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Happy Birthday, President George W. Bush

t looks like President George W. Bush may have a pretty good birthday today. After all, this time last year the liberal media was terming him as “the worst president in American history.” But a lot has changed since then.

Hypocrisy Grows in Sunlight

Last week, we reported on the undisclosed funding and conflicts of interest behind the pro-regulatory “research” being peddled by The Sunlight Foundation and picked up by the New York Times. Following that Big Government report, Sunlight scurried to put up

What About the Country, Mr. President?

I recently released a new web video challenging President Obama to focus on the American people’s priorities after the release of yet another disappointing jobs report. Last Friday we learned that our economy lost 125,000 jobs in the month of

The Government Pay Bonus

Andrew Biggs and Jason Richwine in today’s Wall Street Journal: Even using all the standard controls–including race and gender, full- or part-time work, firm size, marital status, region, residence in a city or suburb, and more–the federal wage premium does

Tuesday Open Thread: Aqaba Edition

Today, in 1917, Arab troops under the command of Lawrence of Arabia captured the Ottoman stronghold of Aqaba. It is a testament to what one man can do, as well as a caution to our limitations. T.E. Lawrence’s hopes for