Donald Lambro
Articles by Donald Lambro
LAMBRO: A second-term second chance
It’s not too premature to now say that President Obama’s second-term agenda is adrift — that is, if he ever had a really well-thought-out agenda to begin with. Published May 1, 2013
LAMBRO: Obama’s blood sport with the flying public
Clearly, President Obama is playing a nasty political game with the air-traffic controller furloughs that have forced severe airline delays across the country. Published April 26, 2013
LAMBRO: Sealing the gaps in defense
The deadly bombing in Boston and the wave of terrorist plots in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001, lead inexorably to three conclusions: The terrorist threat is growing, al Qaeda has not been decimated as President Obama told us in his 2012 campaign, and there are gaps in our security system that need to be repaired. Published April 24, 2013
LAMBRO: Earth to Obama: Economic policy is in a tailspin
The national news media has been in hyperdrive since President Obama's inauguration, trying to persuade us that the U.S. economy is getting stronger. Published April 19, 2013
LAMBRO: The Obama budget it’s stale, late and D.O.A.
Let's not mince words. President Obama's nearly $4 trillion, big-spending budget is dead on arrival. Published April 12, 2013
LAMBRO: Obamanomics, a synonym for failure
President Obama heads into the third month of his second term still unable to find a cure for a sluggish economy, weak employment numbers and his own slipping job approval scores. Published April 5, 2013
LAMBRO: Unemployed and black in Obama’s America
President Obama's failed job policies are facing bitter criticism from black Americans, whose leaders now say black unemployment has grown worse under his presidency. Published March 29, 2013
LAMBRO: Short-term budget bedevils second-term Obama
The federal budget deficit will be nearly $1 trillion this year, our national debt is headed toward $17 trillion, Congress' approval polls are a dismal 13 percent, and our lawmakers are on a two-week spring break. Published March 27, 2013
LAMBRO: Fleeing the Holy Land for troubles
President Obama's job-approval polls have dropped to 48 percent, and the Federal Reserve says the jobless rate will remain high for the next two years, so it was time for a road trip. Published March 22, 2013
LAMBRO: Obama’s Plan B: Raise revenue by closing tax loopholes
President Obama has been pleading with House Republican leaders lately to raise government revenues by overhauling the tax code to erase loopholes and other income exemptions. Published March 8, 2013
LAMBRO: Sequestration was Obama’s idea in the first place
The White House is still trying to stir up a climate of fear over the looming budget sequester that is not supported by the size of its puny spending cuts. Published February 22, 2013
LAMBRO: Obamacare will hurt young people most
Brace yourselves for higher medical insurance costs that will hit young and old alike as a result of President Obama's nationalized health care mandates. Published February 20, 2013
LAMBRO: Bystander-in-chief wedded to failure
The Congressional Budget Office sent us a gloomy report this week about the government's debt and the ailing economy. It's worse than the Obama administration has led us to believe. Published February 8, 2013
LAMBRO: Economy progresses downward
When millions of voters went to the polls in November to narrowly re-elect Barack Obama, the economy was rapidly shrinking toward recessionary levels. Published February 1, 2013
LAMBRO: Persistent plague of Washington waste
Archaic, bloated, duplicative, wasteful, inefficient government is like the weather. People complain about it, but no one has figured out how to change it. Published January 18, 2013
LAMBRO: Mount Obama
President Obama thinks the debate over raising the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling isn't the place or the time to be discussing runaway spending. Published January 16, 2013
LAMBRO: Another lost year for America’s workers
President Obama's decision to name Jack Lew, his chief of staff and former budget director, to be his Treasury secretary sent a depressing signal that the economy and jobs won't be his highest priority in a second term. Published January 11, 2013
LAMBRO: Choices for a shrinking global presence
President Obama is putting together a new national security team at the Pentagon and the CIA that is said to be designed for an era of downsizing. Published January 8, 2013
LAMBRO: Obama’s dirty clean-energy deals
Have you seen the latest development in President Obama's waste-ridden, clean-energy program that's now under federal investigation at the U.S. Treasury Department? Published December 26, 2012
LAMBRO: Obama’s war on wealth
Abig issue is missing in the debate over the "fiscal cliff": how to get the Obama economy growing again, fueling capital investment, jobs and higher incomes. Published November 27, 2012
