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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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Conservatives Should Embrace Charter Schools
By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, February 21 2013
If conservatives are looking for a new way to sell the movement’s opportunity message to more people, embracing charter schools as a civil rights issue is both good policy and good politics.  Fed up with a low-performing public school, parents at 24th Street Elementary in Los Angeles decided to replace the administration and teachers, and turn over operations to a private charter school company called Celerity Educational Group.  The move was made possible by California’s first-in-the-nation “parent trigger” law, which allows a majority of parents with students…
 
Why the Filibuster is Right for Hagel
Because Nebraska’s former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel is manifestly ill-qualified (or worse) to be…
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We’re #1? America’s 39% Corporate Tax Rate Now Developed World’s Highest
Last April, our total corporate tax rate became the world’s highest after Japan reduced its rate…
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Oklahoma Challenges IRS Interpretation of ObamaCare Subsidy
There seems to be no end to the interpretive jujitsu government officials are willing to employ to save…
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The Right’s Rising Stars: Too Much of a Good Thing?
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida probably Jindalled himself in his State of the Union response Tuesday…
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Who Needs High-Capacity Magazines? Even Police Only Hit 1 in 5 Shots
Here’s a statistic likely to surprise most Americans:  Police officers’ hit ratio, meaning…
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Rights at Risk
Consider this a thought experiment. Consider this a serious warning about the menace that can come from…
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Republican Governors Opt for ObamaCare Medicaid Expansion at Taxpayers’ Expense
With another Republican governor reversing course and agreeing to expand Medicaid spending under ObamaCare…
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A Tech Boom, If We Can Keep It
In a jarring and unexpected announcement this week, the federal government reported that the nation’s…
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GOP Governors’ Alternative to Obama’s Tax Hikes
With thirty governorships in Republican hands, some GOP executives are trying to swap their states’…
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A 17-Year-Old's Letter to President Obama about Football
Dear President Obama:
 
I am a 17-year old high school senior who has proudly played…
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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.