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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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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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Captain America, Barack Obama and Surrender of U.S. Internet Authority
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, May 26 2016
In the new blockbuster "Captain America: Civil War," which I highly recommend to anyone debating whether to see it, the Avengers team splits over whether to surrender themselves to United Nations authority.  After an Avengers operation to capture a terrorist in Lagos, Nigeria, results in collateral damage to innocent bystanders, the U.S. Secretary of State and the U.N. inexplicably blame Captain America and his team instead of the terrorist whose devices killed the civilians.  The Secretary, who resembles John Kerry whether by design or coincidence, subsequently presents them…
 
CFIF Memorial Day Quiz
(Answer key may be found at the bottom) 1. Which one of the following Revolutionary War heroes…
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Obama's Deadly Globalism
Federal officials are warning that mosquitoes carrying Zika virus will start biting and infecting U.S.…
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Commencement Season
This is the season of college Commencement speeches — an art form that has seldom been memorable…
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Two More Legal Victories for Second Amendment
This week, two high-profile political events refocused Americans' attention on the judicial branch. …
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TSA's Union Power Grab: Thousands Slowing Down Airports
When it comes to public employee unions, there's no such thing as a coincidence. All you travelers stuck…
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How the Clintons Cashed In
When Bill and Hillary Clinton moved out of the White House 15 years ago, they were "dead broke,"…
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Washington Post "Fact Checker" Reporter to Puerto Rico Retirees and Bondholders: Let Them Eat Social Security Cake
It's bad enough that The Washington Post's notoriously biased "Fact Checker" labels a Center…
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The Puerto Rican Government Bailout that Only Few Know (and We're Pretty Sure They Don't Want You to Know)
Who knew that the scariest word to official Washington these days isn't ISIS?  It isn't Iran or…
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Donald Trump: An Equal and Opposite Reaction to Barack Obama
Regardless of one's position on the Trump phenomenon, it's important to rebut a convenient, self-serving…
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What Government Can't Do
Let's call this the most unsurprising headline of the year so far: "Marriage Increases the Odds…
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Notable Quote   
 
"As last week's midterms demonstrated, young people appear poised to drive American politics, and particularly the Democratic Party, further to the left. This is particularly true in big cities. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected last year with crucial support from younger voters, while in Los Angeles, preelection surveys showed democratic socialist (and now Mayor-elect) Nithya Raman leading…[more]
 
 
— Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute
 
Liberty Poll   

Despite Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's reckless personal behavior, should any adult following the strategic importance of international chip wars believe China has not had access for some time?