
by Alan Caruba GCC/Staff Mar. 20, 2013 On March 20-21, the world will be treated to President Obama’s first visit to Israel since he was elected in 2009. Here’s what he will do: “The President will examine the Iron Dome missile defense system, meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres, and hold bilateral talks with Prime [...]

by Alan Caruba GCC/Staff Mar. 17, 2013 Following the sequester debacle in which Obama and his cohorts were swiftly found to be lying through their teeth, his polling numbers have begun to fall and, folks you ain’t seen nothing yet. As the realities and costs of the Affordable Healthcare Act—Obamacare—kick in, when he leaves office, [...]

By Audrey Russo GCC/Staff< >Mar. 6, 2013 “False friends are worse than bitter enemies.” Scottish Proverb Well, well, well…over four years after taking office, the ‘friend’ of Israel is finally visiting the Jewish State. Why did he wait so long? Did he have trouble finding it on a map? The smartest man in the room [...]

By Pamelia Marie Cataldi GCC/Staff Feb 28, 2013 I knew they had both lost their law license, but I didn’t know why until I read this. This is 100% legit. I check it out at https://www.iardc.org/ Stands for Illinois Attorney Registration And Disciplinary Committee. It’s the official arm of lawyer discipline in Illinois; and they [...]

by Alan Caruba GCC/Staff Feb 22, 2013 While my high school graduating class of 1955 went off to a variety of prestigious Ivy League colleges and universities, I chose the University of Miami in Florida. I spent four of the happiest years of my life there. The weather was sublime, the girls were pretty, and [...]

By Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady Feb 21, 2013 For many Americans, it is hard to believe that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta could top his statement in defense of the administration’s tragic bungling of the terrorists’ massacre in Benghazi: “The basic principle is that you don’t deploy forces into harm’s way without knowing what’s going [...]

by Alan Caruba GCC/Staff Feb 20, 2013 Listening to Obama deliver his State of the Union speech was painful, considering that he promised that his agenda would “not add a dime to the deficit” while spelling out twenty-nine new programs involving the expansion of government to further extend its tentacles into everyone’s life. And, of [...]

by Alan Caruba GCC/Staff Feb 15, 2013 Despite the rosy scenario provided by the President’s State of the Union (SOTU) Speech on February 12, a far more realistic presentation was made on February 13 by Douglas W. Elmendorf, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO is apolitical and non-partisan, relying solely on the [...]

By Audrey Russo GCC/Staff Feb 14, 2013 “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.” — Plato If anyone had the displeasure to sit through the Benghazi Hearings … an exercise infutility … you were treated to what appears now to be their new normal talking [...]

By Rep. Paul Ryan Chairman House Budget Committee Jan 27, 2013 Editor’s Note: This speech is by Rep. Ryan at the National Review Institute. Thanks, Rich. I’m happy to see so many friends in the audience. And I’m honored to speak to such distinguished guests. I’d say this is, perhaps, the greatest collection of conservative [...]