The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller

Taxpayers score victory against Medicare and Medicaid fraud

| Joanne Butler
Health Overhaul Applying for Benefits

On Friday, a judge overturned a 33-year-old injunction that made it difficult to detect Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

Pulling the plug on federal agencies' TVs

| Joanne Butler

Congress should order federal agencies to eliminate 75% of their televisions.

Obamacare's tooth tax takes effect on January 1

| Joanne Butler

The health care overhaul makes it harder to deduct dental and other medical expenses.

Watch out: Democrats are trying to implement Obamacare at the state level

| Joanne Butler

They’ve decided that if Obamacare is overturned by the Supreme Court, they’ll battle it out state by state.

Will Obama kick Joe Biden off the ticket?

| Joanne Butler

If I were Joe, I’d be worried.

Obama's slow jamming won't make up for lack of jobs

| Joanne Butler

The president’s appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night show wasn’t cool. It was meaningless.

Restoring accountability to the federal government

| Joanne Butler

If fundamental changes in the underlying management culture of federal agencies aren’t made, the GSA scandal won’t be the last time taxpayer funds disappear.

Two cheers for the House transportation bill

| Joanne Butler

The $260 billion bill is a half-step in the right direction, but do Republicans have the guts to get the rest of the job done?

A guide to the New Hampshire psyche

| Joanne Butler

With the New Hampshire primary just days away, here are some things to keep in mind about the state’s residents.

Thoughts on JFK's assassination, 48 years later

| Joanne Butler

I remember the non-stop media coverage and the surprising anti-Catholic bigotry of my neighbors.

The House Agriculture Committee: A Republican Bizarro World

| Joanne Butler

The committee’s GOP chairman is blocking bipartisan attempts to cut farm subsidies.

Cain shouldn't attack his accusers

| Joanne Butler

A better approach would be to try to convince voters that he has a good relationship with his wife.

Perry should repudiate Jeffress

| Joanne Butler

The Dallas pastor says that Mormonism is a “cult” and Catholicism is a “Babylonian mystery religion.”

Why Christie won't run

| Joanne Butler

He doesn’t want to jeopardize the reforms he has instituted in New Jersey.

An unlikely duo

| Joanne Butler

Despite their superficial differences, Chris Christie and Pete du Pont are kindred spirits.

How Reagan would handle Perry's Gardasil issue

| Joanne Butler

The Gipper would own up to having made a mistake.

Obama is trapped in a presidential bubble

| Joanne Butler

The president finds himself in a similar predicament to the one that George H.W. Bush faced 20 years ago.

Rick Perry's prayer event goes off without a hitch

| Joanne Butler

Those who were expecting ranting and hate speech were sorely disappointed.

West Virginia discredits Keynesianism

| Joanne Butler

If increased government spending were a sure-fire path to prosperity, West Virginia would be rich. Tellingly, it isn’t.

America is rediscovering herself

| Joanne Butler

The 2008 banking meltdown made Americans question their fundamental assumptions about life.