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Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...

Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there's one potentially glaring problem for them, as illustrated by our friends at Unleash Prosperity... Biden Versus Trump on Inflation

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Arbitration: A Litigation Alternative Worth Defending
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, July 20 2017
For anyone hoping to "drain the swamp" in America, there's no better place to start than with plaintiffs' lawyers and litigation abuse.  And arbitration is an invaluable instrument toward that end.  Although the topic of arbitration rarely occupies the center of American political debate, it deserves far greater emphasis than it receives.  Greedy trial lawyers despise it, which should automatically create a presumption for most Americans that it's worth defending.  For anyone unfamiliar with the process, "arbitration" simply refers to an alternative form…
 
A Winning Strategy to Repeal Obamacare
When President Ronald Reagan was asked why he settled for a 5 percent tax cut in 1981, half what he had…
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Manufacturing Hate for 'Made in America'
It's "Made in America" week in Washington, D.C. You'd think this would be cause for bipartisan…
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FCC Moves to Restore Internet Freedom
When Donald Trump campaigned for president, his raison d'être was to "make America great again"…
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Trump's War on Red Tape
On Friday the Veterans Affairs posted a list of hundreds of VA employees fired or punished for misconduct…
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The Crisis in America's Crime Labs
Junk science endangers lives. Forensic junk science in the hands of overzealous prosecutors, ignorant…
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For Trump Critics, to Follow Is to Lead
President Trump's performance at the G-20 summit in Germany produced a wave of commentary claiming the…
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What CNN's Threat to Dox a Redditor Tells Us About the State of Journalism
If you're going to create nasty memes to get attention, demand people give you credit for those memes…
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Annual Gallup Survey Provides Conservatives Reason for Optimism
For conservatives, dismay over America's present and despair about its future can become a default setting. …
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When Republicans Saw the Troubled Future of Obamacare Repeal
Why are Republicans on Capitol Hill having so much trouble repealing and replacing Obamacare? There are…
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Demagogues Bashing Obamacare Repeal
Die-hard Obamacare defenders are out in force over July 4 to protest Republican repeal efforts. The protesters…
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Notable Quote   
 
"Last night, voters in seven states were asked whether they wanted to reduce property taxes through statewide ballot initiatives. Voters in Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Georgia said yes, while those in Wyoming and Oklahoma said no.These ballot proposals follow dozens of property tax relief measures enacted in recent years in states like Texas, Ohio, and North Dakota.Among…[more]
 
 
— Mariana Trujillo, Reason Foundation
 
Liberty Poll   

Should there be a full-scale investigation of the Alaska Senate race in which a candidate with virtually the same name as the incumbent was recruited into the race to induce voter confusion.