Ernest Istook

ERNEST ISTOOK: Obamacare enrollment advertising asked of federal workers, military

President Obama wants millions of new recruiters for Obamacare, so he is drafting federal workers — including soldiers — to ask their friends and family to sign up for coverage at HealthCare.gov.

February 11, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Obama’s amnesty hotline pressures Border Patrol to obey him instead of the law

Obama must be obeyed above all else. The new amnesty hotline for illegal immigrants fits his plan to pressure federal agents to be loyal to Obama's edicts instead of to the Constitution.

February 10, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: NBC’s Brian Williams isn’t alone; honesty is now the lost policy

Has America become too accepting of media and politicans who lie? Is that why NBC's Brian Williams treated his deceit as no big deal?

February 9, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Gov’t and media lie to make unemployment seem minor, CEO of Gallup accuses

Gallup CEO expresses opinion rather than measuring opinion. He says we're being manipulated by number games to make unemployment appear acceptable.

February 6, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Super Bowl ball security puts border security to shame

What if we secured our borders as well as the NFL secured the footballs for the Super Bowl?

February 2, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Super Bowl is a too-rare moment that unites America

Political divisions, racial divisions and wealth divisions that split the country apart fade away for one brief day as America unites to enjoy the Super Bowl.

January 29, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: California protects the chickens, Al Gore targets the humans

Which comes first? The chicken or the consumer?

January 28, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Al Gore’s $90 trillion dream could put us back on horses

One of the presentations to the global elite in Davos is a $90 trillion plan to rebuild every city in the world without roads for autos. They're banned. Yes, Al Gore is involved.

January 28, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Obama told whopper lies about Obamacare costs, so why believe him today?

President Obama told gargantuan lies to get Obamacare passed, so it's smart to think he's probably lying again about his latest plans. New numbers show Obamacare adds $1.3 trillion to the deficit over 10 years.

January 27, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Earth won’t catch fire: Global warming alarmists ignore our latest science

The global warming alarmists use outmoded technology to scare us into backing their agenda. But global temperature readings from the best source--satellites--tell a different story.

January 25, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Egg prices climb to pay for new chicken rights

Why have egg prices become so "fowl?" Because California insists that chickens need more TLC -- and that's expensive.

January 24, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Window blind safety could cost consumers millions

"You can never be too safe," goes the old saying. But how much are we willing to empty our pockets to be as safe as government insists?

January 21, 2015

Democrats’ tax plan is legalized theft—gangster government

When a tax plan blatantly says it will take from a few and give that money to everybody else, it should be labeled what it is: legalized theft, designed to win votes by redistributing money.

January 19, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Gun control push backfired in 2014

Gun control advocates have shot themselves in the foot. Their big push for gun control backfired as support for Second Amendment rights soared in 2014.

January 19, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Obama & Sharpton put Martin Luther King’s dream into reverse

We're going in reverse. Race relations have gotten worse under Obama. He sees racism almost everywhere.

January 19, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Obama, Sharpton put Martin Luther King’s dream into reverse

We're going in reverse. Race relations have gotten worse under Obama. He sees racism almost everywhere.

January 19, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Regulators raise a stink over perfumes

What's coming to America? It could be European-style regulations on perfumes. And colognes. And other fragrances.

January 14, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Government does not protect us from lotteries

Because government loves us so much, it wants to protect us — from everything except government, that is.

January 7, 2015

ERNEST ISTOOK: Under Obama, expect more red tape in 2015

It doesn't matter whether the Dow hits 20,000 or higher in 2015. The big investment play is in government, not the private sector.

December 31, 2014

ERNEST ISTOOK: Federal regulators say “Bah, Humbug!” to Christmas lights

Christmas lights have become so affordable that even the humblest of homes often are lit like the Star of Bethlehem. Federal bureaucrats are working to end this.

December 24, 2014