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Home Invasion

Over the weekend, a mob of maybe 100 pro-amnesty protesters swarmed around the home of Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach, a prominent immigration hawk, chanting "Si, se puede." Kobach, his wife, and their four girls happened to be...Show More Summary

Paul: Clapper Told An 'Outright Lie,' Broke the Law

Senator Rand Paul excoriated Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for telling Congress "an outright lie" during Clapper's now-infamous March testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Appearing today onShow More Summary

Boehner Extends Hastert Rule Remarks on Immigration to Conference Report

Speaker John Boehner is extending his stated desire to uphold the so-called Hastert rule on immigration to any conference report on legislation related to comprehensive immigration reform. A conference report is what emerges after the...Show More Summary

The Insanity Of U.S. Farm Policies

Imagine you have a business and I've guaranteed that you receive a higher price than you'd otherwise be able to obtain from your customers, shielding you from competition. Then I lend you money, directly or indirectly. But even withShow More Summary

Out of Their Gawking Minds

I see the folks on the trendy side of the Internet once again consider me Gawkable (must be the three pounds I lost, thanks for noticing!). It’s not much of a post. This is it in its entirety, referring to my questions for Snowden, below: “National Review writer Daniel Foster thinks that assassinating Edward Snowden would be hilarious. Show More Summary

Rubio Won't Identify Aide Who Provided Controversial Quote

Senator Marco Rubio declined to say who in his office told The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza that “there are some American workers who, for lack of a better term, can't cut it” and downplayed the importance of the now-controversial quote. “I'm the senator. Show More Summary

Pa. Union Ad: Privatizing Liquor Stores Will Kill People

At the Manhattan Institute's PublicSectorInc, Steve Malanga writes about the ongoing battle in Pennsylvania to privatize the state's alcohol business, which is just about the most dysfunctional and ridiculously regulated in the nation (after Utah's, of course). Show More Summary

Headline News

English metropolitan life in the 21st century: If you miss one beheading story, there'll be another one along in a minute: A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a young woman who was beheaded in a knife attack...Show More Summary

What To Think about the NSA

The two most important commodities in the government of a free society are trust and human intelligence. Limited government helps preserve them, expansive government dilutes and corrodes them, which is part of what the NSA debate is really about, as I argue here.

Entitlements Are Going to Consume Even More of The Federal Budget than Projected

It's old news that the U.S. is on an unsustainable fiscal path. As I explained earlier in June, the 2013 Trustees' Report, which looks at the financial situation of Medicare and Social Security, confirmed that, while the situation is not deteriorating as fast as it had in previous years, things are not looking up. Show More Summary

MSNBC Anchor: ‘I Don’t Want to Get Bogged Down’ with Whether Babies Feel Pain During Abortion

MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin doesn't seem terribly concerned with the question of whether infants being aborted can feel pain. In an interview this morning, after Melvin cited that some feel evidence of pain before the third trimester is...Show More Summary

Deep in the Heart of . . .

Today’s Impromptus is a D.C. Journal, and I remark on the beauty of Washington -- an astounding beauty, really. I quote my grandmother, a native Washingtonian: “If this city were in Europe, we would ooh and ah over it. But because it’s...Show More Summary

Budget Issues and Seniors

It is old news that the U.S. is on an unsustainable fiscal path. As I explained earlier in June, the 2013 Trustees' Report, which looks at the financial situation of Medicare and Social Security, confirmed that, while the situation is not deteriorating as fast as it had in previous years, things are not looking up. Show More Summary

Goldberg on Obamacare Ad Campaign: They Said It Would Sell Itself, 'Still Destined to Become a Political and Economic Albatross'

Ed Rendell: 'Princeton and Harvard Should be Disgraced' That Cruz Attended

Princeton and Harvard should be ashamed of having awarded diplomas to Senator Ted Cruz, according to former Democratic Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell. "Princeton and Harvard should be disgraced," he said. "For Democrats, he's the gift that keeps on giving," the MSNBC contributor continued. Show More Summary

Orwell’s Ghost

Even The New Yorker is taking a swing at the administration’s surveillance ops: Says the cover’s designer, Richard McGuire: “George Orwell’s ghost is shaking his head saying, ‘I told you so.’”

Fmr Dem Gov: 'Princeton and Harvard Should be Disgraced' That Cruz Attended

Princeton and Harvard should be ashamed for having awarded freshman senator Ted Cruz diplomas, according to MSNBC contributor Ed Rendell. "Princeton and Harvard should be disgraced," the former Pennsylvania governor said. "For Democrats, he's the gift that keeps on giving," Rendell continued. Show More Summary

Lowry on FBI,

Don’t miss Rich Lowry on incompetence at the FBI and his new book, Lincoln Unbound, from this past Sunday’s Fox & Friends.

Unfazed by Inhumanity

The front page of today’s New York Times carries a story about the late-term abortion ban being considered in the House. The headline in the print edition is “Unfazed by 2012, G.O.P. Is Seeking Abortion Limits.” As if the people struggling...Show More Summary

Polling Overstates Support for the Gang of Eight

CNN has released a poll showing that a very narrow majority of Americans (51 to 45) support "an immigration bill that would attempt to increase border security and create a path to citizenship for many immigrants who are in this country without permission from the U.S. Show More Summary