the federal government in 2011, the national debt jumped $72 billion in just one day this week. The cuts that are being debated in Washington do not go far enough. Tough decisions have to be made by both the Obama Administration and Congress […]
The Cable Post ran this op-ed by CU President David Bossie on the anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War: This week marks the eighth anniversary of the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In liberating the Iraqi people from a cruel and sadistic regime that had the means and desire to commit mass genocide, […]
On January 8th, Time Magazine ran an article with the headline “Violent Rhetoric and Arizona Politics” in the wake of the tragic shootings in Arizona. The article tried to tie heated rhetoric and the immigration debate in Arizona to the Giffords shootings. In reality the shootings were committed by a homicidal maniac who has mental […]
President Obama talked about the need to rewrite the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law today in Virginia, but the Obama Administration must first unshackle itself from the failed status quo that the teachers unions represent in order to achieve real education reform. Two years ago the Obama Administration, and the then-Democrat led Congress, caved […]
Sean Parnell of the Center for Competitive Politics writes up a good defense of Citizens United v. FEC: Ultimately Citizens United answered a basic question of First Amendment rights — can the government pick and chose which types of speakers are allowed to offer their views to voters? Wisely, the Supreme Court said no, and […]
To get America’s fiscal house in order, Congress must be sure to fully defund Obamacare, says CU President David Bossie on Big Government: America’s unsustainable $14 trillion debt will cripple our nation if we do not stop the spending. The Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats appear to be unable to garner the strength to curb […]
Today’s Washington Post’s headline “Rep. Peter King’s Muslim hearing: Plenty of drama, less substance” completely misses the mark on Congressman King’s inquiry into Islamic radicalization in America. Holding a hearing of any kind on this subject is substantive and a first step that Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid are unwilling to take, especially […]
CU President David Bossie defends Rep. Peter King’s hearings into Islamic radicalism in America: The threat of homegrown terror is real, as the terrorist attack at Fort Hood, Texas vividly illustrated. Today the House Committee on Homeland Security, under the chairmanship of Congressman Peter King (R-NY), held a critically important hearing on “The Extent of […]
The New York Times and other liberal media outlets are commencing an all out assault against House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King (R-NY) for his hearing today on the threat of radical Islam in America. Congressman King is taking a bold stand to shed light on how homegrown terror has become the top security threat […]
The threat of homegrown terror is real, as the terrorist attack at Fort Hood, Texas vividly illustrated. On March 10, the House Committee on Homeland Security, under the Chairmanship of Congressman Peter King (R-NY), will hold a critically important hearing on “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response.” Predictably, […]