In a laughable story that illustrates how dense government can be, a taxpayer-funded program that feeds low-income children free breakfast in public schools is causing concern about child obesity. That’s because, as it turns out, some kids are “double-dipping” or eating twice in the morning, according to a national newspaper report. They have breakfast at

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Less than a year after the U.S. government warned about global warming’s threat to the world’s food supply, a separate taxpayer-funded study reveals that water is also at risk from the ills of climate change. That means the government has so far, in a variety of separate assessments, determined that global warming will make food

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Big-time political corruption that sticks taxpayers with exorbitant bills doesn’t just happen in Washington D.C. or major U.S. cities. Case in point; a veteran public official in a tiny Illinois town has been criminally charged for stealing tens of millions of dollars to finance her extravagant lifestyle. The longtime comptroller and treasurer (Rita Crundwell) of

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In a much-needed victory for voter identification laws, a famously liberal federal appellate court has upheld a state measure requiring citizens to show a photo ID before casting a ballot in an election. The voter ID issue is getting hotter and hotter as the presidential election approaches. More than two dozen states have laws requiring

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In a scathing article not commonly seen in the notoriously pro Obama mainstream media, a major newspaper reports that access to the White House is directly connected to the amount of cash donated to the president’s reelection campaign and the Democratic Party. In other words the so-called people’s house is for sale to the highest

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The scandal surrounding the General Services Administration’s (GSA) exorbitant Las Vegas conference is merely the tip of the iceberg for a bloated federal agency that apparently has quite a history of mismanagement and waste. The question is; why didn’t Congress act sooner to set limits on the GSA’s manic spending sprees? Why did it take

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In what appears to be the latest of many crimes resulting from the Obama Administration’s disastrous Mexican gun-running operation, a federal agent has been indicted for trying to smuggle high-powered weapons and large amounts of ammo south of the border. The U.S. Border Patrol agent undoubtedly got his idea from a failed government project, dubbed

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In a case that illustrates the need for stricter laws to clean up the election process, nearly a dozen convicted felons have been charged with voter fraud for lying on registration forms during the 2008 presidential campaign. The crimes took place in Virginia, where ironically Democratic lawmakers opposing a voter ID law recently contended there

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A Florida congressman impeached as a federal judge and currently under House Ethics Committee scrutiny has earned yet another recognition for his transgressions, this time nepotism. Alcee Hastings, one of only six federal judges to be removed from the bench, is in a class of his own when it comes to nepotism. This month he

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An inconceivable story about a convicted murderer who for years collected unemployment benefits from jail has made national headlines though a crucial component, associated with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been left out. When Pelosi, a veteran California Democrat, was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives she defended a controversial jobless benefits extension

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