Arnold Ahlert

Leftist Hate Crime Hysteria

Two Democratic Congressman and Attorney General Eric Holder are spearheading equally disturbing efforts to monitor and control the behavior of Americans--even if the Constitution and the truth get trashed in the process.

The Establishment Republican-Leftist Alliance

During the first weekend in April, Republican leaders in the House and Senate held a retreat with the Republican Main Street Partnership on Florida's Amelia Island. No ordinary conservative political powwow, the meeting brought together establishment Republicans and leftist-supported advocacy groups, whose shared interests include neutralizing the conservative grassroots movement and passing legislative items on the Left's agenda.

Michigan and the Backlash Against Race Preferences

In a 6-2 ruling reached yesterday, the United States Supreme Court upheld Michigan's ban on the use of race as a factor for determining college admissions.

Obama's Keystone Cop-Out

In a transparent political sop aimed at radical environmentalists and their big-buck donors, the Obama administration announced it is indefinitely extending the review period for the Keystone XL pipeline. The delay, announced in a Good Friday news dump, will likely push the final decision on the project past the November mid-term elections.

Hiding ObamaCare Data with the Census Bureau

In 2009, within the first few weeks of taking office President Obama, moved control of the Census Bureau from the office of the Commerce Secretary to the White House ahead of the 2010 Census.

The IRS Scandal Blows Wide Open

A bombshell revelation has brought the IRS scandal to a new level. Judicial Watch has released internal IRS communications revealing that former Tax Exempt Organizations director Lois Lerner was in contact with the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding whether it was possible to criminally prosecute tax-exempt groups she believed had "lied" about their political activity.

The Crisis in Ukraine Intensifies

Yesterday the crisis in Ukraine significantly intensified. Hours after Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov announced an "anti-terrorist operation" against the numerous pro-Russian uprisings that have taken place in at least nine cities, government forces engaged about 30 armed militants at Kramatorsk airport, just south of the city of Slovyansk, approximately 100 miles from the Russian border.

The EPA's Science Problem

In a stunning admission, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy revealed to House Science, Space and Technology Committee chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) that the agency neither possesses, nor can produce, all of the scientific data used to justify the rules and regulations they have imposed on Americans via the Clean Air Act. In short, science has been trumped by the radical environmentalist agenda.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Brandeis’ Double Standards

In a pusillanimous capitulation to the jackboot enforcers of political correctness, Brandeis University President Fred Lawrence announced Tuesday that an honorary degree to be awarded to woman's rights champion Ayaan Hirsi Ali at this year's commencement has been rescinded.

'Gender Gap' Fraud Backfires on Obama

Yesterday, a president apparently oblivious to his own hypocrisy teamed up with a Democratic Party eager to push the lie of the "gender gap" and agitate against sexist America.

Issa Report Slams Dem Collaboration with the IRS

A bombshell report released by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) completely refutes Democratic Party talking points that the IRS scandal involved unwarranted targeting of both liberal and conservative groups.

The Tech Industry's Immigration Lies

One of the primary narratives associated with comprehensive immigration reform has nothing to do with the millions of low-skill workers that would be granted an opportunity to compete against Americans for jobs. As a letter sent to the president and Congressional leaders signed by more than 100 chief executives of major tech companies and trade associations indicates, there is a shortage of highly-skilled American labor that drives reform as well. Yet as the Atlantic's Michael S. Teitelbaum reveals, that narrative is a lie.

Obama's Wage Gap Myth

During his State of the Union address, President Obama restated a long-discredited factoid. "Today women make up about half our workforce," he declared. "But they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it's an embarrassment."

The False Iraq-Crimea Analogy

Of all the strained analyses offered by the Left on the Crimea crisis, none is quite so ludicrous as the comparison of Putin's invasion of the former Soviet territory to the 2003 Iraq War. As the Atlantic's Peter Beinart put it, Putin is just like "the American hawks who hate him most."

ObamaCare's Indefinitely Extended Deadline

The Obama administration's contempt for the rule of law has hit a new low. On Tuesday night, federal officials revealed that Americans who claim they have been unable to enroll in healthcare plans on the federal exchange will be granted an extension past the March 31 deadline.

Obama's Nuked New York Worry

President Obama remains as sensitive to criticism as he remains immune to reality. Speaking at a news conference in the Hague, Obama addressed criticism directed at him by Mitt Romney, who insisted during the 2012 presidential campaign that Russia is America's foremost foreign policy concern. "With respect to Mr. Romney's assertion that Russia is our number one geopolitical foe, the truth of the matter is that America has a whole lot of challenges," said the president. So what is one of the president's primary concerns? "I continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan," said Obama. That's a breathtaking assertion, one completely at odds with Obama's reckless foreign policy.

ObamaCare and Drug Poverty

Hard as it is to believe, there is yet another price spike coming courtesy of ObamaCare. Avalere Health, a market and healthcare research firm, estimates that some consumers will pay as much as half the cost of so-called "specialty drugs" under health overhaul-related plans.

Desperate Times for ObamaCare

The air of desperation surrounding ObamaCare gets thicker and thicker with each passing day. And no matter how dishonest President Obama, his administration officials, Democrats and their media allies, are in their attempt to fool the public, painful truths about this disaster can no longer be obscured.

Internet Control in an Anti-Free Speech World

Last Friday, U.S. officials announced plans to relinquish control of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages Internet infrastructure to the so-called "global community."

De Blasio's War on Minority Education

One of the biggest challenges to the miserable status quo of public school education is taking place in New York City. On one side are leftists like Mayor Bill De Blasio, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, and NAACP President Hazel Dukes.