opinion

The implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act arrived on Tuesday, October 1. The costs of “ObamaCare” to smaller corporations demonstrates the regressive economic aspects of this new burden. Unfortunately, this program delivers an unintended financial impact on those who are to be supported in terms both of …

Every American who values the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, every American who enjoys the right to be different and the right to be left alone, and every American who believes that the government works for us and we don’t work for the government should thank …

It may be the most incriminating evidence yet. Last week, while the world’s eyes were fixed upon the Obama administration’s fumbled response to the Syria crisis, new documents emerged in the allegedly “phony” IRS scandal. These documents – emails from Lois Lerner, then Director of Exempt Organizations at the IRS …

Like thousands of other moms, I was thankful when The Children’s Place was shamed into taking a few of their girls’ T-shirts off store shelves earlier this summer. The shirts in question displayed some sexist quotes like: “Born to wear diamonds” and a checklist of “my best subjects” with things …

Reza Aslan, author of the new book, “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” has been interviewed on a host of media outlets in the last week. Riding a publicity wave, the book has surged to #2 on Amazon’s list. Media reports have introduced Aslan as a “religion …

Our founding fathers faced men like Edward Snowden. They sentenced them to death. After we won the Revolutionary War, many people continued to break the law, claiming they were merely perpetuating American ideals. Our first president and commander-in-chief, George Washington, condemned them. In exposing the FSA’s surveillance program, Snowden claims …

Every Memorial Day since I was a child, I’ve thought of my 22-year-old cousin who was killed while bravely serving in Vietnam in May 1969. I’ve also reflected on the many other courageous men who gave their lives for our country and the more than 150 women who have been …

If Pope Francis I’s success were to be rated for style alone, the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church is off the charts. The College of Cardinals could not have chosen a man more appealing to the world – to Catholic and non-Catholics alike. His warm, disarmingly open demeanor, …

My recent column on the proposed demolition of Ronald Reagan’s Chicago home and the possibility of the site being used as a parking lot for Obama’s future library has caused a national media firestorm – and I’m glad. Reagan would have turned 102 this week and I cannot think of …

Americans must be confused. For years President Obama has promised that raising taxes on the wealthy would solve our budget problems. Making the rich pay “a little more,” as Mr. Obama has repeatedly promised, was supposed to reduce our deficits – a goal embraced by most Americans. But now the …