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Tea Party Adherents: Who Are They?
Media accounts of the Tea Party phenomenon generally associate the movement with the Republican Party. However, a public opinion poll released the beginning...
Intergenerational Welfare, a.k.a. Social Security
Item: The New York Times for March 22 reported: “Now that landmark legislation overhauling the health insurance system is about to become law,...
Read moreAre Black Americans Invited to Tea?
In the hubbub of recent articles and arguments about supposed racism in the Tea Party Movement — and conservatism in general — there...
Read moreProgressives Have Targeted Glenn Beck
On Monday, ABC News reported that liberals have grown frustrated with the efforts made by Fox News, and Glenn Beck in particular, to...
Read moreQatari Diplomat Gives U.S. Airliner a Scare
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a U.S. State Department official said that Mohammed al-Madadi will likely be transferred or even sent home, following...
Read morePoll: Most Americans Believe Nation Now Weaker
If you think America is in decline and you are worried about the future, you’re not alone. According to a report at FOXNews.com,...
Read moreMcCain Now Bucks ‘Maverick’ Label
A leopard may not be able to change its spots (or "its stripes," as former Vice President Al Gore once said), but John...
Read moreHelping Hands for Soldiers
“All too often Americans say they support our soldiers, but do little if anything to show their appreciation.” This statement from Clark Lamoreux...
Read moreMitt Romney’s Magic Act: Creating the Illusion Romneycare Is Different from Obamacare
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the Southern Republican Leadership Conference Presidential Poll April 10, defeating Rep. Ron Paul by a single vote,...
Read moreObamaCare and Taxes: Promises Broken
A new Gallup poll reports that President Barack Obama's approval rating has dropped below 50 percent for the first time since his inauguration....
Read moreObama Nuclear Summit Opens in D.C.
Heads of state and other governmental officials from 47 countries gathered in Washington, D.C., on April 12 on the eve of President Barack...
Read moreThe States Respond to ObamaCare
On March 23, 2010, attorneys general from 18 states filed suit against the national government in the United States District Court, Northern District...
Read moreBush Adm. “Knowingly” Imprisoned Innocents
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who was Chief of Staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell, has charged in a sworn affidavit that top officials...
Read moreObamaCare and the Commerce Clause
As I wrote yesterday in the introduction to this series on ObamaCare, the aim of the survey is not to identify this or...
Read moreWill America Get a Value Added Tax (VAT)?
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker sent up a trial balloon at the New York Historical Society April 6 when he said that...
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