President Barack Obama’s nose grows longer every time he talks about Obamacare, especially when speaking to seniors. Obama told a group of seniors in suburban Maryland last week that “what you need to know is that the guaranteed Medicare benefits that you’ve earned will not change, regardless of whether you receive them through Medicare or Medicare Advantage.” Read More

There are myriad reasons to oppose federal earmarks and pork barrel spending. They’re wasteful and inefficient, they promote corruption and kickbacks, and, as was vividly demonstrated with the “Louisiana Purchase” and the “Cornhusker Kickback” during the Senate Obamacare debate, pork barrel spending can be used to persuade congressmen to support outrageously expensive legislation they would normally oppose. Read More

It’s not at all unusual for people in politics to become talking heads on television news and opinion shows (or, occasionally, vice versa). Read More

Big Labor’s bosses sort of got lost in recent months amid the hubbub about Obamacare and, more recently, reforming Wall Street, but they’re still out there, actively lobbying their Democrat friends in Congress and the White House, and pushing their agenda. Read More