This Congressional Mishap All but Guarantees a Government Shutdown

The government spending bill currently up for debate in Congress is a slapdash, 2,000-plus-page set of rules.

And thanks to legislators'...

Jaw-Dropping Government Spending Stats: $6.1 Million on "Fancy Goats"

Government spending can seem absurd at times, and this latest example of lunacy is almost too ridiculous to believe.

On the American...

DON’T BE SO ARROGANT, MR. PRESIDENT

Editor's Note: Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of Rome, had a lot of time to think about what went wrong to cause the...

The Latest Obama Outrage: the Family's $100 Million Vacation

How much do you spend on your summer vacation? American households usually spend about $1,200 per person on summer vacations, according to a...

Why The Fiscal Cliff "Deal" is Spelled P-O-R-K

After narrowly missing the fiscal cliff, the President went out of...

Why Japan's "Lost Decades" Are Headed to America in 2016

It's only been a little more than a week since Shinzo Abe won election as Japan's latest Prime Minister in a landslide-election victory and the...

One of the Decade's Biggest Examples of Wasteful Government Spending

In February we told you that despite nearing $15 trillion in debt - now close to $16 trillion - the U.S. government decided to spend $592,000 last...

Making Earmarks Pay: Lawmakers Help Themselves to Congressional Pork

For members of Congress, the only thing better than getting "pork" for the folks back home is getting a slice of that pork for...

Iran is Now a Full-Blown Crisis, Stage Set for $200 Oil

Just when it looked like we could take a breather from the Strait of Hormuz, all attention is back on Iran.

There are three reasons for...