Public opinion polls show that all the Republican presidential hopefuls are clustered in single- or teen-digit approval ratings. It should be no mystery why no one is breaking out of the pack: no one has answered the number-one political … [Read more...] about Who Will Answer the Jobs Question?
Obama and Mexican Trucks
Barack Obama's deal with the president of Mexico to allow Mexican trucks to carry their loads onto U.S. highways and roads is new evidence of his high-handed solo behavior that has become Standard Operating Procedure in the Administration. Here … [Read more...] about Obama and Mexican Trucks
Free Trade with Protectionists Cheats U.S. — March 2011
Free Trade with Protectionists Cheats U.S. It looks like the Russians fooled us again in nuclear treaty negotiations. After President Obama bamboozled the Senate into a hurry-up ratification of his New START Treaty, Russia impudently rejected the … [Read more...] about Free Trade with Protectionists Cheats U.S. — March 2011
Free Trade with Protectionist China Cheats America
It looks like the Russians fooled us again in nuclear treaty negotiations. After President Obama bamboozled the Senate into a hurry-up ratification of his New START Treaty, Russia impudently rejected the McCain "understanding" that we … [Read more...] about Free Trade with Protectionist China Cheats America
Obama’s Plan to Admit Mexican Trucks
It is amazing that, with unemployment unacceptably high, the Obama Administration has endorsed a plan that will cost U.S. jobs and make highway driving for Americans more dangerous and less pleasant. Obama wants to admit Mexican trucks to drive on … [Read more...] about Obama’s Plan to Admit Mexican Trucks
Detaching the Anchor from Anchor Babies
It's long overdue for Congress to stop the racket of bringing pregnant women into this country to give birth, receive free medical care, and then call their babies U.S. citizens entitled to all American rights and privileges plus generous … [Read more...] about Detaching the Anchor from Anchor Babies
New Year’s Resolutions for State Legislators — January 2011
New Year's Resolutions for State Legislators The biggest news of 2010 was the gain of 690 state legislative seats by Republicans and their capture of both State Houses in 26 states. Here are some New Year's Resolutions for laws they should consider … [Read more...] about New Year’s Resolutions for State Legislators — January 2011
Reevaluating Free Trade with China
The voters who elected the new Congress expect it to cast off unconstitutional and discredited policies such as Keynesian big-spending and judicial grabbing of legislative prerogatives. We also hope Congress will shake itself loose from the … [Read more...] about Reevaluating Free Trade with China
Republicans Pledge to Change Our Direction
Already tasting victory in November, Republicans in Congress issued "A Pledge to America" setting forth their goals. The principal thrust is to reassure Americans that Republicans will, indeed, offer "a clear and clearly different … [Read more...] about Republicans Pledge to Change Our Direction
Time to START Standing Up for America
Among the dangers lurking in Congress's fall session and Lame Duck Session will be Obama's demand that the Senate rush to ratify the treaty called New START, which he signed with the Russians in Prague last April. This treaty is not only a … [Read more...] about Time to START Standing Up for America
