Neil W. McCabe

Paul sounds clarion for clarification on Syria adventurism

The Republican senator, who has become the foreign policy alternative voice to Sen. John S. McCain III (R-Ariz.) met with reporters Sept. 3 to flesh out his view on President Barack Obama’s Syrian machinations.

Obama’s mad dash from Iraq left US without leverage in Syria

To update Tallyrand, our 2011 shag-out-of-town from Iraq was worse than a crime, it was a mistake—a mistake we will continue to pay for in Syria and the rest of the Middle East.

In the Democrat-held Senate McCain is the ‘model prisoner’

It is now clear that Sen. John S. McCain III (R.-Ariz.) has completed his transition from being the Senate’s “maverick” to becoming the upper body’s model prisoner.

For ‘Action August’ Little Obamanists harangue ‘Climate Deniers’

Forget the lazy days of summer. The cadre serving under the banner of Organizing for America have declared this month “Action August,” and the marching orders were issued for the Little Obamanists to stage rallies and blizzard their neighborhoods with flyers and postcards about Global Warming.

This recess GOP plays dodge ball

Back three years, the harbinger that the Tea Party would revive the moribund Republican Party was the sight of Democratic incumbents overwhelmed and helpless in chaotic town meetings held during the August recess.

Media tones down annual Watergate rejoicing as Obama personifies charges against Nixon

It seems like a break in tradition that the mainstream media will not be whooping it up to celebrate the anniversary of the final days of Watergate and the House Judiciary Committee’s approved and sent to the whole House three articles of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon.

Buckeye mutiny seeks to return Boehner to private life

Conservatives on Capitol Hill are not the only ones frustrated with Speaker John A. Boehner. Now a group of conservatives in Ohio-8, his congressional district are working to defeat him in the 2014 GOP primary.

GOP Cordray cave (yet) another betrayal of conservatives, conservatism

Senate Republicans rejected pleas from conservatives to stand on principles against the “nuclear option” threatened by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), when they helped July 16 confirm Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

NAGR targets Toomey in Keystone State ad assault

The most aggressive of the national gun rights organizations launched an ad campaign against the Pennsylvania Republican senator, who worked with President Barack Obama to restrict gun rights.

Nuisance laws make criminals of us all

Just as it is getting harder and harder to keep criminals in jail, a new booklet “USA vs. YOU: The flood of criminal laws threatening your liberty” by the Washington-based Heritage Foundation demonstrates it is becoming more difficult for regular Americans to stay out of jail.

GOP support for amnesty alienates conservatives

There were two heavy lifts ahead of the Republican Capitol Hill leadership, the farm bill and amnesty for illegal immigrants, before they could skip town for the July 4 recess.

Taxpayer interests cropped out of the farm bill

Folks on Capitol Hill want to go home for the July 4 recess with a sense of accomplishment and one of the heavy lifts in front of them is the farm bill.

In ‘fixing’ immigration, the fix is in

Congress has begun working through the final passage of a comprehensive immigration bill and regardless of what you have heard, the fix is in. There will be a bill and if you took the time to read it, not only would you hate it, you might be the only one to complete the assignment.

Short-term Holder suffers from Deval-ing dynamic

It is the resignation that cost Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., his job. Despite having one of the easiest jobs in America, Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray called it quits May 22—meaning Gov. Deval L. Patrick will not be succeeded by an accident-prone dolt, rather party regular William F. Galvin, the secretary of state, will serve as acting governor until the end of Patrick’s term in January 2015.