The Magical Word “Women”

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 27th at 09:20 AM  | 

If we’ve come to the point where Republicans believe that dealing with domestic violence is within the purview of the federal government, we should just stick a fork in the party.  Yet, not only do Republicans in the House plan to reauthorize the wasteful and politically-motivated Violence Against Women Act, they plan to pass the Senate version (S.47), which contains egregious anomalies. The Senate bill | Read More »

Romney Must Coalesce Around Conservatives, Not Vice Versa

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  April 25th at 08:37 AM  | 

There is an interesting factoid that was overlooked from last night’s largely pro-forma presidential primaries.  According to University of Minnesota’s Eric Ostermeier, Romney was the first GOP frontrunner who failed to reach 60% in contests “conducted after his last major challenger dropped out of the race.”  Romney won just 56% of the vote in Delaware and 58% in Pennsylvania. Over the past few months, we’ve | Read More »

Say No to Violence Against the Constitution Act

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  April 23rd at 06:29 AM  | 

One of the oldest legislative schemes of the left is to hide terrible statist laws behind mellifluous sounding names.  There is no better example of this outrage than the Orwellian Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994, which is up for reauthorization before the Senate.  Democrats want to expand the role of this already ill-conceived bill in a way that will subvert our judicial system | Read More »