The manner in which the Gang of Eight's S.744 reached the floor of the Senate included a mix of both open democracy and behind-the-doors secrecy.

Regardless of the merits of the omnibus immigration bill (which many find wanting) the procedures used to get the bill to, and through, the Senate ...

Read more: A Mix of Conspiracy and Democracy: The S. 744 Process to Date

Obama IRS Scandal Will Go Down in Infamy

In my experience, the term “BOLO” is a law enforcement term short for “be on the lookout” for criminals and suspects on the run.  But for the Obama IRS, BOLO meant, literally, “be on the lookout” for citizen groups who might be opposed to the Obama ...

Read more: A Scandal for the Ages

With the announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder of a criminal investigation of the IRS over the agency’s targeting of conservative Tea Party and other groups, a key question that has arisen is: What are the relevant federal criminal laws that might apply to the misconduct of IRS employees?

There ...

Read more: IRS-Gate: The Potential Criminal Implications

Judicial Watch Sues Obama DOJ, Investigates Collusion with Radical Left

If you are a regular reader of the Weekly Update, you know that Judicial Watch has been the leading force in uncovering the unethical and dangerous connections between the Obama administration and a wide swath of radical ...

Read more: Benghazi Update and Collusion

City Journal   A new liberal era? Not according to these reformers.

Shortly after Barack Obama won reelection in November, New Jersey governor Chris Christie pointed out that Republicans’ cloudy political prospects had a bright silver lining. “One of the reasons you have 30 Republican ...

Read more: Rise of the Republican Governors

Obama Administration Colludes with Terrorist Front Groups?

The Obama administration tends to take a “see no evil, hear no evil” approach to the problem of Islamic radicalism and terrorism.

In November 2009, when  Maj. Nidal Hasan murdered 13 people and wounded dozens of others in a Fort Hood ...

Read more: Islamic Extremists Recruited by Obama administration?

[Thomas DiLorenzo will be teaching an online Mises Academy course titled "Lincoln: Founding Father of the American Leviathan State" from May 9, 2013 thru June 5, 2013.]

In an essay entitled “Lincoln, the Declaration, and Secular Puritanism: A Rhetoric for Continuing Revolution,” the late Professor ...

Read more: American Exceptionalism: From Gettysburg to Damascus

Says Legislation to Create Select Committee Has Added 14 Cosponsors Since Interim Report Was Released Last Week; Now Totals 134

Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2013) – Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), chief sponsor of legislation to create a House Select Committee on the Terrorist Attack in Benghazi, today ...

Read more: Wolf: Report From Benghazi Whistleblower Hints At White House Cover Up