CNS: Even Pres. Obama’s alleged “compromise” on his contraception mandate is unconstitutional, a House Republican leader and the chairman of a public policy research center said today. Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) says Obama’s revised version of an ObamaCare mandate still violates the Constitution: “This ObamaCare rule still tramples on Americans’ First Amendment right to freedom of religion. It’s a fig leaf, not a compromise. Whether they

Obama shifts the object of his imperial mandate. The problem is, rules or laws that provide exemptions to specific identity groups are ripe for corruption — and there’s no more reason that the federal government should be able to direct insurance companies to provide free contraception that it should the Catholic church. And by making the accomodation a waiver or derivation, Obama is still asserting his own Executive authority to

It’s not often that a single nugget of freely-spoken complaint reveals so much that is wrong with progressive identity politics and its fundamental misapprehension of the free market capitalism system that has made the US the world’s most successful and prosperous nation. So kudos to communications, media, and political strategist Hilary Rosen, writing at the Huffington Post, for this little pitch perfect nugget: How dare […] anyone say that the

…Dear TeaPartyforRomney: Thus I refute thee. Carbon caps, c. 2007: see also: Stimulus, 2008, NRO: So this is surely the time for economic stimulus. But — and this is the crucial point — the government can’t just make itself bigger and more oppressive in the guise of stimulating the economy. That would make matters worse. Nor should we forget that fiscal stimulus is but one part of the solution. As

Dear TeaPartyForRomney, We sooo have your back! Sincerely, NonNeedyNonBitchesForKathyGriffin cc: LudditesForSentientRobotOverlords

Outside a few moments ago, I saw a trio of baby bunnies frolicking over a large snowdrift in my front yard. And though I know bunnies can’t speak, I nevertheless could have sworn I heard one of the baby bunnies yell “wheeeeeee!” as he slid down the drift and was greeted by the other two. Who were themselves smiling and laughing and drinking hot cocoa from tiny little mugs that

Imperialist: President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned. The first 10 states to receive the waivers are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee. The only state that applied for the

…because she has. It’s just that I want to add something that I think is oftentimes lost in what is now turning into a quasi-philosophical debate, with the Left dishonestly trying to frame the issue as one of women’s rights and health, when in fact the real issue has to do with what the government can demand of a citizen that is said to trump his individual autonomy — that

Sure. But this was 2006. It’s now 2012. And you couldn’t possibly expect Romney to govern in a deep blue state in any way other than as a big government Republican with a hard-on for state-controlled medicine, could you? States rights! 10th Amendment champion! You see? Stealthily conservative. If anything, this desire for a mandate just proves Romney’s willingness to compromise with the Democrats, who without him wouldn’t have been

If the numbers are to be believed, 20% of Republicans are so put off by the nastiness of the GOP primary and the dubious caliber of the potential nominees that — when the choice of GOP presidential candidate is coupled with strong indicators of an economic recovery (like, for instance, cooked employment numbers and, well, whatever it is they’re seeing that we aren’t) — these disenchanted Republicans are leaning toward