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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Jan. 7, 2013
This just in:
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Jan. 7, 2013
Three stories on one of our favorite themes. Each one, in its own way, illustrates the ongoing pattern of government regulations spawning unforeseen consequences. As Friedrich Hayek might have observed: these guys really don't know as much as they think they do, do they?
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Jan. 7, 2013
Your government is looking out for you, right? Tell it to the workers at Golden Guernsey in Waukesha. Or Wisconsin Public Service Corporation in northern Wisconsin.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Jan. 4, 2013
(A warning is probably warranted here: in this column, there will be strange bedfellows. Dogs and cats living together.)
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Jan. 3, 2013
How high will Obamacare drive health insurance premiums? 10%? 20%? How about rates rising by 100% next year? "Unexpectedly," of course.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Jan. 3, 2013
I spoke with Paul Ryan this morning. You can listen to the full interview here.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Jan. 2, 2013
It's not often you find these conservative stalwarts on the opposition sides of an issue like this. But they all make interesting cases for their respective positions.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 29, 2012
At the end of every year, I hand out the coveted year-end "Deep Tunnel Awards" and then, joined by Jeff Wagner, I offer up the "Right Stuff Awards" for all of 2012.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 28, 2012
Our year-end extravaganza... in audio and video.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 21, 2012
Human Events picks Walker.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 21, 2012
Amid the rhetorical blather, some sanity from Charles Krauthammer.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 20, 2012
Never let a crisis to waste, eh? Scammers are seeking to exploit the tragedy in CT for their own purposes. Appalling, disgusting right?
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 19, 2012
What is the "genuinely conservative" response to last Friday's tragedy? Maybe it's this.... My friend, John Caldara's moving essay on our need to grieve before we act.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 19, 2012
Governor Scott Walker appeared in-studio Tuesday to reflect on a memorable 2012 that saw him become the nation's first governor to survive a recall election. I also asked him about the proposal to allow teachers to carry guns in schools. You can listen to the whole interview here: http://www.620wtmj.com/podcasts/talk/charliesykes/183977201.html
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 19, 2012
As usual, Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke minces no words, and predictably his reaction to the Newtown shootings has inspired an unhinged reaction from the usual precincts of the unhinged left. Here is the full text of Clarke's statement:
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 18, 2012
Stocking stuffer? Last minute gift for the guy who already has a new electric shaver? Nervous about choosing jewelry. How about their very own copy of A Nation of Moochers? Amazon is offering copies for as low as $17.15..
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 18, 2012
Awesomely awesome job opportunity for a bright conservative who wants to be in on the ground floor of our new digital initiative.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 17, 2012
As the debate over guns heats up, it's worth noting how Governor Scott Walker last year broke with the NRA on one of it's major initiatives here.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 17, 2012
Amid all the usual back and forth in the wake of last Friday's unimaginable tragedy in Newtown, comes this terrifying account of how one mother deals with her mentally ill son.
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By Charlie Sykes CREATED Dec. 14, 2012
New frontiers of political sensitivity: The "M-word" is OUT. "Abornally small" is IN.
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