Politics

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.

President Obama’s Organizing for Action is an overtly political group with lots of money and the same tax status sought by conservative groups that raised so much concern at the IRS.

Is first lady Michelle Obama being groomed for political office?

Big-government advocates make decisions that can affect the market and billions of dollars in an instant, but are shocked that people try to profit from those decisions.

Outrage at groups seeking a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) status is misplaced; it’s free speech, not the tax code, that’s under attack.

With a large, powerful, intrusive government, your freedom is only as secure as the virtue of whatever mid-level functionary whose path you are so unfortunate as to cross.