COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
What? Another Department of Jobs?
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published August 16, 2011 on The Huffington Post.Floundering. Flopping around like a fish on deck. That's the best description of the Obama administration this summer. The president's now on a bus tour of the Heartland. Next, he's slated to go to [...]
"Super Committee" Should Cut Spending, Not Raise Taxes
As a member of the Conservative Action Project, ACRU CEO Susan Carleson and leaders of 37 other organizations representing a broad cross section of the conservative movement have a united message on the "Super Committee."MEMO FOR THE MOVEMENT: "Super Committee" should focus on Reducing Spending & Stimulating Economic Growth--not increasing [...]
Bat's the Way It Is for Unarmed Britons
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published August 13, 2011 on the American Thinker blog.In the midst of riots, arson and looting, British citizens armed themselves with ... aluminum bats.A Louisville Slugger is no match for a mob, but when your Socialist government makes it virtually [...]
Wasteful Politicians, And The Fed's Coming Recession
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published August 11, 2011 on Forbes.com.The Tea Party-dominated Republican House majority already acted in the spring to solve America's sovereign debt crisis by passing the budget proposed by House Budget [...]
Ignorance, Stupidity or Connivance?
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published August 10, 2011 on Townhall.com.President Barack Obama has called for a luxury tax on corporate jets as a means to generate revenue to fight federal deficits. The president's economic advisers ought to be [...]
Obama Downgraded, Tea Party Vindicated
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published August 10, 2011 on The American Spectator website.President Obama achieved the historic downgrading of America's credit rating the old-fashioned way. He earned it.He came into office with federal spending [...]
Aborting the Monroe Doctrine?
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published August 7, 2011 on The Huffington Post.For almost two hundred years, the Monroe Doctrine has been a cornerstone of American foreign policy. First proclaimed in December 1823, the message from President James Monroe to the imperialist ruling houses of Europe [...]
A Budget Cutting Deal That Boosts Federal Spending
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published August 4, 2011 on Forbes.com.How is it possible that we can "cut" federal spending by $2 trillion over the next 10 years, and yet federal spending will still increase [...]
Cruel Laws
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published August 3, 2011 on Townhall.com.What does it take to be able to own and operate a taxi and earn $30,000, $40,000 or more a year? You need to purchase a used car and [...]
The Disgrace of Obamanomics
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for The Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published August 3, 2011 on The American Spectator website.Last Friday's report on economic growth for the second quarter of 2011 completes the burial of Obamanomics. The economy grew a paltry [...]
Supreme Court Should Not Take This Obamacare Case
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 30, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.News outlets are announcing that Obamacare has reached the Supreme Court. But while the high court must soon consider whether President Obama's signature legislation is constitutional, this case is not the one [...]
Atheists Cross Over 'Cross'
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published July 31, 2011 on the American Thinker blog.Those God-obsessed "American Atheists" filed suit in New York state court on July 25 to remove the World Trade Center "Cross" from the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. They're seeking relief [...]
'Clean' Balanced Budget Amendment Could Be Trap for Conservatives
This article by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski and ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published July 31, 2011 on BigGovernment.com.Liberals are trying to kill the prospect of a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) in the ongoing battle over the debt ceiling. Some on the Right respond that they might [...]
Federal Appeals Court: Saying "Jesus" During Public Prayer Is Unconstitutional
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 30, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.As in most counties in America, the Board of Commissioners of Forsyth County, North Carolina, begins its public meetings with an invocation. These prayers are given by local religious leaders on a [...]
Court Dismisses Militant Atheists' Federal Suit Against Texas Gov. Rick Perry
This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 28, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.U.S. District Judge Gray Miller in Texas today dismissed a lawsuit against Texas Gov. Rick Perry for organizing a day of prayer at Reliant Stadium on Aug. 6, holding that the plaintiffs [...]
President Obama Is No Longer Tethered To Reality
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published July 28, 2011 on Forbes.com.President Barack Obama's speech to the nation Monday night was highly disturbing. Because read carefully, it reveals a president wildly divorced from the fundamental realities [...]
Job Destruction Makes Us Richer
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published July 27, 2011 on Townhall.com.Here's what President Barack Obama said about our high rate of unemployment in an interview with NBC's Ann Curry: "The other thing that happened, though -- and this goes [...]
Don't Blame the House
This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for The Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published July 27, 2011 on The American Spectator website.The indisputable facts show that Congressional Republicans have done their job. Months ago, the House Republican majority passed the budget proposed by [...]
It's Official: Tea Is Good for the GOP
This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published July 22, 2011 on The Washington Times website.Of all the bombs that liberal pundits toss at the Tea Party, none better illustrates why the GOP should actually pay attention than Thursday's article by E. J. Dionne Jr., the liberal Washington [...]
Education Is Worse Than We Thought
This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published July 20, 2011 on Townhall.com.Last December, I reported on Harvard University professor Stephan Thernstrom's essay "Minorities in College -- Good News, But...," on Minding the Campus, a website sponsored by the New York-based [...]