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Obama's Super-Czar Is on the Loose Fri Jan 6Michelle MalkinHere is the operating motto of the Obama White House: "So let it be written, so let it be done!" Like Yul Brynner's Pharaoh Ramses character in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments," the demander in chief stands with arms akimbo issuing daily edicts to his constitution-subverting minions with an imperious wave of his hand. His entourage of insatiable usurpers never rests. ... more
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Larry KudlowSantorum is a typical “big government Republican” who is not really conservative, Paul told Larry Kudlow Wednesday. ... more
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Judge Andrew NapolitanoSince Barack Obama became president on Jan. 20, 2009, the federal government has not had a budget. It did not have one for the first two years of his presidency, when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, and it did not have one for 2011, when the Democrats controlled the Senate and the Republicans controlled the House. ... more
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Floyd and Mary Beth BrownThe first of every year, we encourage you to look around, set some goals and live intentionally. As a family we meet together early in the year, devour some quality Chinese Food and set our goals for the year. ... more
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Gullible Americans Wed Dec 28Walter E. WilliamsNational Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman has called for states to mandate a total ban on cellphone usage while driving. She has also encouraged electronics manufacturers -- via recommendations to the CTIA-The Wireless Association and the Consumer Electronics Association -- to develop features that "disable the functions of portable electronic devices within reach of the driver when a vehicle is in motion." That means she wants to be able to turn off your cellphone while you're driving. ... more
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New Ideas or Fidelity to Old Principles? Wed Dec 28David HarsanyiIf you've been watching cable television regularly, you've heard from many analysts who know Newt Gingrich personally. They either call him the smartest man in the room or they tell us Gingrich believes he's the smartest man in the room. ... more
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Obama's Mount Gushmore Sat Dec 24Ken BlackwellWell, that didn’t last. President Obama went out to Osawatomie, Kansas, to deliver what the White House told us in hushed tones was a major address. He proclaimed it “the defining issue of our time.” It’s more than that, it’s the “make or break moment for the middle class and for all those struggling to make it into the middle class.” ... more
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Michelle Obama's Unsavory School Lunch Flop Wed Dec 21Michelle MalkinThe road to gastric hell is paved with first lady Michelle Obama's Nanny State intentions. Don't take my word for it. School kids in Los Angeles have blown the whistle on the east wing chef-in-chief's healthy lunch diktats. Get your Pepto Bismol ready. The taste of government waste is indigestion-inducing. ... more
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Michael BaroneIt's highly unusual in a presidential debate for two Republican candidates -- the two leading in current national polls -- to heap praise on a liberal Democratic senator. ... more
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Our Marxist Wizard of Oz Sat Dec 17Peter FerraraHis mother was an unabashed hippie from 1960s central casting. His father was an openly avowed Communist from Kenya. ... more
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David LimbaughThe most disturbing aspect of President Obama's "60 Minutes" interview is how sincere he sounded when misrepresenting his record. ... more
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Engineers for Big Government Sat Dec 10Chris EdwardsEvery infrastructure asset that is old and less than perfect is apparently a disgrace to the engineers. But economists would point out that to maximize our standard of living we generally want to wear out fixed assets pretty thoroughly before we buy new stuff. ... more
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What if Freedom Were Temporary? Thu Dec 8Judge Andrew NapolitanoWhat if our rights didn't come from God or from our humanity, but from the government? What if the government really thinks we're not unique individuals with immortal souls, but just public property? What if we were only entitled to our natural rights if it pleased the government? What if our rights could be stripped away whenever the government considers us to be its enemy? ... more
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Paul KengorI wrote an article on Deer Season a half century ago, focusing on my grandmother’s town in the mountains of Emporium, Pennsylvania. Each year, my grandmother and other households opened their doors and kitchens and beds to perfect strangers who came to town to shoot a deer—and there were no problems. ... more
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Free To Die? Wed Dec 7Walter E. WilliamsMadison stood on the floor of the House to object, saying, "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents," adding later that "charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government." This vision of morality, I'm afraid, is repulsive to most Americans. ... more
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Red Elephants Cafe: Twilight Zoning Tue Dec 6AmericaGovernment regulations, fees, delays, and indifference threaten Liberty's economic recovery. Webisode 4. ... more
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Neal BoortzWhen you child was about six years old you made the decision to turn him or her over to the government to be educated. Just how much thought did you actually put into this decision? ... more
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Judge Andrew NapolitanoCan the president use the military to arrest anyone he wants, keep that person away from a judge and jury, and lock him up for as long as he wants? In the Senate's dark and terrifying vision of the Constitution, he can. ... more
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In Oregon, a profile in incoherence Wed Nov 30Jeff JacobyMary Archer's death in 1981 was horrific. Gary Haugen, her daughter's former boyfriend, broke into her home in Portland, Ore., where he raped the 39-year-old, then beat her to a lifeless pulp using his fists, a hammer, and a baseball bat. He pleaded guilty to her murder and was sentenced to life in the Oregon State Penitentiary. ... more
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Debra J. SaundersFor all their whining about the "police state" and the city's failure to respect their "First Amendment rights," Occupy Oakland activists have managed to flout the law with regular impunity. Somehow demonstrators have managed to turn Frank Ogawa Plaza into a tent stew and shut down parts of the city in a so-called general strike Nov. 2, and still they think they're victims who have been deprived of their free speech rights. ... more
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Provincetown Harbor, MassachusettsCarlos Rafael captures a 881lb bluefin tuna worth up to $400,000, only to see it confiscated by the federal government. The reasoning? Using a net rather than a fishing rod. ... more
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