28 Republican signatures on a debt capitulation that was as unfortunate as it was inevitable.

The debt ceiling has become, not an instrument of limited government, but a ritual of submission for the American people.

Merely continuing our current immigration policies spells doom for the Republican Party.

Can’t we wait until we have a nice big majority to start purging our own incumbents?

A review of the week’s top stories.

Is it radical for the House to use its power of the purse to defund a program America does not want?

Feed Uncle Sam, starve the ObamaCare fever.

I had some fun comparing House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” fiscal cliff proposal to the epic movie disaster “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”  But what are we to make of “Plan X?”  That’s Washington Examiner senior editorialist Philip Klein’s term for | Read More »

The Republicans’ idea to link Congressional pay to passage of a budget has come under fire as a potential violation of the 27th Amendment, which states: “No law, varying the compensation for the services of Senators and Representatives, shall take | Read More »

Why not “compromise” and just ignore the crazy thing for a while?

Politico reports on the latest symbolic gesture of fiscal responsibility from the only people in Washington who still care about it: House Republicans will vote next week on a bill that would raise the nation’s debt ceiling for three months | Read More »

As the White House pushes its advantages of message control and a unified (though not necessarily wise) budget policy, the GOP remains on the defensive.

Late Monday afternoon, House Speaker John Boehner announced he had sent a letter co-signed by several Republican leaders – including House Budget Committee chair and recent vice-presidential contender Paul Ryan – containing a counter-offer to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” That | Read More »

There’s a lot of talk about what sort of “mandate” Obama might have in his second term.  Naturally, his political opponents insist he doesn’t have one, just as Democrats would have insisted Mitt Romney didn’t have a mandate.  It’s a | Read More »