“Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” YearsNextMistakeForeverMaking MistakesNew YearNew ThingsNext YearNotableNew Years EveHappy New YearBest YearI Make MistakesMy WishNew Year's ResolutionsNew Year New BeginningI Have Made MistakesNew Year New StartHappy New Year EveTrying New ThingsNew Years Eve InspirationalHappy New Year InspirationalFunny Happy New YearNew Year WishesGreat YearHappy New Year LoveNew Year New MeInspirational New YearLearn From My MistakesNew Years Eve LoveHappy New Year WishesNew Years ToastHappy New Year GreetingsNew Year GreetingsMy Wish For You Author:Neil Gaiman
“'I haven't used the veto pen very often since I've been in office,' Obama told NPR. 'Now, I suspect there are going to be some times where I've got to pull that pen out. And I'm going to defend gains that we've made in healthcare; I'm going to defend gains that we've made on the environment and clean air and clean water.'” MadeUsedWaterEnvironmentAirHavensOfficeGainsCleanSuspectsPensHealthcareNotableClean WaterVetoClean AirNpr Author:Byron York
“Dozens of members of Congress will be retiring next month, and some should be missed. But there is only one Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma senator the Christian Science Monitor has dubbed 'a rabble-rousing statesman.'” ShouldChristianNextMonthsMembersCongressRetiringDozenTomsSenatorsNotableStatesmenOklahomaChristian Science Author:John Fund
“Tom Coburn never forgot that members of Congress are spending the hard-earned money of the people back home. Even a lot of conservatives end up forgetting that. Here's hoping that back in the private sector, Tom Coburn keeps up the fight for his beliefs and that he remains a constant reminder to lawmakers and the White House of ethical standards to which all should aspire.” PeopleShouldEndsHardHomeFightingHouseBeliefWhiteForgetMembersStandardsRemainsConstantCongressSpendingWhite HouseEthicalTomsAspireRemindersNotableBack HomePrivate SectorLawmakersEthical Standards Author:John Fund
“Top IRS officials specifically targeted tea party groups and misled the public about its secret political targeting program led by ex-official Lois Lerner, according to a bombshell new congressional report.” PoliticalPartySecretGroupsProgramTeaOfficialsReportsExesNotableTea PartyIrsMisledBombshells Author:Patrick Howley
“The Daily Caller has obtained an advance copy of a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee report set to be released Tuesday morning that definitively proves malicious intent by the IRS to improperly block conservative groups that an IRS adviser deemed 'icky.'” GovernmentHouseMorningGroupsProveConservativeBlockReformReportsCopiesCommitteesNotableTuesdayAdviserIrsMaliciousOversightTuesday Morning Author:Patrick Howley
“'The Committee has identified eight senior leaders who were in a position to prevent or to stop the IRS's targeting of conservative applicants,' the Oversight report states. 'Each of these leaders could have and should have done more to prevent the IRS's targeting of conservative tax-exempt applicants.'” ShouldStatesDoneLeaderPositionTaxesShould HaveConservativeEightReportsCommitteesSeniorNotableIrsOversight Author:Patrick Howley
“Obama is hardly the first president to seek rapprochement with our adversaries and reconciliation with our enemies, of course. But his determination to make nice - even in the face of clear and repeated rejection from the other side - is unparalleled. For Obama and his team, diplomacy with rogue regimes is an end in itself, and any deal, however one-sided, is a win, especially one that the White House communications mavens think that friendly media will call a 'breakthrough' or 'historic.'” ThinkingFirstsEndsFacesCoursesHouseWinningSidesPresidentWhiteDealsEnemyClearNiceTeamMediaCommunicationDeterminationRejectionFriendlyWhite HouseRegimesDiplomacyHistoricBreakthroughReconciliationAdversariesNotableRoguesOne SidedMavens Author:Stephen F. Hayes
“In that sense, Obama is America's first postmodern president. If his predecessors tended to see the world in terms of good and evil, Obama sees the world in terms of victims and victimizers - with the United States often in the role of victimizer. In that view, long favored by the academic left that shaped a young Barack Obama, American foreign policy is one long train of abuses, marked by casual aggression and eager imperiousness.” IfsWorldFirstsLongStatesAmericaYoungEvilLeftPresidentTermUnitedViewsRolesUnited StatesPolicyAbuseVictimTrainBarackGood And EvilAcademicForeign PolicyAggressionCasualNotablePredecessorsPostmodernAmerican Foreign Policy Author:Stephen F. Hayes
“'Elections have consequences,' President Obama said, setting his new policy agenda just three days after taking office in 2009. Three elections later, the president's party has lost 70 House seats and 14 Senate seats. The job of Republicans now is to govern with the confidence that elections do have consequences, promptly passing the conservative reform the voters have demanded.” SaidJobsThreeHouseLostPresidentPartyPolicyRepublicanOfficeConsequenceElectionConservativeSettingPassingPassingsSettingsReformSeatsAgendasVotersPresident ObamaSenateNotable Author:Bobby Jindal