Freedom Line Blog

In an interview with CFIF, Phil Kerpen, president of American Commitment, discusses a bombshell report that reveals several instances of federal tax dollars illegally funding lobbying activities for tax hikes and anti-obesity measures.

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In an interview with CFIF, Sally Pipes, president, CEO and Taube Fellow in Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, discusses how ObamaCare is prompting doctors to make plans to retire early or depart from the current system of third-party payment, and what that means for patients.

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In an interview with CFIF, Bruce Herschensohn, author, foreign policy expert, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy senior fellow and a member of CFIF’s Board of Directors, discusses North Korea and the responses from the United States and China, the continued crisis in the Middle East and the legacy of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

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In an interview with CFIF, Pete Sepp, Executive Vice President of the National Taxpayers Union, discusses Social Security, President Obama’s 2013 Budget proposal and the need for tax reform.

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In an inteview with CFIF, New York Times best-selling author Joel Rosenberg discusses President Obama’s recent trip to Israel and Jordan, Iran’s nuclear threat, the danger of Syria’s impending implosion and his latest novel, “Damascus Countdown.”

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Quin Hillyer, CFIF Senior Fellow and Senior Editor of The American Spectator, discusses why President Obama’s nomination of Thomas Perez to be Secretary of Labor must be blocked.

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In an interview with CFIF, Luca Gattoni-Celli, reporter at The American Spectator, discusses how the White House’s gun control agenda misses the mark.

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In an interview with CFIF, Megan L. Brown, a partner at Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, D.C., discusses President Obama’s Executive Order on cyber-security and provides a general overview of cases decided and yet to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court this term.

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In an interview with CFIF, Michelle Minton, Consumer Policy Studies Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses “The Wage of Sin Taxes,” why they do nothing to reduce societal costs, how NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on big soda could spoil family pizza night, and what’s wrong with proposed energy drink bans.

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In an interview with CFIF, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli discusses the role of the states to protect individual liberty and push back against an expansive federal government, and his new book, “The Last Line of Defense: The New Fight for American Liberty.”

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In an interview with CFIF, Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-MS) discusses his proposed Constitutional Amendment (H.J. Res. 28) that, if passed and ratified, will effectively abolish ObamaCare’s mandate tax and permanently limit Congress’ power to impose taxes as  penalty simply for choosing not to purchase goods or services.

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In an interview with CFIF, National Security Specialist and Pepperdine University Law Professor Gregory McNeal analyzes the constitutional and privacy debates surrounding the domestic and international use of drones.

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In an interview with CFIF, Patrick Louis Knudsen, senior budget expert at The Heritage Foundation, discusses the latest in the debt ceiling fight and what lies ahead for America in the next few months with the implementation of costly new ObamaCare policies, the $1.2 trillion sequestration deadline and other issues.

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In an interview with CFIF, Robert E. Norton, vice president for external affairs at the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and former assistant general counsel at Chrysler, discusses why size matters when it comes to automobile safety and why it’s wrong (and dangerous) for the government to force consumers into smaller vehicles to advance a politically driven environmental agenda.

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In an interview with CFIF, Brad Bailey, chairman and co-founder of The Texas Immigration Solution, discusses the need for real immigration reform and how the nation should look to implement The Texas Solution, a conservative, market-based reform being advocated by his organization.

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CFIF’s Timothy Lee discusses increased enforcement activities against counterfeit goods and pirated music and movies, the detrimental impact such goods have on innovation, and the intellectual and historical roots of copyright law.

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In an interview with CFIF, Robert Knight, senior fellow for the American Civil Rights Union and a columnist for The Washington Times, discusses the most recent cases related to attempted bans on Christmas decorations, the ACLU’s threatened lawsuit over opening government meetings with a prayer and free speech versus the sound of silence.

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In an interview with CFIF, Alex Cortes, Executive Director of Let Freedom Ring, discusses his organization’s effort to influence the fiscal cliff negotiations, called “One Dollar Less,” and why it is important to move the debate from the imaginary spending cuts to actually spending less.

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In an interview with CFIF, Sally Pipes, President of Pacific Research Institute, discusses the fate of ObamaCare, Medicare and health care, generally, in the aftermath of the elections.

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In an interview with CFIF, Elizabeth Harrington, Reporter at CNSNews.com, discusses the implications of America’s fall over the fiscal cliff and what may come from the pressure in Washington to make a deal.

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