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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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Hypocrisy: Unions Push Higher Minimum Wage Laws that Exempt Themselves
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, August 20 2015
In terms of sheer shamelessness, it's difficult to surpass modern labor unions.  In one prominent recent example, consider the United Steelworkers' attempt to unionize college football players attending Northwestern University, one of the nation's most elite private institutions.  This week, that attempt finally fell incomplete when the National Labor Relations Board, in a rare bit of sobriety, overturned a March 2014 decision by a lower regional director recognizing the amateur players as "employees" and allowing them to organize.  Not that the NLRB offered a particular…
 
America, Land of the “Mostly Free”
“Hey, it’s a free country.” Do Americans still say that? Do we still recognize our…
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Why Jeb’s Not Catching Fire — And Probably Never Will
The good news for Jeb Bush is that he’s the perfect candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.…
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Obama's Toxic Environmental Pollution Agency
Here in my adopted home state of Colorado, orange is the new Animas River thanks to the blithering idiots…
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Health Tip: The Next Time Government Gives You Dietary Advice, Do the Opposite
In "Sleeper," Woody Allen plays Miles Monroe, a cryogenically frozen owner of a Greenwich Village…
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1st Amendment: Donor Privacy, Not Donor Exposure, Promotes Functioning Democracy
Do you trust the government with information on the political candidates, issue organizations and causes…
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Clinton’s “New College Compact” Is “No Child Left Behind” for Higher Ed
Political scandal always makes for more salacious news than arguments over mere public policy, so word…
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No Means No: Keep Gitmo Jihadists Out of U.S.A.
Get off that late-summer snooze button, America. The Obama administration is plotting to break a major…
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A Debatable 'Debate'
The so-called "debates," among too many Republicans to have a debate, are yet another painful…
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Obama "Recovery" Objectively Worst on Record
"Quarterly Increase in U.S. Worker Pay Smallest on Record"  So read the alarming headline…
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Yes, There Are Two Americas; No, They’re Not What You Think
It’s the defining political cliché of our age: America is a politically polarized nation.…
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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.