Next to the teleprompter, Obama relies most heavily on Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s playbook. There is little Obama has said or done – from his relentless conduct of class warfare to favoring political cronies with federal cash – that FDR didn’t do, or attempt to do. The parallels are striking.   Read the rest of this entry »

Will there be anyone in America not dependent on the government? Not if President Obama has his way. He’s going all out to buy the 2012 election. (Deficit? What deficit?) Want a free college education? Not a problem. Bail out underwater homeowners? Marvelous idea. Federal jobs for veterans? Terrific.. Expand the food stamp program? The more the merrier. Free Internet and cell phones? Done. He no longer says Americans have “grown a little soft” or denigrates citizens for “clinging to their guns and bibles.” Now our president’s devotion knows no bounds.   Read the rest of this entry »

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an early adherent of Rahm Emanuel’s philosophy regarding crisis and opportunity. With unemployment at almost 20%, Roosevelt used fear and economic uncertainty to breach the Constitution with an alphabet soup of overlapping interventions in the economy.* FDR Goes to War is a surprisingly short, but detailed account of a president, whose failed policies are still echoing through the present day.   Read the rest of this entry »

Obama’s persistent efforts to breach Constitutional limits on government awakened a populist movement to protect the Constitution and shrink government. Obama Care, an enormous breach of the Constitution and a huge expansion of government all by itself, is only the tip of the iceberg, in terms of the breadth and scope of the president’s attack on the Constitution.   Read the rest of this entry »

Reading Steyn’s latest book is painful but he leavens the pain with his irreverent humor. Prepare to groan while you giggle at his talent for skewering the ludicrous. The book is extensively footnoted, always on point, and all too frequently validated by events.   Read the rest of this entry »

According to Reuters and other news sources, the Obama administration has been involved in secret talks with the Taliban for months. Apparently, when Vice President Biden denied that the Taliban were our enemies, it wasn’t just old Joe popping off again, but the beginning of a campaign to rehabilitate the fundamentalist terror organization even as it is killing U.S., NATO and Afghan soldiers on the battlefield.   Read the rest of this entry »

For a short course on what President George Bush called “the war on terror” you won’t find a better book. Twenty essays, by well-known experts at various points on the political spectrum, discuss enhanced interrogation, the Patriot Act, security policies, personal liberty, and other legal and policy issues under the Bush and Obama administrations.   Read the rest of this entry »

As we observe this holiday season, it is appropriate to take a moment and consider what we have to celebrate. If we could turn to Washington he would likely recommend that we learn from experience, understand what is at stake, and never give up.   Read the rest of this entry »

The future of the nation is being decided in Congress and not a single Republican candidate is paying attention. It is a bigger power grab than ObamaCare with even more disastrous consequences. And it's all happening under the radar.   Read the rest of this entry »

Madison was involved in every major event of early American history, before, during and after the Founding. Richard Brookhiser's serious, if too brief, biography of James Madison, is delightfully written, and replete with insights about the man and his time.   Read the rest of this entry »