Politics

Congressional Republicans should consider an orchestrated, loud guffaw when the president proposes his tax and spending agenda in tomorrow’s State of the Union address.

Apparently convinced that practice makes perfect, Mitt Romney is seriously considering a third presidential bid.

President Obama has boasted that under his administration, the federal deficit is down, unemployment has declined significantly and consumers are better off. The irony is that GOP policies deserve most of the credit for those improvements—policies Obama both fought and denounced.

The tragic deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have highlighted the racial gap between some police departments and the communities they serve.

For conservatives, there are a surprising number of policy victories in the "CRomnibus."

Under the terms of TRIA, if a certified terrorist attack exceeds $100 million, the law kicks in, with private insurers repaying taxpayers on the first $27.5 million of damages, Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation, wrote in Forbes.

An important issue that has been under the radar is reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), which backstops private insurance companies in case of catastrophic terrorist attack.

How about a market mechanism that would determine once and for all not only who is right, but that would determine what the market-clearing price for skilled immigrant labor actually is, informing future immigration policy formation?

And the real tragedy behind Obama’s plan is that it will likely undermine comprehensive immigration reform, which the country desperately needs.

Imagine the surprise that online customers will receive when the lame duck Senate massively expands government power via the Internet.