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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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The Politician America Needs: Margaret Thatcher
By Troy Senik
Thursday, November 12 2009
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it, good and hard.”  That was the verdict of H.L. Mencken, the Baltimore wag who many consider one of the greatest journalists of the early 20th century.  That his judgment stands up nearly a hundred years later goes to prove that he probably deserves the title. 
 
Only slightly more conciliatory in his judgment was Winston Churchill, who famously remarked, “democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time…
 
Health Care Turncoats
What do you get when you mix political expediency, prevarication, “moderate” rhetoric and…
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Keep on Lying, Charlie. That’s What Florida Really Wants in its Next Senator
Florida Governor Charlie Crist is reportedly a hale fellow, well met.  Personally we wouldn’t…
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If Obama Is So Bright, Why Does He Keep Drawing the Auto Insurance Analogy?
Since Barack Obama charged into the spotlight with his 2004 keynote speech at the Democratic National…
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For All They Have Done, For All They Have Sacrificed
The Congress shall have Power To provide for the common Defence  ...
To raise and support…
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The Obama Way: First Throw Down, Then Throw Up
Former Republican Congressman and Love Boat television star Fred Grandy likes to remind listeners of…
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The White House War on Speech
"Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right…
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Let-Them-Eat-Cake Nancy
Marie Antoinette had nothing on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, except perhaps Marie’s ignominious…
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Conservative Activists vs. the Republican Establishment, and the Future Is What?
New York Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman really needed to pull out a win in New York’s…
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Conservatism, Feet Planted
Chris Matthews: In the NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, just 22 percent believe this country is on the right…
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Obama’s “Hair of the Dog” Economic Policy Creates Uncertainty, Not Lasting Recovery
The recession that began almost two years ago appears to be finally petering out, as American recessions…
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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?