Watchdog Bites—Since 2007, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren has been making the case for a Financial Products Safety Commission that would evaluate financial instruments before bankers or brokers sell them to the public. Considering the wealth lost since the economy began to slide into a recession, a commission protecting individuals from high-risk securities and […]

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Jindal Agenda?—An American born of Indian immigrant parents; a biology degree from Brown University; Rhodes Scholar; Congressional intern; member of the U.S. House; and the youngest governor in the nation. Bobby Jindal was the perfect new face to attract minority voters to a regional white party. Then he was selected to deliver his party’s response […]

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THE CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE (CPAC) has always been a Republican Party Brigadoon. The annual three-day winter gathering transforms Washington’s Omni Shoreham Hotel into a place where the federal government is plotting to take away citizens’ guns; the liberal elite is planning to take away citizens’ economic and religious freedom; taxes are too high, defense […]

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Al-Haramain v. Obama?—The Al-Haramain warrentless wiretap case is one of the most important constitutional controversies awaiting resolution by the federal courts—if the Obama administration doesn’t obstruct its resolution. The facts are straightforward. In 2004 the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) declared Al-Haramain, an Oregon-based Islamic charity, a “specially designated global terrorist.” While […]

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Enough Pentagon Spending?—A perpetually growing defense budget is an institutional imperative at the Pentagon. Yet lost in House Armed Services Committee testimony on Afghanistan was a rare bit of news. Defense Secretary Gates has discretionary funds that can be used for additional troops in Afghanistan—even if the defense budget is cut. This from General Jack […]

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