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November 2014

November 10, 2014

Our latest war is now illegal

The War Powers Act allows presidents to launch hostilities at their discretion, but they must...

November 06, 2014

The first New Class president

Sociologist Peter Berger discusses the Houston mayor subpoening sermons (which have been cancelled, by the...

October 2014

October 07, 2014

“Mission Accomplished” on the deficit

President Obama has declared victory in the economic sphere, pointing to decreased budget deficits and...

September 2014

September 08, 2014

Obama delays amnesty until after the elections

President Obama had said that since Congress won't pass immigration reform, he will push it...

September 02, 2014

“We don’t have a strategy yet”

Karen DeYoung and Dan Balz of the Washington Post give a litany of everything that...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

Hillary Clinton breaks with Obama

Hillary Clinton played the role of a loyal soldier when she was Secretary of State,...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Supremes reject Obama’s “recess” appointments

The Constitution's balance of powers is re-asserting itself. President Obama had been appointing officials that...

June 20, 2014

Obama’s order to hit religious charities?

President Obama has signed an executive order forbidding anyone with a federal contract from discrimination...

June 19, 2014

A post-mortem of Obama’s foreign policy

British journalist Charles Moore has written a devastating critique of President Obama's foreign policy. Read...

June 03, 2014

Obama enacts carbon restrictions despite Congress

Congress has refused to pass legislation restricting carbon emissions, so President Obama is doing it...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Adolescent Arguments

In the context of an article criticizing President Obama, George Will says that the president...

March 2014

March 05, 2014

The consequences of weakness

Last week, President Obama gave a stern warning to Vladimir Putin not to intervene militarily...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

Why Rand Paul is suing the President

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution reads as follows: The right of the people to...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

The President and the Rule of Law

During his State of the Union address, President Obama said that because Congress keeps thwarting...

January 28, 2014

Live blogging the State of the Union

Tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET will be the President's State of the Union Address. I...

January 20, 2014

President modifies NSA surveillance program

President Obama has given a speech in which he announced changes in the National Security...

September 2013

September 16, 2013

U.S. & Russia agree on Syria plan

So should Vladimir Putin get the Nobel Peace Prize? Does this get President Obama out...

September 11, 2013

The President’s speech

So what did you think of the President's speech on Syria? Did it make any...

September 10, 2013

Developments on Syria

A reporter asked Secretary of State John Kerry if Syria could do anything to avoid...

September 09, 2013

“Pontification, Prevarication and Postponement”

Foreign affairs columnist Anne Applebaum (who is not a conservative) on our current international relations...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Coalition of the Unwilling, so U.S. will act alone

The British parliament voted not to attack Syria over the alleged chemical attacks. France and...

August 20, 2013

Rule of Law vs. Rule by Decree

We have discussed the president's bad habit of ignoring or even altering laws that he...

August 16, 2013

When the president does it, it’s not illegal

Those who oppose Obamacare may well be glad that the President keeps delaying the implementation...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Obama is pro-fracking

Evidently, President Obama is not in complete thrall to environmentalists. He has said that he...

June 27, 2013

Green lawmaking by executive order

President Obama, being unable to get his environmental and anti-global warming agenda through Congress, has...

June 17, 2013

U.S. will intervene in Syria

President Obama said that since Syria's ruler, Bashar al-Assad, used chemical weapons against those rebelling...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Obama: “God bless” Planned Parenthood

Rev. Michael Schuermann calls out the president for confusing his office and for taking God's...

March 2013

March 01, 2013

Watergate journalist vs. Obama

President Obama and his administration have picked a fight with the legendary reporter who broke...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Best commentary on the sequester issue

From Peter Wehner: In the Great Sequestration Debate, here’s what we know: (a) The president...

February 13, 2013

Discuss the State of the Union Address here

I missed it! I had a class. How was it? What was said? What new...