President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.
President Obama recently delivered a special address aimed at quelling small-business owners' concerns about Democratic plans for health care reform.
Washington is quietly preparing a hostile takeover of Wall Street with a new bill that would put regulators in control of managing asset prices.
By Christmas, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank hopes to pass legislation that would create an uber-regulatory body called the Financial Services Oversight Council.
Another month, another drop in payrolls. Will it ever occur to our leaders in Washington that what they're doing isn't working — and may actually be damaging our economy?
We have long had proposals to make our health care more affordable and portable, and House GOP Leader John Boehner introduced the official Republican substitute to Nancy Pelosi's government takeover of health care.
This rings as true today as it did 16 years ago.... A few excerpts of particular relevance: "There are just two rules of governance in a free society: •Mind your own business. •Keep your hands to yourself. "
This is a link to the PDF file put out by the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute that identifies Nidal as one of the contributors to the report that was delivered to the Obama presidential transition team.
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"Everybody who wrote to me heard this as 'Fox News,' and I can't really blame them. When I went and watched the tape for the first time, I thought I heard "Fox" as well, perhaps because of the association one assumes when you hear "news" right after the word.
Earlier this month, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that 11 more locations across the United States have agreed to participate in a controversial law enforcement program known as 287(g).
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