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Donald Lambro: It’s the Economy, Dems
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It’s the Economy, Dems
by Donald Lambro
The economy is tanking. Economists say it has slowed to a near comatose 1.5 percent growth rate, unemployment claims were at a nine-month high and jobs are scarce, yet President Obama is focusing on corporate campaign donations.
While the economy is the clear overriding issue in the midterm elections, [...]
Thomas Sowell: Dismantling America
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Dismantling America
by Thomas Sowell
“We the people” are the familiar opening words of the Constitution of the United States– the framework for a self-governing people, free from the arbitrary edicts of rulers. It was the blueprint for America, and the success of America made that blueprint something that other nations sought to follow.
At [...]
Victor Davis Hanson: (Even a Few) Words Matter
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(Even a Few) Words Matter
by Victor Davis Hanson
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was ecstatic after the Munich Conference of 1938. He bragged that he had coaxed Adolf Hitler into stopping further aggression after the Nazis gobbled up much of Czechoslovakia.
Arriving home, Chamberlain proudly displayed Hitler’s signature on the Munich Agreement, exclaiming to [...]
Michael Barone: The Left Loses Its Way by Abandoning ‘Third Way’
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The Left Loses Its Way by Abandoning ‘Third Way’
by Michael Barone
Left parties are in trouble in the Anglosphere. Here in America, Democrats are doing worse in the polls than at any time in the last 50 years. In Britain, the Labor Party is on the brink of finishing third, behind both Conservatives and [...]
Star Parker: Defining the conservative versus liberal divide
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Defining the conservative versus liberal divide
by Star Parker
Now that President Obama is getting ready to make his second Supreme Court nomination, the usual banter is taking place about the court and judicial philosophy.
The Supreme Court, of course, profoundly influences the character of our country.
Although, for instance, many look back on the policies [...]
Thomas Sowell: The Limits of Power
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The Limits of Power
by Thomas Sowell
When I first began to study the history of slavery around the world, many years ago, one of the oddities that puzzled me was the practice of paying certain slaves, which existed in ancient Rome and in America’s antebellum South, among other places.
In both places, slave owners or [...]
Michael Barone: Tea Partiers Fight Obama’s Culture of Dependence
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Tea Partiers Fight Obama’s Culture of Dependence
by Michael Barone
“Do you realize,” CNN’s Susan Roesgen asked a man at the April 15, 2009, tea party in Chicago, “that you’re eligible for a $400 credit?” When the man refused to drop his “drop socialism” sign, she went on, “Did you know that the state of [...]
Dr. Thomas Sowell: Artificial Stupidity
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Artificial Stupidity
by Thomas Sowell
A woman with a petition went among the crowds attending a state fair, asking people to sign her petition demanding the banning of dihydroxymonoxide. She said it was in our lakes and streams, and now it was in our sweat and urine and tears.
She collected hundreds of signatures to [...]
Michelle Malkin: Nanny State Gone Wild – Defining Dependency Up
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Nanny State Gone Wild: Defining Dependency Up
by Michelle Malkin
The greatest gifts you can give your children can’t be boxed and bowed. Consider the timeless gift of self-sufficiency — a stubborn thirst to leave the nest, make it on your own and live as a free-willed adult. It’s a concept that Big Nanny [...]
Michael Barone: Unlike Obama, Americans Reject European Model
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Unlike Obama, Americans Reject European Model
by Michael Barone
An interesting paradox. Last year, America elected a president who, in attitudes and policies, is closer to the elites of Western Europe than any of his predecessors. Yet in the nine months that he has been in office, ordinary Americans have been moving away from [...]