Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:05:29 +0000 – By Phil KerpenPolicy Director, Americans for Prosperity Will the Senate Budget Committee use budget reconciliation for cap-and-trade? It sounds obscure but it’s the trillion dollar question. Committee Chairman Kent Conrad has not sworn off using a process called “reconciliation” to help pass the …

Memo to Rep. Hal Rogers: If you fund President Obama’s executive amnesty plan, you will own it with him. Now that the president has announced his executive amnesty order, it puts the spotlight squarely on Republican leaders such as House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers who seems to be at …

Thursday, Reince Priebus, the Dickensian-named Republican Party chairman, gave what he billed as a major address on “Principles for American Renewal.” No one can accuse our political class of opposing recycling: amid paeans to the Constitution, families, and maximizing freedom, Priebus wound through nine principles, six examples, and about 3,500 …

What are we to make of a president who won’t fight a terrorist army — but will deploy 3,000 Marines to fight Ebola? An administration that pre-emptively announces troop withdrawals while, in the next breath, declares global warming the greatest threat to America? A White House that won’t make a …

Drowning aboard the sinking ship of President Obama’s unpopularity, Democrats are throwing out a lifeline to Michelle Obama in their effort to tread water in the U.S. Senate. The first lady is hitting the campaign trail for endangered Democrats while the president, viewed as more of an electoral liability than …

Jessica Andrews could not believe her eyes. “It was like an ‘Oh my gosh’ type of feeling,” the mother of six from Aiken, South Carolina told me. The item that caused her angst came from her daughter’s school. It was a copy of the Pledge of Allegiance. But the school’s …

In today’s America, I can’t be both an economist and a liberal. Economists should be bound ​by ​facts and reason. And I can’t do that and embrace liberal positions on the minimum wage, climate change and gender discrimination. Raising prices for most anything reduces purchases. Simply put, if beef or …

I’ve covered sports in 5 decades. Almost everyday during this period something has occurred has left me fascinated and amazed by what has taken place on the fields of play. In a unique way, sports is the common tread that can tie our communities and our country together. It enables …

1. When does Passover 2014 begin and how long does it last? Passover 2014 begins at sundown on Monday, April 14th. That is the date, this year, which corresponds to the 15th of Nissan, the day according to the Bible, on which the first Passover occurred and on which all …

The 40 day Christian Olympiad of fasting and good works is upon us. March 5th is “Ash Wednesday,” the first day of Lent. Today will be a day of amazing images across the land. We will see countless citizens rushing through the streets with dark smudges on their foreheads. Some …