America marked a dubious milestone in its history last year – the 100th anniversary of federal taxes levied “on incomes, from whatever source derived.” Ensconced in the Sixteenth Amendment, the federal tax code totaled 400 pages when the income tax first took effect in 1913. Today this tax code is …
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After his son published a scathing article on Salon.com titled, “I lost my dad to Fox News,” Nevada dad Gary Lyngar is telling his side of the story. Lyngar spoke to The Five’s Andrea Tantaros about the article, his family and Fox News. “Gary, are you really a hysterical, angry, …
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Here’s the good news for Peyton Manning: he didn’t get sucked into talking about what a Super Bowl win would mean to his legacy. He had the good sense to know that performance comes first, legacy follows. As he said to reporters before the big game, “…I’m not sure you …
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Regardless of whether Americans consider Edward Snowden a hero or a traitor, anyone concerned with the national security of the United States should want one thing: to get him back. How to get him back is fraught with unsavory compromises and unfortunate consequences, but he is more valuable to the …
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As bloodshed and nuclear menace mount in the Middle East, China and North Korea flex their military and nuclear muscles in Asia, and America retreats almost everywhere, how will history judge Barack Obama? Is he the wise Dwight D. Eisenhower who understood the limits of American power and used military …
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One vote. That’s how close Fox News reporter Jana Winter came to being sent to jail for doing her job by protecting her sources. Thanks to Tuesday’s 4-3 ruling by New York’s highest court, Jana Winter, an investigative reporter, will not be forced to appear in a Colorado state court …
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When I first saw the headline saying Bill Clinton was advising President Obama to “honor his commitment,” I had to laugh. The idea of Monica Lewinsky’s boyfriend as moral referee always cracks me up. Then I got to wondering. Which commitment was Clinton talking about? Is it the one Obama …
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Prayer changes things! That’s what the Chaplains of the Senate and the House of Representatives believe. They are praying for God to intercede in the course of action that has lead us into a partial government shutdown. Senate Chaplain Barry Black recently opened the Senate in prayer with this solemn …
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Joe Lhota, running to be mayor of New York, is perhaps the first Republican whose campaign is being torched by the Cruz-ade that shut down the federal government, but he’s unlikely to be the last. In Virginia, Attorney General Ken Cucinelli is trailing in his bid to become the state’s …
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Republicans must live with ObamaCare. They have few prospects for electing 60 senators needed to repeal the law, and unless they work to make it more palatable — something they have few ideas to accomplish. It’s a fact, the nation is headed for socialized medicine. ObamaCare seeks to substantially reduce …
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