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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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Big Business, Big Liberals
By Sam Batkins
Tuesday, October 06 2009
“Big Business hates the environment and supports conservative politicians.” That’s been the typical, politically-expedient refrain sung by liberal politicians and pro-regulation special interests in Washington.  Yet now, with Democrats in charge of both the legislative and executive branches, pushing everything from government-run health care to regulating all carbon output in the country, Big Business has seemingly decided that sleeping with the enemy is good for the bottom line. Case in point:  a coalition of large U.S. corporations is lobbying Washington –…
 
Gun Rights on Trial
On September 30, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear arguments in McDonald v. City of Chicago…
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It’s 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Governor Is?
Specifically, do you know your governor’s position on the various proposals for national “health…
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Barack Obama – the Rooster Who Claimed Credit for the Economic Sunrise
Quick:  Think of the last American economic recession, or even depression, from which we didn’t…
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Iran, Infelicitously
If the notion of a providential plan for the United States suffers from a touch of romanticism, it’s…
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Net “Neutrality” – Government’s Newest Takeover Plan and Corporate Welfare for Google
Amid the blizzard of governmental hyperactivity since Obama’s inauguration just eight months ago…
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Dear Senior Citizens, Part Two
With age comes wisdom.  Yes, there is that tired feeling of having been there, done that too many…
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A Change is Gonna Come
Eight months into the Obama presidency – as cap and trade languishes in the Congress, health care…
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New Health Care Bill, Same Old Problems
This week, the Senate Finance Committee began its review of Senator Max Baucus’ “new”…
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Reckless, Excessive Obama Warns Reckless and Excessive Behavior Won’t Be Tolerated
In a speech setting new lows in hypocrisy this week, a sanctimonious Barack Obama admonished an audience…
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Thoughts on “Health Care Reform”
Rube Goldberg, the popular cartoonist of the 1920s and 1930s, fascinated and amused a nation by drawing…
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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?