Insights, Issues & Istook

Insights, Issues & Istook


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Now is funny money time in Congress
June 15, 2015

'Tis the season for Washington, DC, to roll out the gimmicks. News stories might make you yawn, saying the House or the Senate just approved a bill to spend umpteen billions of dollars. Now's the time when Congress considers the appropriations...

Consumers get socked with $11,000 in costs due to new regulations
June 12, 2015

It's hard to get ahead when prices keep climbing. There's a link between rising prices and runaway regulations. Higher costs of doing business hurt the whole economy, and fewer jobs get created. But billions in red tape costs get tacked onto the...

Obama wants to control America even after he's out of office
February 24, 2015

President Obama says he will push his agenda harder than ever.   Saying he will “squeeze every last little bit of change” into his final two years in office, Obama bragged to fellow Democrats that his actions will set the course for Ameri

Media scoffed, but FBI confirms ISIS recruits Americans
February 19, 2015

ISIS has recruited and trained Americans to be terrorists—even to launch attacks within the USA. Despite the ridicule heaped upon those reports by our national media, the FBI confirms it is a fact. The FBI just testified to Congress to describe

Millions of federal workers told to promote Obamacare
February 11, 2015

We have over 4-million federal employees and they're being asked to pitch their friends and family to enroll in Obamacare. Even solders have received official flyers to hand out and postcards to mail. The White House hopes this will add millions of people

Obama's new hotline pressures Border Patrol to obey him, not the law
February 10, 2015

What's next?   A hotline for tax cheats to complain about enforcing tax laws? One for pushers to complain about obeying drug laws?   Obama's new hotline for illegal immigrants is more than catering to those who break immigration law.  

Honesty is a lost policy in today's America
February 09, 2015

Honesty is supposed to be the best policy—but it's a lost policy today. NBC anchorman Brian Williams is off the air because he told fibs once too often, but he's notour only dishonest public figure. Bernie Madoff stole billions. President Obama's he

Head of Gallup Poll says media & politicians are lying about job growth
February 06, 2015

The Gallup poll's CEO just accused politicians and the media of lying. Jim Clifton, Gallup's CEO for over 25 years, writes that politicians and news media are lying when they claim America's unemployment is only 5.6%. Among other problems, gover

The Super Bowl is a too-rare moment that unites America
January 29, 2015

We have too few things that Americans enjoy together. The Super Bowl is a too-rare occasion that unites us. On other days, we are overwhelmed by divisions. Conservatives oppose liberals; even moderates get accused of not having enough principles. Ra

Al Gore's $90-trillion dream would cramp our lives
January 28, 2015

Al Gore has a $90-trillion dream. He's involved with the World Commission on the Economy and Climate, which wants every city in the world to be re-designed in a way that eliminates automobiles. Substitute public transit for roads. And move everybody