government shutdown

This past Friday the deadline for an agreement on a “continuing resolution” on the federal budget expired, resulting in a temporary shutdown of the US government.

The current US government shutdown is a teachable moment.

Paul Ryan gives GOP a short-term win. But has the “Stupid Party” snatched defeat from the jaws of victory … again?

No intellectual movement speaks truth to power better than libertarianism.

Soon, all public schools will be allowed to enroll all students, regardless of need, into a new federal entitlement: “free” school lunches. This is the second year of a three-year rollout for the program, embedded in Michelle Obama’s Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

The lies about ObamaCare from the Administration and the Democrats are now being revealed in a fast and furious fashion.

Hundreds of thousands of government workers were laid off, national parks, monuments and other federal tourist attractions were closed, veterans were shortchanged, etc. All because the Republicans in the House of Representatives didn’t vote the necessary money for them, right? Wrong!

Chris Hayes says that the Tea Party faction and right-wing activists are “lying” to the American people and the Republican leadership in Washington. But Ben points out, rightly, that the bigger lie was that Obamacare was ready for prime time.

Day 4 of the government shutdown, and look out the window. The sun is still shining, and the sky is still blue. The birds are chirping. The Great Government Shutdown…

Is anyone surprised that last Friday’s budget deal to avert a government shutdown (most of the government would have kept going) is being shown to be a sham? Thirty-eight billion…

Reactions to recent events, cross-posted at America’s Uncommon Sense: Budget and National Debt If not now, when? If not the House, who? These two questions lie at the core of…