Calvin Coolidge and the Moral Case for Economy
By Amity Shlaes: With the federal debt spiraling out of control, many Americans sense an urgent need to find a political leader who is able to say “no” to spending.
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Generation Y facing a tough future: Obama policies disastrous for youth
I’m sorry to say I was once a dumb kid too — although I’m not sure I was this dumb. To be young and an Obama supporter, a guy who is doubling the federal…
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20 Reasons America Is Becoming An Increasingly Nonfunctional Society
Another great list from John Hawkins: 1) Starting in the sixties there was an explosion of children born out-of-wedlock and kids who don’t grow up in two parent families fare more poorly percentage wise…
Read MoreA Perfect Contrast
By William Sullivan: At this year’s prayer breakfast, his exact opposite stood and spoke in sharp contrast to our president.
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Increased Government Spending Has Negligible Effects on Poverty
From NCPA: While some argue for increased government spending to reduce poverty, the empirical evidence suggests that such efforts will do nothing to reduce the record number of Americans living in poverty. Indeed, economic…
Read MoreWhat’s Worse, Having an A-Bomb Dropped On You, or to be Governed By The Democrat Party?
One of the best headlines ever — authored by my friend John Sullivan. You may have seen the pictures of Hiroshima today v. Detroit today. There’s only one of each posted with the above…
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America Needs a New Birth of Freedom
Another good article from Star Parker — here’s an extended excerpt: It is no accident that as the American welfare state grew, the American family collapsed. In 1960, 72 percent of American adults were…
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Obamaism Will Fail Because Socialism Always Does
Rush Limbaugh is right as usual: [Obamism] can’t work. It never has worked. What’s going to happen is what Margaret Thatcher said: The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of the…
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End the Secrecy in Public Union Collective Bargaining
Public sector unions are bankrupting many states — here’s one of the reasons why: In 11 states, secret government union collective bargaining is law, a lack of oversight that should be corrected. This lack…
Read More‘Fiscal’ Conservatism Needs ‘Social’ Conservatism
Dennis Prager nails it: For some years now, we have been told about a major division within American conservatism: fiscal conservatives vs. social conservatives. This division is hurting conservatism and hurting America — because…
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Picking up the pieces and letting voters know what American conservatism stands for
Yuval Levin has a good article in the National Review about Obama’s second inaugural — here are Levin’s closing paragraphs: [I]t is precisely the vision laid out [in the] president’s speech that has brought…
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Surviving the Government Super Storm
John Ransom is right — this storm will hit and it won’t be pretty: There’s a super storm raging over our economy that’s been seeded and fueled by the federal government over a period…
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Three Myths about Government Default
Two good ones from the NCPA: In order for clarity to emerge on the debt ceiling debate, three false claims must be addressed, say David Rivkin, Jr., and Lee Casey, both former members of…
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Without Deep Spending Cuts, the Republicans Lose the House in 2014
This is what Larry Kudlow thinks, anyway. You already know my opinion: if Republicans don’t learn how to communicate they’ll become increasingly irrelevant due to the increasing level of ignorance on the part of…
Read MoreVIDEO: Leaders with Ginni Thomas – Dr. Walter E. Williams
A terrific interview with Walter Williams. Walter E. Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Williams, 76, has been teaching economics at George Mason since 1980. He…
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