America's Deficit Culture
We’ve heard for years that the government’s deficit was too big. They said it of Reagan’s deficit and George W. Bush’s. But no government...
Dec 1, 2010
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We’ve heard for years that the government’s deficit was too big. They said it of Reagan’s deficit and George W. Bush’s. But no government...
The first great post-election policy decision facing the lame-duck, Democrat-dominated Congress is whether or not to allow taxes to
January 2001 -- With both presidential candidates advocating education plans, health-care plans, and tax-cut plans, and parading their relig
Political reformers have long dreamed of driving money from the temple of democracy. They argue that campaign contributions from wealthy individuals and interest groups buy influence--government subsidies, relief from burdensome regulations, and special-interest amendments to legislation--in violation of the principle of "one-man, one-vote." Money also pays for abrasive "issue ads" during election season, poisoning the town-meeting atmosphere of rational discussion that democratic idealists dream of.
When George W. Bush was President Captureand Republicans controlled both houses of Congress, some despairing liberals turned to George...
In the wake of the victory of Christine O’Donnell, backed by Tea Party members, over establishment Republican Mike Castle in Delaware’s
Todd Henderson, of the group blog “Truth on the Market,” had a suggestion last Thursday : Subject politicians to the same good-governance
Just as you thought American pop-politics could go no lower, a woman with real curb appeal appears on the political scene. Meghan McCain
A system of government with elected representatives is a good thing, but more fundamental than the form by which the government is chosen...
“I’m really looking forward to hearing a speech by someone who is involved in innovation, knows America’s place in the world market and has
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is not returning U.S. President Barack Obama's calls. I'm being theatrical. Obama is demanding that Germany
Front, my side (call us the “Alliance for Choice”) was recently crushed by the Egalitarian Axis in the Battle of the Universal Pre-K Lottery
This is not mere rhetoric. It describes a crack in the American community that since Barack Obama’s election as president has widened into..
February 6, 2004 -- Today is the birthday of a great man who, tragically, doesn’t know it. Ronald Reagan is 93 years old, but Alzheimer’s...
George Washington unfortunately has become a cliché. For an older generation, he was too often treated as such a mythic figure that it was..
we celebrate the creation of the United States of America. Our birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, reads, "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal.
Republican Scott Brown has been elected to fill the U.S. Senate seat for Massachusetts that arch-Liberal Ted Kennedy had filled...
Winston Churchill famously observed that, “socialism is the equal sharing of misery.” In the same spirit, Democratic presidential candidate
The first 2008 presidential election event involving the presumptive nominees, Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama and Arizona Republic
There is no commonly-acknowledged conservative position today, and any claim to the contrary is easy to make sport of...