Big Government on Townhall

• Shopping Around for a Better Life Wed Jan 23
  John Stossel
  Thanks, California! Thanks for your monstrous spending and absurd regulatory overreach! America needs you. We need Connecticut and Illinois, too! We need you the way we needed the Soviet Union, as models of failure, to warn us what happens if we believe those who say, "Government can." ... more
• Are Guns the Problem? Wed Jan 16
  Walter E. Williams
  When I attended primary and secondary school -- during the 1940s and '50s -- one didn't hear of the kind of shooting mayhem that's become routine today. Why? It surely wasn't because of strict firearm laws. My replica of the 1902 Sears mail-order catalog shows 35 pages of firearm advertisements. People just sent in their money, and a firearm was shipped. ... more
• Freedom Lost Sat Jan 12
  Bill O'Reilly
  If you see Kris Kristofferson around, please tell him thanks for writing the line "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" in his song "Me and Bobby McGee." That thought is sage and very appropriate for America in the year 2013. ... more
• Economic Outlook for 2013: ZIRP, Zombies, and the Japanization of the American Economy Wed Jan 9
  Mark W. Hendrickson
  I recently indulged in some wistful, year-end nostalgia, but now that 2013 is underway, let’s turn our attention to a time more crucial to our well-being: the future in which we will live. ... more
• A Man's Home Is His Subsidy Wed Jan 9
  John Stossel
  The Obama administration now proposes to spend millions more on handouts, despite ample evidence of their perverse effects. ... more
• Are We Becoming European? Fri Jan 4
  Mona Charen
  Following the fiscal cliff melodrama, Senator Richard Shelby appeared on television to declare that we are becoming European. "We're always wanting to spend and promise and spend and borrow but not cut. We've got to get real about this. We're headed down the road that Europe's already on." ... more
• Resolve to Conquer or Die Wed Jan 2
  Chuck Norris
  When President Barack Obama was re-elected, the winds waned behind many patriots' ships' sails. My wife, Gena, and I felt that sock in the gut for our country and posterity, too. But instead of cowering in defeat, I believe we need to discard conventional (unsuccessful) strategies and advance in new directions. ... more
• When Government Offers to Help, It Often Makes a Mess Mon Dec 31
  Michael Barone
  There's a natural human impulse to help people who need a hand. In the political world, that often translates to an impulse to have government help people who need a hand. Who wants to argue with that? ... more
• The Spirit of Generosity Thu Dec 27
  Ed Feulner
  Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business.” <p> Americans, it seems, truly take Jacob Marley’s ghostly warning to Ebenezer Scrooge to heart -- not only at Christmas time, but throughout the year. ... more
• After the Disaster: American Rebirth or Interment? Thu Dec 27
  Terry Jeffrey
  America is now in a time that in some ways resembles the 1850s, when freedom-loving people, attentive to political and cultural trends, saw a great crisis coming. ... more
• The Fiscal Cliff: What Would Reagan Do? Wed Dec 19
  Paul Kengor
  As President Obama and Democrats urge Republicans to increase taxes, some liberals are curiously invoking the name of Ronald Reagan, the ultimate tax-cutting Republican. They insist that even Reagan was willing to compromise with Democrats on tax increases; thus, John Boehner and Republicans should as well. In truth, this is (at best) a false parallel. ... more
• America’s Growing Government Class Sun Dec 16
  Paul Kengor
  The latest unemployment figures are again depressing, but not for the usual reasons. They provide further confirmation of Barack Obama’s fundamental transformation of America, specifically through his creation of a growing government class. ... more
• GOP and Big Government - Friends Not Foes? Thu Dec 6
  Jack Kerwick
  “The Republican Party is no longer the party of limited government, with limited spending and limited taxes. It is now officially exactly right behind the Democrats—on everything. It is time for conservatives to start looking for a new home. There’s precious little left for us here.” Thus spoke Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center and long-time movement conservative. ... more
• The Grinch Who Stole the Christmas Cocktail Wed Dec 5
  Julie Gunlock
  Christmas party season is upon us; a time to raise a glass and enjoy time with friends and family. Yet, this year, you might want to savor that mug of Christmas grog or rum-spiked eggnog a little more since regulators are adding alcohol to the naughty list. ... more
• Let the Taxi App Roll Wed Dec 5
  Jonah Goldberg
  If Hollywood remade "The Graduate" and set it in 1980, the one word the businessman would have for Dustin Hoffman's character wouldn't be "plastics." It'd be "medallions." ... more
• Poll: 53 Percent of Democrats Hold Favorable View of Socialism Thu Nov 29
  Guy Benson
• Psalm 666: The State Is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want Sun Nov 25
  Doug Giles
  A Psalm of Obama (To be sung by children, K-12, every morning of their seven-day school week.)* ... more
• Crushing Ambition Sat Nov 24
  Bill O'Reilly
  The left-wing media went wild after the election when analysis showed that many poorer Americans supported President Obama and entitlements could have been a major reason why. Liberals always like to think of themselves as noble, and the thought that some vote-buying could have occurred is deeply offensive to them. Nevertheless, the facts speak for themselves. ... more
• Marco Rubio: A Hispanic Reagan? Thu Nov 22
  Cal Thomas
  Conservatives have been dreaming that a political reincarnation of Ronald Reagan would lead them to an electoral promised land. I never put my faith in such a possibility, because the past is a dangerous place in which to live. Reagan never lived in the past, though he learned from it. ... more
• The Horrors of FEMA Disaster 'Relief'; the Glory Private Efforts Tue Nov 20
  Chuck Norris
  "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.'" -- President Ronald Reagan ... more
• Soaring Toward Totalitarianism Mon Nov 19
  Mike Adams
  (Some time in the not-too-distant future at a public university near you). Good morning, everyone. My name is Dean Crawler and I would like to welcome everyone to new staff training here in the Dean of Student's Office at the University of Neo-Communism in Wonderland, or UNCW. ... more
• Republicans Must Reject Crony Capitalist Efforts to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff Sun Nov 18
  Tom Borelli
  Following his re-election President Obama wasted no time in rallying his progressive and crony capitalist allies to address the fiscal cliff. ... more
• Rand Paul: We All Owe a “Debt of Gratitude to my Father, the Champion of Liberty” Sat Nov 17
  Daniel Doherty
• The Single Reason Romney Lost Tue Nov 13
  Robert Knight
  “It’s the economy, stupid.” Maybe not. Mired in the worst recovery since the Great Depression, with unemployment near 8 percent, companies laying off workers over Obamacare, a $16 trillion debt and gasoline at double the 2008 price, America still re-elected Barack Obama. ... more
• A Victory for Creatures of the State Fri Nov 9
  Jonah Goldberg
  The Progressives won on Tuesday. ... more
• Washington Is On The Path to Athens Thu Nov 8
  Frank Pastore
  So, what do you think happened last night? What does it mean for Christianity, for Israel, the Middle East and the world at large? For the United States of America, for your family, your kids and for your grandkids? ... more

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