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What Is ‘The Tragedy of Sarah Palin’?
To the Atlantic, it's that she didn't choose to be a liberal. Also read about Palin's statement that she does have the fire in the belly to run for president, at the Tatler.
Boeing vs. the NLRB: A Naked Power Grab by Radical Pro-Unionists
Boeing made a legal business decision that unions opposed, and the National Labor Relations Board is using this as a pretext to unlawfully expand its power.
Gas Prices Are High Because the Liberals Want It that Way
Numerous pronouncements in the past from the president and leading Democrats show that high fuel prices aren't a bug, they're a feature.
America’s Fiscal High Noon
Beyond today's myriad fiscal woes, we’re just months away from a potential economic Pearl Harbor, and yet all we hear from Obama is happy talk.
Is the ‘Age of America’ Really at an End?
By some reports, China's economy will surpass the U.S. in "purchasing parity" by 2016. Does this mean that the U.S. is on the way out as a superpower?
End the Life Expectancy ‘Handouts’ and Encourage Post-Retirement Work
Not everyone can be an octogenarian actor and director like Clint Eastwood. But retirement ages should have been raised all along.
The Taxman Cometh, and Taketh Away
Simply put, Obama isn’t taking the spending crisis seriously — and neither are many others in Washington.
Is Our Civilization a Bubble? Part II
Our society closes off-shore drilling, eschews nuclear power, yet imagines that mankind's machines will never stop. (The conclusion to Balch's essay; click here for part I.)
Is Our Civilization a Bubble? Part I
Can runaway expectations fuel the blowout of an entire civilization? Could ours be at such a risk? There may be reason to think so. (Part I of a two-part series.)
Paul Ryan’s Tea Party Budget
What it proposes is effectively to repeal the Obama administration and save America from a death spiral decline into bankruptcy. UPDATE: Also read "Boehner: Democrats win in a shutdown" and "Obama in campaign mode, still demagoging budget battle" at the Tatler.
Don’t Call It the Obama Economy: It’s Not His Fault
Just ask the administration, and the establishment press.
WHO Study Used to Justify ObamaCare a Scientific Fraud
Findings were skewed to show better performance from countries with socialized health care systems.
Social Security: Obama and the Democrats Dodge Their Debris
President Obama is hoping to ride a cynical wave of ginned-up opposition to any and all entitlement reform to victory in 2012.
Collectivism and the GAO Report
Collectivism is accomplished behind the politician’s curtain, in the appendixes of contracts nobody reads, comprised of legalese nobody understands.
The Democratic Party Versus the Tea Party
The Democrats consider the Tea Party and its grassroots activists to be on another planet, and bitterly oppose everything they believe in ... like balancing the budget.
Why Was Chris Dodd Chosen to Helm the MPAA?
Dodd was hired because he fits the Hollywood mold of being self-righteous, contemptuous, and devoted to emotion and illusion rather than logic and reality.
Conservatives Push Back Against ‘Infectuous’ Wisconsin Public Unions
There is no carnival so vulgar that it cannot be made more so by the presence of Jesse Jackson, who told ABC News that he found the spirit of the assembled protesters in Madison "infectuous."
Drilling Here, Drilling Now: It’s Just Common Sense (UPDATED)
We are living lives of self-imposed impoverishment. (Update: "Gas prices too high? Blame Obama.")
Saving Our Nation from Debt: An Open Letter from Rep. Jim Jordan
We still have a chance to kick the spending addiction and keep the American Dream alive.
Obama’s Unsustainable and Gutless Budget Proposals
The current level of federal spending can't continue. The administration says: "Yes it can. Try and stop us." (Also read the Tatler's take on how likely voters view Obama's budget.)
Did the National Rifle Association Buy Congress?
It’s often said that the NRA’s political influence stems from outspending gun control supporters. That's a myth.
On Energy, Obama’s Full of Hot Air
The president’s unrealistic energy generation goals and detrimental new energy taxes must be rejected.
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