Politics

As IPI’s Merrill Matthews wrote for the Wall Street Journal, ethanol mandates increase the cost of driving, adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than do fossil fuels, and was crafted at a time when the junk science of “peak oil” was scaring entrepreneurial Americans into developing hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technology that has transformed the U.S. into one of the world’s largest energy producers. That Cruz could back this policy and remain at the top of the polls in the Hawkeye State suggested that the fever associated with addiction to federal subsidies was breaking.

An executive order isn’t the best way to topple Obamacare, but Obama has used that tactic so many times that it will be very hard for future presidents to reject it when an executive order could be used effectively.

As Ryan the new Chief, and Nancy the shill,
Agreed they would stick us with a huge spending bill.

These five numbers—60, 57, 68, 57 and 46—could doom any Democratic presidential candidate, regardless of who the Republicans nominate.

If you thought the end of the Obama presidency would see a return to the constitutional framework under which Congress writes the laws and the president signs and enforces them, think again. Hillary Clinton now says that if she’s elected president and Congress doesn’t bow to her whims, it would be her patriotic duty to bypass the legislative branch.

While millions of lower-income Americans will be struggling to find a job or get enough hours to pay the bills, Obama won’t have to worry when he's out of office. 

The governors of 31 states, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, say they won’t take Syrian refugees. Merrill Matthews lays the blame for the refugee stalemate with the White House, not the nation’s governors; they have legitimate safety concerns, he wrote.

Before Obama sets a narrative that the U.S. is xenophobic, the public might benefit from a few facts on immigration.

President Barack Obama is once again faced with a problem of his own creation. After all, when you sow disgust you reap mistrust.

The irony here is that Obama came into office promising to restore the trust in big government.