According to those in the elite salons of Washington, ObamaCare cannot be repealed. The conventional wisdom on the cocktail circuit contends that once you mandate health insurance for millions, you cannot unmandate it. This theoretical belief has become accepted in Washington as a dogmatic article of faith. And the Obamacrats …

Vladimir Putin’s aggressive move to seize Crimea and to threaten Ukraine has led commentators to call him unflattering names: unhinged leader, Cold Warrior, neo-fascist, troubled dictator and retrograde leader stuck in the 19th century. But to understand Putin we need to look at the world not from our Western perspective …

He’s a Godless Commie, but it wouldn’t surprise to learn that Vladimir Putin falls to his knees each morning to give thanks. After all, he would have been cursed to lead Russia when Ronald Reagan was in the White House and Margaret Thatcher ran Great Britain. Instead, his lucky stars …

President Obama’s proposal in Geneva to the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council allowing Iran to enrich some uranium violates previous U.N. resolutions demanding the Islamic Republic stop “all” uranium enrichment activity. To avoid a violation of current U.N. resolutions, the permanent members must ask the entire Security …

As he signed the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on September 25, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry paidtribute to liberal non-governmental organizations (NGOs) like Amnesty International and Oxfam. They were, he said, “absolutely vital to winning support for this treaty.” Kerry was right. Without incessant campaigning by the NGOs, …

Having worked in two state-wide campaigns in New Jersey, it is not true that the Garden State is dirtier or more corrupt than other states. New Jersey has long been mocked as “the dirtiest state in the nation.” That is not true. Did anyone make that claim when Tom Kean …

The Labor Department reported the economy added 203,000 jobs in November, in line with the progress of recent months. Overall, the economy should be stronger in 2014, permitting the Fed to ease back on monthly bond purchases and let longer term interest rates rise modestly. So what does that mean …

Two Baptist chaplains said they were forced out of a Veterans Affairs chaplain training program after they refused orders to stop quoting the Bible and to stop praying in the name of Jesus. When the men objected to those demands, they were subjected to ridicule and harassment that led to …

With frustration building over Washington’s refusal to behave in the public interest, perhaps it’s worth noting a drastic solution tried by the Irish. Last Friday, Irish voters cast ballots on a referendum to abolish the country’s Upper House, known as the Seanad. Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Ireland didn’t need …

This week Israel caved in to European and American pressure to further subject itself to egregious discrimination at the United Nations. The move was in response to a twisted appeal to Israel to preserve the fiction of a U.N. human rights system committed to equality. On October 29, 2013, Israel …