Which means all that “free stuff” will paradoxically (though predictably) lead to an increase in rates for everyone. Or to put it more forcefully, the President has determined that he has the authority, as well as the support of his base, to force the public to pick up the cost of freely-chosen lifestyle choices (from here on considered a “right” by the left, with a condom being refigured as part

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