In Casablanca, Would Obama be Freedom-Fighter Rick, or the Depraved Nazi Leader

The film Casablanca is a 1940s period piece detailing a love triangle set during the darkest days of WWII, in the exotic locale of Northern Africa's Morocco. It somehow transcended its very ordinary set and props to become regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time. But why has the film made such an enduring impact?

The United Nations Chronicles Libya’s State of Anarchy

The United Nations Security Council heard today a report chronicling the virtual state of anarchy that exists presently in Libya. President Obama's "lead from behind" intervention in Libya to topple the Gaddafi regime has left behind a far more dangerous situation.

Article V Convention; Be Careful What You Wish For

There is an old adage "be careful what you wish for, you might get it." This is illustrative of human intellectual limitations, of our inability to see the consequences of our actions. Often what we wish turns out to be more curse than blessing and we are sorry for having ever sought it out. This is especially true in politics, and rarely do our best-laid plans work out as we envision.

Straw Votes and Real Votes

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is over after three days of speakers and seminars. It drew a huge crowd of mostly younger voters, many drawn from the Young Republicans for Freedom who, in 1973, teamed with the American Conservative Union for the first conference. Over the years roughly half of those attending have been of college age.

Shale, the Last Oil and Gas Train: Interview with Arthur Berman

How much faith can we put in our ability to decipher all the numbers out there telling us the US is closing in on its cornering of the global oil market? There’s another side to the story of the relentless US shale boom, one that says that some of the numbers are misunderstood, while others are simply preposterous. The truth of the matter is that the industry has to make such a big deal out of shale because it’s all that’s left. There are some good things happening behind the fairy tale numbers, though—it’s just a matter of deciphering them from a sober perspective.

Amnesty for All, Jobs for None

Like a married man preparing to cheat on his wife, the Republican Party is circling around amnesty while pretending not to, making excuses, professing love for its base and then when it thinks no one is looking, it makes a run for the open border.

John McCain employs the left's favorite tactic, then demands Ted Cruz apologize to Bob Dole

Back in 2008, John McCain ran what is unquestionably the weakest Republican Presidential campaign in modern American history. He was unfocused, indecisive, deathly afraid of criticizing his opponent, and unable to articulate any clear, concise policy opinions. In a word, it was disastrous. Since then he's spent most of his time trying to get in front of the cameras by voting against his own party, supporting opposition initiatives, and harassing any Republican Senator who actually dares to stand on principle.

UAW to NLRB: Give us a do-over in Chattanooga

When Volkswagen employees at the company's Chattanooga plant had the opportunity to vote in favor of joining the United Auto Workers, they declined. And it wasn't particularly close, as employees rejected the UAW by a margin of 712-626.

Time to Stop the Defense Budget Debate?

The purpose of the committee headed by Harel Locker, formed by the Prime Minister to examine the defense budget, is to establish a multi-year framework for the defense budget in order to preempt the regular annual conflict between the Ministry of Finance and the defense establishment over the budget. Accordingly, then, the goal of the committee is twofold: one, to define a long term budget framework, thereby facilitating more efficient planning of defense needs; and two, to resolve “once and for all,” or at least for a few years, the dispute between the two ministries. In fact, however, the professional argument between the ministries should not be dissolved. The committee should devise an orderly process that allows sound political decisions to be taken. The discussion should be structured so that the professional dilemmas are presented to the decision makers, while emphasizing the need to decide on priorities for the various goals, the right way of financing needs in the long term, and priorities for managing various risks.

Wealthy environmentalists push Democrats to lean-in to green energy

Democrats have decided to lean-in, not back-away, from so-called clean energy. Despite the embarrassing history of government-funded green-energy failures, "wealthy environmentalists are pushing Democrats to take bolder positions on climate change"-and global warming, as an issue, provides the impetus for more green-energy spending.

Open the doors of Congress to a little fresh air and sunshine

Just because Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, says it is so, doesn't make it so.

CPAC’s Blind Spot

What would you call an issue portfolio that is vital to the future of our country, central to conservatism’s past electoral success and compelling to significant parts of the demographics likely to determine the Right’s future competitiveness? If you were the American Conservative Union, sponsor of the recently concluded Conservative Political Action Conference, you would evidently call it taboo.

Who's Watching You Online?

In recent years, the world has watched as Twitter and Facebook made political uprisings possible. In countries where dissidents previously had trouble making their voices heard and connecting with one another, these tools changed history.

Vladimir Putin’s Green Allies

Few environmentalists would regard themselves as allies of Vladimir Putin. Indeed, in their stout opposition to petroleum, which the Russian president is using both as a piggy bank and a weapon for expanding his power, it might appear that they are opponents. Such a view is superficial. In many ways, both Mr. Putin’s Russia and the modern green movement are offshoots of the collapse of the Soviet empire. They remain united against the old Soviet enemy: free markets and free minds. --Peter Foster, Financial Post, 8 March 2014

GOP: Boycott the Mainstream Media

In 1981, S. Robert Lichter, then with George Washington University, and Stanley Rothman of Smith College, released a survey revealing that the political leanings of 240 highly influential journalists from New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS were unabashedly liberal.

Equal Rights vs. Special Privileges

One of the major evils of the welfare state in libertarian eyes is that it destroys the concept of objective law (i.e., equal rights under the law) throughout society. This is because the welfare state is based upon the violation of individual rights in order to convey privileges to special interest groups. All primary policies of state welfarism entail such a violation and conveyance. This is why justice can never be achieved under a welfare state philosophy, liberal or conservative.

Indoctrination - our biggest nemesis

As we have seen for the last six to seven years, the liberal media have wholly bought in to being propagandists for the Obama administration.

Mitch McConnell to Tea Party candidates: We're going to crush you everywhere

Didn't Mitch McConnell just appear at CPAC and tell the faithful that they wouldn't be disappointed if they gave the GOP a Senate majority? I don't know about you but I took that as an attempt, however insincere, to tell conservatives, No, we're really your allies!

ObamaCare: One big mistake defines a presidency

It’s frustrating sometimes to think about how America could have spent the past five years, and what we could have focused on. Whether we had a Democrat or Republican president, we could have spent that time debating the tax code, energy policy, the regulatory structure, the nation’s role on the international stage, the nation’s fiscal struggles, the problems of inner cities . . . you could go on all day.

Engineering the Emissions Target Depression

The Climate Change Authority wants Australians to cut their production of carbon dioxide to 19% below 2000 levels by the year 2020.