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Baby Boomers Bring Budget Bust
Benjamin Franklin is supposed to have said, quite presciently, “When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end...
The 112th Congress: Real Substance, or Just Smoke?
When the House of Representatives announced new rules for the Congress that convenes on Wednesday, the mainstream media immediately called them “strict” and...
Read moreBoone’s Bane: Wind Energy
It took only a little more than two years for Texas oil man and financier T. Boone Pickens to figure out the bad...
Read moreCalifornians Face New 2nd Amendment Restrictions
Within the next few weeks, the law-abiding citizens of the State of California will find that their constitutionally guaranteed rights to self-defense and...
Read moreWhat Is the Essence of American Liberty?
In the art and science of perfumery, it is understood that a precise admixture of the right oils makes the perfect perfume. The...
Read moreJapan Rejects Cap and Trade
The government of Japan has rejected a cap-and-trade proposal for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions hard on the heels of the UN's Climate...
Read moreObama Again Circumvents Congress With Recess Appointments
President Obama has once again circumvented the U.S. Congress as it stands in the way of his agenda — this time, by directly...
Read moreObamaCare Repeal: Just What These Doctors Ordered
When, in 2009, the American Medical Association (AMA) endorsed President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform bill, many Americans probably assumed that most physicians therefore...
Read moreTea Party Hypocrisy on Display?
Tea Party support helped coast a number of congressional candidates to victory in the 2010 midterm elections. However, whether those victors will stay...
Read moreNew Jersey City Sued by ACLU Over Prayer
The ACLU of New Jersey has been granted a temporary court order forcing the city council of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, to...
Read moreCDC Property Worth Millions Unaccounted For in 2007
If one needs further proof of the ineptness of government agencies, one need look no further than the Centers for Disease Control and...
Read moreMark Twain’s Tabooed Talk
It is sometimes said regretfully that many Americans today get their “slant” on the news from TV’s late-night comedians. But today’s “baby boomers”...
Read moreWikiLeaks Leads to Calls for New Infringements on Speech, Press
American proponents of government secrecy are calling for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be assassinated or imprisoned, even if it means creating a...
Read moreEPA Cap-and-trade Regulations Would Circumvent Congress
Though the incoming 112th Congress will have a greater Republican presence, the Obama administration has announced that it will continue to try to...
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