Many Stimulus-created Jobs May Soon Vanish
Remember all those jobs the stimulus law supposedly created? Well, “tens of thousands” of them, reports the New York Times, are going to...
It’s the Spending, Stupid
Now there’s a message I hope you’ll see and hear a lot between now and election day — on bumper stickers on the backs of...
Read moreAre Republicans Serious About Their “Pledge to America”?
"These days one of America's two great political parties routinely makes nonsensical promises," writes Paul Krugman in his Sept. 23 New York Times...
Read moreReview of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Watching Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is analogous to viewing James Cameron’s 1997 hit, The Titanic. Both films generate the same sense of...
Read moreThe Politics of Resentment
Few things have captured in microcosm what has gone so painfully wrong, where racial issues are concerned, like the recent election for mayor...
Read moreJustice Department is Biased Officials Say
Christopher Coates used to be the voting chief for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. On Friday, September...
Read morePhysician-legislator Dr. Ritze Speaks Out Against ObamaCare
Dr. Mike Ritze is a physician and surgeon in private practice in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He is also an adjunct professor, a state...
Read morePulpit Freedom Sunday Confronts IRS
On Sunday more than 100 preachers will be speaking out on political issues and candidates in direct contravention of the IRS. And then...
Read moreVote on Bush Tax Cuts Delayed
President Barack Obama has asserted that tax cuts are a priority, However, once it became clear that Senate Democrats could not come to...
Read moreMike Castle Ponders Write-in Campaign
Congressman Mike Castle, a longtime fixture in Delaware politics, who lost his race in the Republican nomination for the Senate seat vacated by...
Read moreChristie Veto Defunds NJ State Dollars for Abortion
Southern New Jersey’s Courier-Post newspaper reported on September 21 that the state Senate had failed by a four-vote margin the previous day to...
Read moreArmed Citizens 1, Criminals 0
The report from NewsNet5 in Wadsworth, Ohio, was scarcely considered news, rating only a few brief paragraphs: “A gun-carrying couple helped [police] catch...
Read moreAmericans’ Tolerance for Communism
A while back I wrote a piece about the resurgence of the Red Menace in various parts of the world. The Communist Party...
Read moreScots Try to Snuff Out Cigarette Smuggling
With tobacco smuggling on the rise because of high taxes on cigarettes in the United Kingdom, Scottish government officials and anti-smoking activists met...
Read moreIs “Radical” Rand “Too Kooky for Kentucky”?
You might wonder if Dr. Rand Paul, Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Kentucky, will ever be plagued by what President Bush 41...
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