The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller

The enduring myth of government job creation

| Jim Huffman

Do Republican voters think government creates jobs?

The government wants me to return my son's 'leftover' Social Security money

| Jim Huffman

I’m baffled by a letter I recently received from the Social Security Administration.

Do we need affirmative action for conservative professors?

| Jim Huffman

On Wednesday, the University of Colorado named Steven Hayward as its first visiting scholar of conservative thought and policy.

With environmental concerns put to rest, will Obama finally approve Keystone?

| Jim Huffman

A State Department report issued on Friday concludes that the oil pipeline wouldn’t have a major impact on the environment.

The sorry state of the State of the Union address

| Jim Huffman

The constitutionally prescribed presidential address has devolved into an uninformative display of political theater.

Drone policy isn't the only area where Obama has stretched his authority

| Jim Huffman

From recess appointments to foreign policy, this president has consistently overreached.

Social Security reform and the entitlement mentality

| Jim Huffman

We need to stop talking about Social Security benefits as if they’re sacrosanct. They’re not.

DC Circuit gets it right on NLRB appointments

| Jim Huffman

The ruling is a big blow to the Obama administration’s whatever-it-takes theory of constitutional governance.

Why 'entitlement' programs aren't really entitlements

| Jim Huffman
Social Security

They’re benefit programs, and should be described as such.

Obama's gun-violence executive orders and the Constitution

| Jim Huffman

With the election in his rear-view mirror, President Obama doesn’t seem too concerned about the Constitution’s limits on executive power.

Balance may be good politics, but it's bad economics

| Jim Huffman

Why does President Obama insist on a balance between spending cuts and tax hikes?

Lisa Jackson and the limits of executive power

| Jim Huffman

Jackson’s tenure as EPA chief has raised questions about the proper role of executive agencies in our constitutional republic.

Congressional Republicans shouldn't accept IOU's

| Jim Huffman

Obama wants Republicans to agree to tax rate increases and new stimulus spending now in return for entitlement and tax code reform in the future.

Why is my 13-year-old daughter eligible for Social Security?

| Jim Huffman

My family’s experience suggests that Social Security isn’t a very well-designed system.

Hey Barack!

| Jim Huffman

We should stay in touch after the election.

It's the economy, stupid --- and the courts

| Jim Huffman

A thriving economy depends on the rule of law.

Is early voting a bad thing?

| Jim Huffman

Early voting may be convenient, but it has harmful side effects.

Krugman unhinged

| Jim Huffman

On Monday, Paul Krugman suggested that Romney and Ryan want some people to die so that the rich can have more money.

What's Big Bird doing in the federal budget to begin with?

| Jim Huffman

The Constitution doesn’t give Congress the power to fund PBS.

The community organizer vs. the businessman

| Jim Huffman

At Wednesday night’s debate, Romney emphasized liberty; Obama did not.