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By Cal Thomas

President Obama gave two commencement addresses in one to graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., last weekend. It would be easy for this conservative to critique the political and social elements of his speech. Instead, I choose to focus on the inspirational part.

The president struck the right note at the historically all-male college. African-American men in America need more role models and encouragement to counter the reality, reinforced by much of the media, of too much failure, crime, imprisonment, out-of-wedlock births, a disproportionate abortion rate and other social maladies affecting many in the black community. Continue Reading.

By Michael Barone

Would you like to have a “skinny” health insurance policy? Probably not. But if you’re employed by a large company, you may get one, thanks to Obamacare.

That’s the conclusion of Wall Street Journal reporters Christopher Weaver and Anna Wilde Mathews. They report that insurance brokers are pitching and selling “low-benefit” policies across the country. Continue Reading.

By Guy Benson

Earlier in the week, the lefty meme was that despite the cloud of scandal hanging over the White House, President Obama’s approval ratings were unaffected.  Not any more.  Fox News’ new poll of registered voters contains all sorts of unpleasant news for the West Wing:

- The president’s job approval rating has dipped underwater at 45/51, an eight-point negative swing since last month.  He’s at 40/52 among independents. Continue Reading.

Michelle Malkin

Who is Judy Faulkner? Chances are, you don’t know her — but her politically connected, taxpayer-subsidized electronic medical records company may very well know you. Top Obama donor and billionaire Faulkner is founder and CEO of Epic Systems, which will soon store almost half of all Americans’ health information.

If the crony odor and the potential for abuse that this “epic” arrangement poses don’t chill your bones, you ain’t paying attention. Continue Reading.

Thomas Sowell

This time of year, as college students return home for the summer, many parents may notice how many politically correct ideas they have acquired on campus. Some of those parents may wonder how they can undo some of the brainwashing that has become so common in what are supposed to be institutions of higher learning. Continue Reading.

In heat of election it was official policy, not random error

By Howard Rich

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week’s startling acknowledgement by senior staff at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the agency’s discriminatory practices against limited government groups is indeed “chilling” and “thuggish,” as a pair of moderate U.S. Senators have suggested.

But it’s much more than that. In fact it’s unlikely our nation’s capital has seen anything this sinister since Richard Nixon and his infamous “Enemies List“ — and we can only hope the ensuing cacophony of revulsion is just the beginning of a sustained movement to expose similar overreaches across our Orwellian federal government.   Continue Reading.

By Clark S. Judge

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — After last week’s Benghazi hearings, current White House press secretary Jay Carney could take a few lessons from his predecessor.

Instead, in the face of the biggest White House cover-up since the Clinton White House’s Monica Lewinski scandal, Mr. Carney is facing the cameras each day and maintaining the truth of every word the administration has uttered about the attack on the Libyan consulate and the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.   Continue Reading.

By State Sen. Charles Schwertner, MD

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The inherent flaw of Obamacare is that an individual’s health is, above all else, a matter of personal responsibility.  No matter how well-intentioned, no law handed down from Austin or Washington can ever force a person to quit smoking, eat healthier, or exercise regularly.

A  landmark study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine has cast substantial doubt on this central claim of Obamacare.   Continue Reading.

By Rick Manning

Welfare payments became water cooler conversation this week as it was revealed that the Marathon bombers and their family received more than $100,000 in welfare benefits the previous year.

The Mercedes Benz driving terrorists have become one of the most effective debate points for opponents of the Gang of 8 Immigration Reform Bill, as they have raised interest and awareness about the vagaries of immigration law.   Continue Reading.

By Phyllis Schlafly

The Boston bombing crime shows that comprehensive immigration reform should not be only a southern border problem, or even just a problem of illegal aliens.

It’s also a problem of foreigners who are admitted legally but should never have been admitted, and of others admitted legally on a visa but are not tracked to make sure they depart when their visitor’s time expires, as U.S. law requires.   Continue Reading.