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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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Rand Paul Changes His Tune as Public Opinion on Foreign Policy Shifts
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, September 04 2014
Joe Biden uncloaked his fanciful inner hawk this week in response to escalating butchery in the Middle East, but commentators largely overlooked a tawdry irony in his most highly publicized comment:  "When people harm Americans, we don't retreat.  We don't forget.  We take care of those who are grieving.  And when that's finished, they should know we will follow them to the gates of Hell, until they are brought to justice.  Because Hell is where they will reside.  Hell is where they will reside!"  Biden's assurance will surely come as news to the families…
 
Time to Make Congress Telecommute?
If you want a sign that America’s civic health is not yet in terminal decline, here you go: We…
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How to Think About GOP Governors Who Expand Medicaid
With Republican governors in Pennsylvania and Tennessee recently agreeing to expand their states’…
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Warren Buffett Abandons Obama
Agitated by the predictable consequences of their tax and regulatory agenda, liberals and the Obama Administration…
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Obama: Lead or Get Out of the Way
Were Barack Obama gliding into a typical presidential dénouement — his last years in office…
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IRS Is Struggling to Assess and Collect ObamaCare Taxes
As ObamaCare’s taxes go into effect, the Internal Revenue Service’s role in enforcing the…
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Rand Paul, John Stossel and Disgraceful Commentary in the Ferguson Aftermath
Judging from public opinion surveys, the American public demonstrates greater sagacity than many political…
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The Unlikely Resurrection of Rick Perry
There’s a pretty handy rule of thumb in American politics: We forgive our sinners, but not our…
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New ObamaCare Alternative: REFORM and Replace?
When it comes to ObamaCare, should Republicans repeal or reform it? As a conservative, the answer depends…
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Blame Obama, Not Bush, for Today's Bloodbath in Iraq
The Obama Doctrine in Iraq has proven undeniably disastrous, threatening to permanently snatch defeat…
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Senator Cruz: Secure the Border, End the Amnesty, and Celebrate Legal Immigration
This op-ed originally appeared in The Texas Tribune on August 13, 2014. We should welcome a debate…
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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?