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One of the worse unintended consequences of good intentions in government is the way Washington has eagerly helped young Americans accumulate huge piles of student debt. Americans now owe $1.1...

Today, the 70th anniversary of the Allied landings at Normandy, our president spoke at the site of that battle. His speech is worth reading, and we can say he spoke for all of us when he said:"It...

Hillary Clinton is still trying to litigate the low point of her failed tenure as Secretary of State, the debacle in Benghazi, this time through a forthcoming book.According to an article in...

What is the federal government doing to put you out of business? That is the question I often pose during meetings with Wisconsin businesses. Unfortunately, they always have an answer.Under...

"What's the worst that can happen?" asked Secretary of State John Kerry the other day as he promoted the Obama administration's plans to make the cost of energy skyrocket.Speaking to graduating...

I guess this part of the cost curve isn't bending down the way we were promised. From Wall Street Journal:"Early evidence suggests that emergency rooms have become busier since the Affordable Care...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel fact-checked the essay that I wrote for the paper about why it makes a difference that the administration lied to America about the al-Qaida-linked attack on our...

Suppose you're not worried about the problems with the Obamacare "exchanges," the government-controlled websites at which you buy government-mandated health insurance. Four states' exchanges have...

Obamacare will cost taxpayers plenty, say supporters of the perversely misnamed "Affordable" Care Act, but, hey, it costs money to expand coverage to many more people.Perhaps, though all this cost...

The cheering of President Obama's die-hard fans has barely faded over how many people signed up on government-run health insurance "exchanges" and the number is already falling apart.Remember, the...

One unpleasant surprise in the grotesquely misnamed "Affordable" Care Act is how much more costly the insurance is.The next unpleasant surprise is how narrow the choices are. As even so...

Congress' appropriators are starting to consider agencies' budget requests for 2015. Many agencies are doing more with less. The Federal Trade Commission and the Small Business Administration have...

I'm glad when people see the stories of those hurt by out-of-control government, people I'm highlighting in my "Victims of Government" series. So it's good that a national website, the Daily Kos,...

Originally printed in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 6, 2014Fifteen months ago, I asked then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton why she hadn't simply picked up the phone and talked to the Benghazi...

What we are learning with the new release of previously withheld emails is the motive behind the Obama administration's coverup in the Benghazi affair. The belated release of the 2012 talking points...

The Wall Street Journal explains what I'm doing in suing the law-breaking Obama administration over its special deal for congressional health benefits:"Under the Constitution, Congress is supposed...

Daniel F. Craviotto Jr., an orthopedic surgeon in California, explains in the Wall Street Journal how bureaucrats are wasting his time and your money.It comes down to government mandates. Rules on...

I am often asked at town-hall meetings why I don't favor raising the minimum wage. The answer is easy: Raising the cost of labor means it will be harder for people making minimum wage to find a job....

It is disturbing that Democrats in the Senate keep pushing for a higher minimum wage even after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that will lead to as many as a million people...

Remember when the grotesquely misnamed "Affordable Care Act" was going to "bend the cost curve downward"? Next year, it'll bend upward, the Washington Post reports:"With the results sure to affect...