COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS
Peter Ferrara: Healthcare Solutions
The promises made by our current Federal entitlement programs would require Federal taxes and spending to double by 2040 as a percent of gross domestic product. The Democrat response: Add new entitlements. Congressional Democrats are moving to double Federal spending on the State Children's Health Insurance program (SCHIP), quite explicitly on their way to the biggest mega-entitlement of all, national health insurance.
Time To Block Grant Medicaid, SCHIP
Here's my latest article at Forbes:The promises made by our current Federal entitlement programs would require Federal taxes and spending to double by 2040 as a percent of gross domestic product. The Democrat response: Add new entitlements. Congressional Democrats are moving to double Federal spending on the State Children's Health [...]
John Armor: Using Courts as a Weapon against America
The supposedly anti-war group, A.N.S.W.E.R, has had the chutzpah to sue the District of Columbia for fining it for defacing city property with its posters. The group is claiming discrimination. The honesty of its claim can be gauged from the fact that one of its primary leaders is Ramsey Clark, the lawyer who claimed that Saddam Hussein was innocent, and being discriminated against.
Attorney General of New Jersey Fronts for the ACLU
The Attorney General of New Jersey has joined with the US Attorney for that state, to tell the Mayor of Morristown that his police should not check the immigration status of most of the people they question and arrest. They did this despite the fact that the bodies are not yet cold in the ground from the assassination of three people in that state by an illegal immigrant who could have and should have been either in jail or thrown out of the US at the time he (according to witnesses) did the killings.
Gonzales is Gone but Dems Should Be Careful What They Ask For
Here's my latest Op-Ed, published yesterday at Human Events Online:Gonzales is Gone but Dems Should Be Careful They Ask For Score another one for the politics of personal destruction. Democrats have managed to run out of town one of President Bush's longest serving aides from Texas -- Attorney General Alberto [...]
Horace Cooper: Gonzales is Gone but Dems Should Be Careful What They Ask For
Score another one for the politics of personal destruction. Democrats have managed to run out of town one of President Bush's longest serving aides from Texas -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.' But they may want to put the champagne glasses down because this resignation may end up for the Democrats being a case of "be careful what you ask for."
Using Courts as a Weapon against America
The supposedly anti-war organization, A.N.S.W.E.R., has just filed suit against the District of Columbia for fines imposed on the organization for defacing public property with its rally signs. Anyone who has traveled at all in D.C. is aware of the A.N.S.W.E.R signs, since they are plastered on light boxes and [...]
Attorney General of New Jersey Fronts for the ACLU
The Attorney General of New Jersey has done the work of the ACLU in telling the Mayor of Morristown that his police should not check the immigration status of people pulled over for traffic stops or minor crimes. Mayor Donald Cresitello first proposed that in a letter to US Attorney [...]
Leahy/Schumer Threaten Judicial Neutrality
Recent comments by Senators Leahy and Schumer critical of Justices Roberts and Alito demonstrate the senators' significant misunderstanding about the role of the Supreme Court and reveal their own flawed judicial philosophy.
John Armor: Newsweek Chooses Sides, Again
In the August 20 edition of Newsweek, there is a column by Jonathan Alter entitled, “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” In the guise of reporting facts, it reports instead the personal opinion of Mr. Alter that the extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) “sold out the [...]
John Armor: President Bush and the Constitution aren't Enemies
The latest spate of articles accusing the Bush Administration of trampling the US Constitution in prosecuting the War in Iraq have quoted Bruce Fein, cited variously as a "conservative lawyer" and "a deputy attorney general in the Reagan Administration." He is not being quoted because he is a reliable source but because he says what the opponents of the war want said. Factual inquiry stops there.
War and the Constitution: Has War on the Terrorists Been Properly Declared?
The following is an article of mine that ran in UPI papers on September 19, 2002 – after we had declared and commenced war on anti-American terrorists but before the Iraq War:Commentary: Are we at war?The United States does not legitimately go to war because the president says so. Or [...]
President Bush and the Constitution aren't Enemies
Here's my latest article, which ran in today's Human Events Online:President Bush and the Constitution aren't Enemies The latest spate of articles accusing the Bush Administration of trampling the US Constitution in prosecuting the War in Iraq have quoted Bruce Fein, cited variously as a "conservative lawyer" and "a deputy [...]
Gizzi: The ACLU Strikes Again — And Again — For Illegal Immigration
John Gizzi over at Human Event Online, in his latest "Gizzi on Politics" post, has written an important post regarding the ACLU's efforts to thwart local ordinances to protect against the crime and costs of illegal immigration. Here's the relevant section:The ACLU Strikes Again -- And Again -- For Illegal [...]
ACLU: "Hate Crime" vs. "Art"
(HT: Power Line)
Impoverished Poverty Program: Oh, No, Obama
Here’s my latest article over at National Review Online, published July 31, 2007:Impoverished Poverty ProgramOh, no, ObamaBarack Obama announced last week his policy agenda to combat urban poverty. As president, he would spend an additional $6 billion a year for such things as:Providing funding in 20 cities across the country [...]
What Is An American? A Primer
A recent article in The Sunday Paper - "What is an American? Immigration debate reveals patriotism-and nationalism" - has been brought to my attention. In this article, my essay on what it means to be an American, first published at National Review Online in the days following the September 11, [...]
Peter Ferrara: Impoverished Poverty Program; Oh, No, Obama
Barack Obama announced last week his policy agenda to combat urban poverty. As president, he would spend an additional $6 billion a year for such things as:
OneNewsNow.com: "ACRU plans to file briefs in favor of communities' attempts to curtail illegal aliens"
OneNewsNow.com features a story describing the efforts of the American Civil Rights Union in defense of Hazelton, PA, and Farmer's Branch, TX, and their fights to protect themselves against illegal immigrants, ensuring the safety and welfare of their citizens.Click here to read the story - an audio report is also [...]
The ACLU's First Freedom Double-Standard
(HT: PowerLine)