Commentary

The Infomercial President

By Troy Senik
Thursday, October 24 2013

Government interventions in the private sector are inevitably pockmarked by unintended consequences. Given both the scale and scope of ObamaCare, it is thus unsurprising that the program’s rollout has been met with a bevy of unforeseen shortcomings. The worst one of all: the President of the United States has been transformed into an infomercial hack. On October 1, the day that healthcare.gov launched, Barack Obama, deploying the false confidence of a carnival barker, stepped into the Rose Garden and declared that the federal government’s new online marketplace would make shopping…

	Things just went from awful to worse this week for ObamaCare, and the Obama Administration more generally. …
	Read more...

Room on the Right for Middle Ground

	In the wake of conservatives’ abject surrender in this month’s budget talks, the sniping…
	Read more...

“Affirmative” Action: Is Outlawing Discrimination Unconstitutional?

	Does the Constitution prohibit states from outlawing the racial discrimination regime euphemistically…
	Read more...

ObamaCare Shatters Progressive Dreams

	Since the rise of the Progressive movement over a century ago, liberalism has been enchanted by the idea…
	Read more...

ObamaCare’s Higher Premiums, Deductibles Act as Massive Wealth Transfers

	With health insurance premiums and deductibles spiraling out of control, ObamaCare is looking more and…
	Read more...

Obama Tripled the Deficit, Now Brags He Cut It in Half

	Familiar is the parable of the boy who murders his parents, then seeks leniency because he is suddenly…
	Read more...

Leaving the Middle Class Behind: The Shortcomings of Obama’s Economic Planning

	Barack Obama, in case you haven’t heard, is pretty worked up about inequality. It’s a constant…
	Read more...

Focus on ObamaCare Website Glitches Mask Larger Threat

	One week in, and Healthcare.gov seems more like a make-work project for low-bid contractors than a portal…
	Read more...

Obama’s Meanness Can Be Delayed

	Sometimes it’s really hard to know where to begin. The sheer scope of the meanness, the petty viciousness…
	Read more...

In Televised Interview, Increasingly Desperate Obama Encourages Markets to Panic

	Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!” …
	Read more...

More Commentary...

« Prev 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 Next »

Notable Quote

"Don't believe the Democratic National Committee's official storyline The DNC's decision to make South Carolina the first Democratic presidential primary in 2028 isn't about introducing more racial diversity into the early contests.It's actually about keeping power in the hands of the party establishment -- the people who backed Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020, and who are likely to…[more]

— Daniel McCarthy, Editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review

Liberty Poll