Newsmax RSS FeedThu, 23 May 2013 17:58:08 EDTJoseph E. Schmitz' Perspective: As the Obama administration attempts to ride out three major scandals, a fourth has yet to make headlines: the lack of independent and effective Senate-confirmed inspectors general.Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:32:42 EDTJoseph E. Schmitz' Perspective: The Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona, and 19 House colleagues co-sponsored H.Res. 153 on April 12.Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:20:38 EDTJoseph E. Schmitz' Perspective: The Boston Marathon terrorist attack is a wake up call. We have enemies who can and will continue to attack us on our own territory. Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:46:29 EDTThe United States Congress and the Obama administration should base U.S. border security policy on the subsidiarity-based framework implemented by Nehemiah four centuries before Christ.Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:09:01 EDTSequestration is the most recent flash-drama occupying what could otherwise be a profound public dialogue on the character of our Constitution and on the “Republican form of government” it guarantees “to every state in this union” (Art IV, §4). Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:21:12 EDTAs a constitutional alternative to secession, states such as Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Oklahoma should consider entering into a self-defense “compact.” Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:30:54 EDTIn the aftermath of both the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi terrorist attack and Hurricane Sandy, and on this presidential election eve, the following prayer by the Secretary of Defense at a cabinet meeting after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, seems as relevant today as then.Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:20:01 EDTThe president’s Sept. 12 Rose Garden transcript suggests that he refused then and now to heed at least one aspect of Sun Tsu’s admonition, “If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:03:31 EDTSecretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent acceptance of responsibility for the Benghazi tragedy begs a more pressing question: What happened in the White House after Benghazi?Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:06:35 EDTAside from the issues of rude interruptions, smiles, and body language, the vice presidential debate has revealed profound substantive differences between the two vice presidential candidates and, by proxy, their respective presidential running mates.Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:14:09 EDTThe Obama and Romney reactions to the American Embassy in Cairo’s statement on the anniversary of 9/11 highlights important differences between the candidates. Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:53:33 EDTRep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and 10 congressional co-sponsors' new bill, states that Obamacare "violates article I, section 7, clause 1 of the United States Constitution because it was a 'Bill for raising Revenue' that did not originate in the House of Representatives."Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:58:42 EDTThere’s a new constitutional Achilles’ heel for Obamacare: The legislation originated in the Senate, but the “Origination Clause” of the Constitution requires that “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives”Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:13:11 EDTThe Supreme Court has struck down Obamacare qua Obamacare as unconstitutional.In its place, the Supreme Court has, in effect, enacted a new tax on the middle class.It is now up to the Congress and the American people to clean up the surviving unconstitutional...