The Hermanator's Leadership Test

There is obviously a big difference between a politician and a leader. As we move toward the end of the primary season here in Georgia - with the final days of voting upon us - I can sympathize with any voter who feels frustrated trying to cut through all the nonsense and identify those rare candidates who actually are seeking office because they want to be authentic leaders.

Even AP now admits ObamaCare enrollees are losing their doctors

People who understood how markets work said it all along: There is simply no way to to take a service, mandate by law that it be made more "comprehensive," expand access to everyone, and somehow reduce the cost of it. It can't be done. It's like trying to add 7 and 2 to come up with 6. It's impossible.

Ontario Teachers: A Failure According to Wynne Government

In a great essay, Lawrence Reed points out that government’s constant efforts to reform its own policies is an implicit admission that they couldn’t get things right the first 50 attempts. This is instructive; as Ontario’s political debate now turns on pension reform. The Ontario Liberal Party leader, Kathleen Wynne, has made it a campaign priority to establish a new mandatory pension plan for Ontarians.

Government agencies being armed

Americans have a legitimate concern about gun laws that are trying to disarm citizens while, at the same time, learning that more government agencies are being armed.

The Ukraine Crisis: Preliminary Comments

What will US-Russia relations look like in the next few years? Where is Russia under President Putin headed? Is a military conflict over the Ukraine crisis a possibility? Are we facing a clash of blocs? Are we on the verge of a new era in international relations, or are we going back to Cold War patterns? What are the interrelations between national interests and global norms? These are just some of the questions asked by those following the Ukraine crisis that are addressed in this article.

States Begin to Face Overwhelming ObamaCare Reality

The Medicaid news is not good.

Scientists In Cover-Up Of ‘Damaging’ Climate Research

Research which heaped doubt on the rate of global warming was deliberately suppressed by scientists because it was “less than helpful” to their cause, it was claimed last night. In an echo of the infamous “Climategate” scandal at the University of East Anglia, one of the world’s top academic journals rejected the work of five experts after a reviewer privately denounced it as “harmful”. Lennart Bengtsson, a research fellow at the University of Reading and one of the authors of the study, said he suspected that intolerance of dissenting views on climate science was preventing his paper from being published. --Ben Webster, The Times, 16 May 2014

60th Anniversary of Brown Vs. Board of Education

We can expect the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the May17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, to be conducted in the usual reverential manner.

State Dept. official: OK, fine, we should have designated Boko Haram terrorists a long time ago

A person who wants to be president of the United States needs to be judged closely on the decisions he or she has made to date. So Hillary Clinton's decision not to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organization when she was being urged to do so not only should, but must, be put under the microscope if she is claiming she is qualified to be president.

White House spin on IRS scandal collapsing quickly

Harry Reid's Obsession with the Koch Brothers

From Latma to Yisrael Hayom

Last Sunday, the government passed what was billed as a major reform in Israeli broadcasting. The cabinet voted 18-2 to eliminate the fee the public is forced to pay to finance public broadcasting, shut down the public broadcasting authority and open a new public broadcasting authority that will be unfettered by the wreckage of the old one.

Top Five Questions for AWEA’s Tom Kiernan

As members of Congress weigh the costs and benefits of extending the wind production tax credit (PTC) one more time, it is appropriate to ask the hard questions about subsidies for wind power producers in the United States. Who better to ask than the most visible person asking for an extension of the PTC on behalf of the U.S. wind industry? The questions below are directed to the CEO of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Tom Kiernan.

WHY?

Night falls but day breaks. A door can be ajar but a jar can't be a door. A near hit is called a near miss.

The Big Immigration Problem No One's Talking About

Bowing to pressure from amnesty advocate groups, President Obama and his administration continue to waver on enforcing the law when it comes to immigration policies. The president has been decried as the “deporter-in-chief” by those who usually support him, like Janet Murguía, president of the National Council of La Raza. And this pressure has led to some terrible policy decisions.

The War on Mercury

President Obama’s “war on coal” claims to be a “war on mercury.” While the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed “Mercury and Air Toxics Standards” (MATS) rule is supposed to reduce exposure to “mercury” emissions, this is just a pretext; the real intent is to control “carbon” emissions, or carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, to be more precise.

17-year-old Second Amendment champion takes down incumbent in West Virginia legislative primary

She's too young to vote, but it does not appear that will keep conservative Saira Blair from being elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates. She showed something on Tuesday night by taking down the Republican incumbent in the primary, and now she takes her pro-life, pro-gun message up against the Democratic nominee in a very red district.

Who got to Geithner? Ex-Treasury Sec backpedals on claim White House told him to 'bend the truth'

I wonder what the Obama White House says to you when you start going off the reservation by publicly telling the truth about how they operate, and what type of leverage they can exercise over you when you're no longer in their employ.

The Sky is Falling at the White House

The fabled Chicken Little knew the sky would fall some day, just not in a country where the news would be greeted with the words: “Mon Dieu!”

Utah Congressman Set to Propose Funds Cut for Paramilitary Units at BLM, IRS and Other Fed Regulatory Units

I, and I'm certain many of my readers will agree when I say, "Kudos" to Cheryl K. Chumley and her employer, the Washington Times, for covering the story concerning the Utah Congressman, Chris Stewart, who, accordingly, "is mulling a measure to cut funding for any 'paramilitary units' that work for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and other federal regulatory agencies."