Rand Paul

Rand Paul seeking plaintiffs, funds for suit against NSA

2013-06-13 14:04:00

Sen. Rand Paul is recruiting plaintiffs – and seeking donations – for a class-action lawsuit against the National Security Agency. “Dear Patriot,” the Kentucky Republican wrote Thursday in an e-mail to supporters. “I’...

GOP can't help overreaching on Obama scandals

2013-05-20 08:54:00

Well, that didn't take long. Just as several genuine scandals cast the Obama administration in an unfavorable light, Republicans in Congress are already overreaching — with hyperbolic comparisons to Watergate, calls for special prosecutors,...

Boston bombing brings out the new xenophobes

2013-05-01 00:00:00

The Boston Marathon bombing has brought out the xenophobes. Often when America suffers some large, inexplicable tragedy, we want to blame "foreigners" and look for ways to fortify ourselves against them. It's more reassuring to believe that an evil lies...

Who says the Republicans are doomed?

2013-04-30 03:00:00

Since Mitt Romney lost to President Obama on Nov. 6, the conventional wisdom has been that the Republican Party is in trouble. The less conventional truth is that it is the Democrats whose chances may be more bleak. Yes, Republicans are currently...

Rand Paul gets schooled at Howard

2013-04-21 04:00:00

Rand Paul did just fine at Howard University, thank you very much. Or at least, that's how he remembers it. Mr. Paul, GOP senator from Kentucky, told the Christian Science Monitor on Wednesday that his recent visit to Howard didn't go so bad at all....

Getting to yes on immigration reform

2013-04-17 11:38:00

The sweeping immigration bill outlined by a bipartisan group of eight senators this week represents the most comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. immigration system in more than a quarter-century. It's also probably Congress' best chance this year to...

Can the GOP reverse the damage done by Iraq?

2013-04-01 03:00:00

Is the Iraq war to blame for the mess we are in? Now, I should qualify that question by explaining "mess" and "we." By "mess," I mean the dawn of Barack Obama's second term, the predictably catastrophic rollout of Obamacare, the exploding debt and...

Fusion power on the right

2013-03-21 00:00:00

"At CPAC, the Future Looks Libertarian," read a dispatch on Time magazine's website. "CPAC: Rand Paul's Big Moment," proclaimed The Week magazine. Meanwhile, The New York Times headlined its story about the annual conservative political action...

Dr. Ben Carson announces his retirement, hints at political future

2013-03-17 05:41:00

– Johns Hopkins Hospital's Dr. Ben Carson tested the political waters Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where many said he would be a popular Republican contender for the White House. Carson's speech was met with several...

What Rand Paul got right

2013-03-14 00:00:00

I hope I'm not too late to the fight. Last week, freshman Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, held an old-fashioned filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA. Mr. Paul's stated reason for taking to the floor and talking for...

Fixing the filibuster

2013-03-10 05:00:00

The filibuster is back in the news, thanks to Sen. Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour talkathon on U.S. drone policy last week. Putting aside the merits of Mr. Paul's national security views, his feat of endurance was in the best tradition of the Senate. He...

Targeting Hillary

2013-01-25 00:00:00

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's swan song before the Senate and House committees on foreign affairs was in a sense a prelude to any future bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. It gave Republicans a last chance to cast her as an...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla.

2012-08-29 00:00:00

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention.

2012-08-29 00:00:00