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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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9 Mins
Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts

The first great post-election policy decision facing the lame-duck, Democrat-dominated Congress is whether or not to allow taxes to

Nov 23, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
Ideological Differences and Political Evolution

January 2001 -- With both presidential candidates advocating education plans, health-care plans, and tax-cut plans, and parading their relig

Oct 21, 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
9 Mins
The Corruption of Democracy

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.

Oct 12, 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
11 mins
The Conceptual Preconditions of Freedom

When George W. Bush was President Captureand Republicans controlled both houses of Congress, some despairing liberals turned to George...

Oct 2, 2010
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David Kelley Ph.D
7 Mins
Tea Party Candidates and the "Crane Rule"

In the wake of the victory of Christine O’Donnell, backed by Tea Party members, over establishment Republican Mike Castle in Delaware’s

Sep 28, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
6 Mins
Sauce for the Producer Is Sauce for the Panderer?

Todd Henderson, of the group blog “Truth on the Market,” had a suggestion last Thursday : Subject politicians to the same good-governance

Sep 13, 2010
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3 Mins
The Lightweight: Meghan McCain

Just as you thought American pop-politics could go no lower, a woman with real curb appeal appears on the political scene. Meghan McCain

Sep 3, 2010
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Ilana Mercer
4 Mins
What is the Objectivist View on Democracy?

A system of government with elected representatives is a good thing, but more fundamental than the form by which the government is chosen...

Jun 29, 2010
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D. Moskovitz
6 Mins
Man with the Reverse-Midas Touch

“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

Jun 26, 2010
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4 Mins
Obama to G-20: Print more money, don't make it

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is not returning U.S. President Barack Obama's calls. I'm being theatrical. Obama is demanding that Germany

Jun 26, 2010
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Ilana Mercer
4 Mins
Fight Club: How bad politics turns good neighbors into rivals

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

Jun 26, 2010
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10 Mins
Producers vs. Expropriators: America's Coming Civil War?

This is not mere rhetoric. It describes a crack in the American community that since Barack Obama’s election as president has widened into..

Jun 21, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan

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...

Apr 4, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
2 Mins
Example of Our First President

George Washington unfortunately has become a cliché. For an older generation, he was too often treated as such a mythic figure that it was..

Mar 18, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Are Americans Really Free & Equal?

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.

Mar 16, 2010
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
Scott Brown's Pro-Life Victory

Republican Scott Brown has been elected to fill the U.S. Senate seat for Massachusetts that arch-Liberal Ted Kennedy had filled...

Feb 27, 2010
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William Thomas
3 Mins
Obama Chicks in Bondage

Winston Churchill famously observed that, “socialism is the equal sharing of misery.” In the same spirit, Democratic presidential candidate

Oct 24, 2008
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Edward Hudgins
7 Mins
Obama and McCain: The Selfless-Driven Interviews

The first 2008 presidential election event involving the presumptive nominees, Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama and Arizona Republic

Aug 19, 2008
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
Up from Conservatism

There is no commonly-acknowledged conservative position today, and any claim to the contrary is easy to make sport of...

Mar 1, 2007
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Robert James Bidinotto
12 Mins

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