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House Republicans are stepping up to the plate and asking Americans on Main Street what we need to do to get the economy back on track. On Monday, Members of the Economic Recovery Working Group unveiled a 13-miniute video which

On the national level it seems as if the Unions have changed priorities. No longer is their primary objective to protect the rights of their own rank and file, their objectives has moved into politics and selling the progressive and/or

The three-month oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been a stark reminder of one of the intangible costs of the transportation sector’s near total dependence on oil. But if there was some hope that from this disaster would

Suddenly the American public is shocked. Perhaps there is no economic recovery. Perhaps the One really does favor Islam. Democrats and Republicans shake their heads and wonder, how could our President pursue such divisive and unpopular policies? What is the

It’s last call at Club Network Neutrality. The crowd supporting this government Internet land grab is rapidly thinning. The latest two to head for the exits each deal a huge blow to the media “reform” cause – for different reasons.

Muslims across the U.S. and around the world are speaking out against building an Islamic center and mosque near the mass murder site at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan. Many Muslim voices are echoing conservative critics of the Cordoba Initiative’s

From the very beginning I argued that the public should reserve judgment about Rod Blagojevich. The Chicago Tribune had the openness to run two of my op-eds recommending suspension of judgment–“Fitzgerald comments crossed ethical line” (Jan. 15, 2009) and “Reign

Most of the sportswriters still can’t understand what it was that Roger Clemens might have done wrong. [youtube 4dt_sMm7R1E&feature nolink] Which is why they’re still sportswriters. On the other hand, given the current crew of thieves, crooks, liars, tax cheats,

Can you teach an old dog new tricks? In politics, the answer is usually no. Most elected officials cling to their ideological biases, despite the real-world facts that disprove their theories time and again. Most have no common sense, and

Here’s a story problem to get kids ready for the new school year: If Congress borrows $10 billion to bail out the public schools, and if toilet paper costs fifty cents a roll, how many rolls of toilet paper will

They took their protests right to the steps of Congress. Hundreds of students, including ten from Georgia, lobbied at the nation’s capitol for “The Dream Act,” which offers undocumented students a chance to become legal citizens. I contend we don’t

There’s been a bit of chatter in the blogosphere about a recent post on Ezra Klein’s blog featuring estimates from various economists about the revenue-maximizing tax rate. It won’t come as a surprise that people on the right tended to

For the record: Mr. Christopher informs us that he did, in fact, write his post without any assistance. Although, to be fair, we didn’t ask him to swear on George Soros’ purse strings… ———– We think maybe Tommy Christoper took

A top network neutrality advocacy group is weathering a flap over its sketchy lobbying disclosures after it was reported last week the group had taken numerous unreported meetings with senior aides at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National

It’s like watching your childhood home being destroyed. The bulldozers move a little slower in this destruction, but the outcome is still the same. A pile of junk hauled off to the landfill. Oh, maybe I’m a bit extreme with

Our nation is in trouble and it goes far deeper than the current economic crisis of the past few years. Nor, despite all the rancor and the loud shouting back and forth, is the problem attributable to any single controversial

In step with federal government intrusion into the health care system, the auto industry, and the financial industry, the FCC and the Obama Administration has had its eye on asserting control over the Internet. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission

Technically speaking, the Kennedy Center is not Congress, but the building — a monument to the first Roman Catholic president — is federally supported. Luckily, this story has a happy ending. But how many ordinary Americans have a microphone or

As perverted as this may seem, there is almost no company that is too small to become a target of a union, as long as there are at least two employees. Even worse, adding to the already-lengthy trail of industrial

Washington’s latest bailout of bleeding state governments, $26 billion worth, has gotten attention because, among other things, almost half the bailout is financed by cutting $12 billion from food stamps. But isn’t food stamps a signature program for the liberal

From the Associated Press: A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a decision that had barred Congress from withholding funds from ACORN, the activist group driven to ruin by scandal and financial woes. The ruling by the 2nd Circuit

CNN, together with Moody’s Investor Services, published a map of the U.S. showing per capita state debt. This debt map brought to mind another map, this one the Electoral College map from the 2008 election. President Obama won 28 states

One of the most popular and most talked about movies of 1993 was Falling Down, starring Michael Douglas, Barbara Hershey, and Robert Duval. Douglas played William “D-FENS” Foster, an engineer at a defense contractor who has a really bad day.

A good looking, fun loving guy sits down and writes a few blog posts about how to ensure the Republican Party wins both houses in a 2010 landslide, and beat Obama’s ass in 2012… he figures his job is done.

A year ago, in a blogpost entitled The Great Awakening, I argued that conservatives “should be grateful to Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Rahm Emanuel.” After all, I wrote, they had unmasked “the Democratic Party as a conspiracy

DAVID AXELROD: The labor picture threatens our control of Congress, sir. That means key initiatives like gutting Defense, forcing the richest 50% to pay their fair share, and passing an immigration bill with an amnesia rider are on the block

Democrat priorities. As if the last 20 months haven’t been enough for the American people, this is just more incentive in November to vote the Democrats out. Because Medicare has been looted for decades, Democrats must now turn to the

Congress has passed a $26 billion aid package that is intended to save the jobs of thousands of teachers, nurses, and other public-sector employees. To critics who call the measure a “special interest” bill, President Barack Obama says , “I

On Monday, World Wide Web Big Players Verizon and Google made officially public their seven self-agreed-to principles on how they think it’s best to run the Internet railroad. This was–and is–a bit of news, given that the two have been

The progressive Democrats in power must believe that the citizens of this country are absolute morons, either that or they haven’t read a newspaper in two years and don’t realize that George Bush is no longer president. The Democratic party

In an action that one Florida GOP consultant said could be a late game-changer, a lawsuit was filed on August 9, 2010, seeking the release of a videotaped deposition given by GOP Gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott in April 2010, just

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation sought and on August 28, 2009 was awarded $150,045 to refurbish “a historic stone arch bridge [which] will be preserved and resurfaced to better accommodate pedestrians and bicycles.” The NH DOT lists the following

So a Mosque and Islamic Community Center just feet from ground zero? Hmmm, I wonder what Jefferson would do (WWJD)? In 1784, attending a conference in Paris with Franklin and Adams to “market U.S. goods,” TJ was quick to determine

Sound familiar? Most everyone has heard it time and time again. It’s the way many TV sales pitches end after seeming to give the viewing audience something for nothing. It’s a sucker’s pitch. It usually works like this: you are

Hard to believe, but true: the network actually presented both sides of the story, instead of the usual sob-sister boo-hoo about the “plight” of illegal “immigrants” who know that — thanks to a willful misrepresentation of the meaning of the

From today’s New York Times: With midterm elections near, though, there will be talk aplenty about dealing with the companies precisely because Dodd-Frank didn’t address them. Unfortunately, if past is prologue, this talk is likely to be more political than