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Dismal Jobs Numbers Expose a Leaderless White House on Economic Policy

Friday, December 3rd, 2010 - by Richard Pollock

The president's "dream team" of economic advisors is mostly gone and no one is stepping forward with any idea on how to get the economy moving again.

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Ethanol’s Policy Privileges: Heading for History’s Dustbin?

Friday, December 3rd, 2010 - by Marlo Lewis

Congress has a golden opportunity to put the general welfare of consumers and taxpayers ahead of the corporate welfare of the ethanol lobby.

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Uncle Ben Bernanke’s QE2 Fairy Gold

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 - by Daniel H. Fernald

The regulatory state can conscientiously promise nothing more than equal shares of the collective misery it leaves in its wake.

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German ‘Conservatives’ Find Common Ground with Sharia-Compliant Economics

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 - by John Rosenthal

In a series of seminars sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, participants examined the “shared values” of Germany’s “social market economy” and “Islamic economics.”

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Complaint Filed with FEC Alleging Rangel Campaign Cash Irregularities

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 - by Patrick Richardson

The New York congressman is being charged with illegally using money from his National Leadership PAC to fund his defense against ethics charges.

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Out-of-this-World Pork in the Beehive State

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 - by Rand Simberg

How the Utah congressional delegation is betraying fiscal conservatism.

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Senate Republicans Split on Earmark Ban

Sunday, November 14th, 2010 - by Howard Nemerov

Have they learned nothing from the last two elections?

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Ferreting Out Real Travel Expense Fraud at the Department of Justice (PJM Exclusive)

Thursday, November 11th, 2010 - by J. Christian Adams

Secret inspector general reports detail tens of thousands of dollars in fraud by DOJ career employees — a much bigger scandal than Chris Christie staying at the Four Seasons.

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Avoiding the Abyss: The National Economic Rescue Initiative

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 - by Tom Blumer

Why a groundbreaking PJM/PJTV initiative debuting today is so important.

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Collective Lunacy: Obama/Bernanke Can’t Learn Econ Lessons

Saturday, November 6th, 2010 - by Tom Blumer

What other description fits when our leaders insist on doing more of what hasn't worked?

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Beware the Lame Duck Bearing Gifts

Thursday, November 4th, 2010 - by Phil Kerpen

When Congress returns this month, be prepared for a blizzard of far-left bills to be taken up as defeated Democrats try to enact their radical agenda on their way out the door.

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A Coming Government Shutdown?

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 - by Tom Blumer

From here, it almost seems inevitable.

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Conservatives: Treat a Foe like a Foe

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 - by Bernard Chapin

If Republican politicians wish to stay politicians in 2012 and 2014, they must return from their stints in Washington either carrying their shields or being carried upon them.

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PJM Political 10/30/10: Monster Chiller Pre-Election Theater!

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 - by Ed Driscoll

Berrry scary stuff, boys and girls! But which will be more chilling, Halloween on Sunday, or the elections on Tuesday? Find out from your host, Count Vodkapundit!

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NPR and the Liberal Subculture that Worships It

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 - by Benjamin Kerstein

NPR is for coastal liberals what Rush Limbaugh is for heartland conservatives: a means of relating to the world from within the confines of a specific subculture. The difference, of course, is that Limbaugh’s admirers do not force others to pay for it.

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A Modest Agenda for a New GOP Congress

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 - by David H. Horwich

What the Republicans could do with a majority that would give certainty to businesses, calm the markets, and reignite the economy.

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Accelerating Towards the Abyss: The Real Story of Fiscal Year 2010

Monday, October 25th, 2010 - by Tom Blumer

The Obama administration and the Pelosi-Reid Congress have spent wildly and run up deficits recklessly on a scale virtually unprecedented in human history.

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Dems Declare War on Gold

Thursday, October 21st, 2010 - by Bernard Chapin

The left has extended their irrational war on America to include an element bigger than the Democratic Party.

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The NFL Jumps the Shark

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 - by Rick Moran

The new emphasis in the league on helmet-to-helmet hits sends a message to players that is at once confusing and contradictory: play hard but not too hard

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The Only Victims in the Foreclosure Mess Will Be Taxpayers

Sunday, October 17th, 2010 - by Rick Moran

There are no heroes or good guys in this story. Only villains.

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Waiting for ‘Superman’: One of the Most Persuasive Documentaries You Will See

Sunday, October 17th, 2010 - by Christian Toto

Alternately heartbreaking and joyous, the film is a testament to the power of education and a critique of the adults who too often stand in the way.

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The Business of The Social Network

Saturday, October 16th, 2010 - by John Boot

In trying to make a movie highly critical of entrepreneurs and their striving to realize a dream, Aaron Sorkin has inadvertently created a film that celebrates American business.

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How To Kill Americans: A Guide to the Really Effective Ways

Friday, October 15th, 2010 - by Barry Rubin

Given the constant injunctions to understand what drives people to terrorism and to engage terrorists in dialogue, I have decided to give al-Qaeda some help: my top suggestions for how to kill Americans.

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Government Regulation of the Economy Is the ‘Silent Killer’

Friday, October 15th, 2010 - by Gus Van Horn

A killer of jobs, a killer of business activity, a killer of innovation, it's time we held Congress accountable for how federal regulations add $1.75 trillion to the cost of doing business in America.

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Is the Stock Market Reading the Tea Leaves?

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 - by David H. Horwich

The American public seems ready to vote “Stop!!” and the markets, at least for now, are loving it.

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