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Afghanistan Reconstruction: Billions Spent, But No One Knows Just How
Waste, fraud, and corruption are endemic to government projects. At least projects that take place close to home, however, can be monitored and...
Planned Parenthood: More Govt Funding, More Abortions
Planned Parenthood’s annual report for fiscal 2008-09 shows that the nation’s premier abortion provider received a banner $363.2 million in government funding through...
Read moreCancun: Global Hysteria, Wealth Redistribution
Thousands of climate dignitaries representing almost every national government on Earth flew to Cancun, Mexico, for the great event. Security precautions were extensive:...
Read moreTSA: Airports Are Only the Beginning
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), notorious for groping and ogling naked passengers at checkpoints, has long claimed that its “mission” is “protect[ing] the...
Read moreProf. Alfred Kahn, Father of Airline Deregulaton, Passes Away
Professor Alfred Kahn, best known as “the father of airline deregulation,” died Monday at age 93. His obituary from Cornell reminded his students...
Read moreDemocrats Prepare for Battle Over ObamaCare in Next Congress
Back in September, when Republicans first floated the idea of starving the ObamaCare beast, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius argued that...
Read moreDid Justice Breyer Invent History to Justify His Personal Agenda?
An oft-quoted maxim attributed (dubiously) to Mark Twain instructs writers: “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” Perhaps...
Read moreThe Great Global-warming Crackup
What a difference a year can make! In December 2009, thousands of politicians, diplomats, and bureaucrats swarmed into Copenhagen for the 15th Conference...
Read moreEPA Pushes Further Regulations
If Washington, .D.C. was supposed to “get the message” after the November elections, it would appear that the memo never made it to...
Read moreOpposition to TSA Pat-Down Leads to Austin Airport Arrest
On Wednesday, Dec. 22, an Austin, Texas woman hoping to spend Christmas with California friends, collided with the TSA and was arrested for...
Read moreUnfunded Municipal Pensions: Conveyor Belt to Oblivion
For years the small town of Prichard, Alabama knew they were in trouble. Back in 2004, the city hired an actuary to analyze...
Read moreMilwaukee Man Fined for Cursing on Bus
According to a local news station, a Milwaukee man named Terry Duncan received a $500 fine last week for cursing on a public...
Read moreTime’s Joe Klein Connects Beck to JBS
As if conservative pundit Glenn Beck was not enough of a target to the Left, Timemagazine’s Joe Klein has branded him with a...
Read moreObamaCare 2: Return of the Death Panels
In the original Star Wars, rebels fighting for freedom from the Empire destroyed Darth Vader’s Death Star, which was capable of obliterating an...
Read more100th Birthday of the Karl Marx of Arab Socialism
Though the majority of Americans have never heard of him, one hundred years ago a key figure in Islamic socialism was born in...
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