D.C.’s Dim Bulbs
Like me, you’d probably find it creepy and extremely unsettling were a total stranger to obsess about you. Indeed, you might even degenerate...
New Jersey as Auschwitz?
SEA ISLE, N.J. — Public-sector employees here now are regularly referring to Gov. Chris Christie as "Adolf Christie." Things got especially ugly when...
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Does Anyone Understand the Law?
Do we really understand what courts are for in America? I mean, do even really smart, educated people like (I realize I’m going...
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Australian Liquor Industry Puts Warning Labels on Bottles
The Australian liquor industry, under an ostensibly voluntary arrangement, has announced that it will carry health warnings on its bottles such as, “Drinking can...
Read moreForgotten U.S. History: The Barbary Wars
Not only have most Americans never heard of the Barbary Wars fought during Thomas Jefferson’s administration, but today’s schools don’t even bother to...
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Progressives Won’t Support Obama in 2012 If Entitlements Cut
It seems President Obama is beginning to alienate his support base. First, the labor unions voiced their anger toward the administration for...
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Obama Uses Executive Order to Pass Border States Gun Restrictions
Last week, the Obama administration announced that it was in the process of preparing new gun safety measures. The announcement, which coincided with...
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House to Vote on Bill that Overturns Light Bulb Ban
The U.S. House of Representatives is pushing legislation that would overturn a law that bans incandescent light bulbs and sets new energy-efficiency standards...
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Troubled South Sudan Officially Independent
South Sudan formally declared independence from its former oppressor North Sudan over the weekend after decades of bloody conflicts, but the problems plaguing...
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Top 20 White House Staff Averaged 50% Salary Increases for 2010-11
Once again, the Gawker.com has shown, if you work for the man who talked about hope and change, you can have a lot...
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EU Economic Crisis: Italy’s Debt Now Second Only to That of Greece
Europe’s slow-motion economic collapse continues apace as Eurozone governments and banks continue to wring their hands over what to do to postpone the...
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Strange Bedfellows: Bachmann Hires Media Co. Employing Rand Paul’s Wife
“True it is that politics makes strange bedfellows.” The precise origin of this phrase is unclear, but its application to the race for...
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New Wisc. Concealed Carry Law Permits Online Safety Training
A new law in Wisconsin may allow applicants for a concealed carry permit to take safety classes online. The concealed carry bill was...
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Neoconservatives vs. Conservatives: Who Are the Real “Extremists”?
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the Republican Party establishment — I refer to both politicians as well as the punditry class constituting the...
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Forgotten Stars: Musial, Greenberg, Louis
Three recent sports biographies — two about baseball stars Stan Musial and Hank Greenberg, and another about boxing great Joe Louis — are...
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