Politics

It's T minus six and counting to the government shutdown. The Institute for Policy Innovation put together some fun facts about federal government shutdowns.

Government shutdowns over budget battles are not new, and they were often led by Democrats.

Greg Abbott has managed what no one expected: He’s got conservatives bristling. The Texas attorney general has joined with Eric Holder in opposing the merger of American Airlines and U.S. Airways.

Our “constitutional scholar” in the White House has done more than anyone to reignite popular interest in the freedoms and limits outlined in the U.S. Constitution—though not exactly in the way President Obama might have hoped.

Liberals have to point to impending catastrophes if they want public buy-in for their agenda. President Obama has disproved most of their predictions, and now their last, best catastrophe may be evaporating.

When the president speaks he may be telling the truth, he may not be, or he may be parsing his words to mislead. It has been his pattern since, well, forever, as John Heilemann and Mark Halperin demonstrate in their excellent book on the 2008 presidential election, Game Change.

We know what neo-conservatives believe about foreign policy, and who knows what Obama believes. Fortunately, conservatives can use the Syria crisis to define and promote conservative principles.

IPI President Tom Giovanetti's response to the letter sent by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) to a list of organizations that have been members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

Senator Richard Durbin is going after lots of for-profit and nonprofit organizations for their constitutionally protected associations, which looks an awful lot like classic bullying.

Liberals once embraced judicial activism; now they accuse Republicans of engaging in it.