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Did Pro-Lifers Err in Their Assertions of ObamaCare Abortion Funding?
On July 19 The New American reported that under ObamaCare the federal government has begun funding abortions through state high-risk insurance pools. Pennsylvania...
Federal Funding of Anti-Arizona Lawsuit Rolls On
The Senate on July 21 blocked an attempt by a slate of Republicans to enervate the President’s lawsuit against Arizona’s new anti-illegal-immigration law...
Read moreNew Tax Burdens for Selling Gold
Gigantic congressional bills, crammed with every goodie needed to buy a senator or congressman, filled with little rewards for special interest groups who...
Read moreFor BP and Transocean, Signs of Deadly Errors Preceded Explosion
According to British Petroleum, safety is always top priority. That's what BP Spokesman Robert Wine told CNN for a report on the Deepwater...
Read moreMassachusetts Moves to Circumvent the Electoral College
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is on the verge of passing a new law that will circumvent the Electoral College system so that future...
Read morePelosi Under Fire for Award From Tax-funded Abortion Group
For her crucial role in passing the wildly unpopular health-care “reform” bill and her dedication to ensuring that more federal funds will go...
Read more‘Major’ Ralph Houk Was Smart When It Counted
When World War II veteran Ralph Houk, "the major," was a Yankees coach under manager Casey Stengel, Stengel one day gave him a...
Read moreMaine Eyes Social Security for Pension Bailout
Instead of asking for a federal bailout, Maine is considering shifting part of its underfunded pension plan liabilities to Social Security. Without the...
Read morePsychiatry’s Brave New World
After some 40 years of psychiatry-based "parenting," free societies are experiencing behaviors by out-of-control children virtually unknown in the 1950s — first-graders biting and...
Read moreLibertarian Immigration?
John Stossel believes in free markets. The best result, in almost any situation, is individual liberty — government should stay out of the...
Read moreWill Cap-and-trade Bill Make Meeting Energy Efficiency Standards a Requirement for House Sale?
A chain letter that I’ve received four times already about provisions of the cap-and-trade bill that passed the House and is awaiting Senate...
Read moreObama Changes “Freedom of Religion” to “Freedom of Worship”
Well into the 20th century, coal miners in the United Kingdom and the United States carried canaries into coal mines as an early-warning...
Read moreTARP Criticism Misses the Point
When TARP Inspector General Neil Barofsky criticized the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) as being ineffective, he blamed the Treasury Department for not...
Read morePet Health Care in California
The government seems intent upon forcing itself into our own health issues, rather like in 1984, wherein the slaves of Oceania were compelled...
Read moreFederal Medical Snooping — and How to Stop It
The 2009 economic stimulus package has largely been a bust. However, one sector of the economy that should be seeing robust growth is...
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