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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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Poland: Obama’s “Ignorance and Incompetence” Unacceptable
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, May 31 2012
“The White House will apologize for this outrageous mistake.  It’s a shame that such a momentous ceremony has been overshadowed by ignorance and incompetence.” That was Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, objecting to this week’s embarrassing gaffe by President Obama.  So much for “the smartest guy ever to become President,” in the words of historian Michael Beschloss.  The occasion for Obama’s gaffe and the ensuing Polish outrage was the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House.  This year’s 13 award recipients…
 
A New Script for Mitt
Even before he wrapped up the Republican nomination for president earlier this week with a victory in…
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Notre Dame’s Gerard Bradley on Catholic-HHS Contraception Lawsuit
Monday, May 21, 2012, signaled a new round in the fight between Catholic institutions and the federal…
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Sessions, Coburn Show Leadership on Budget
“The man with no plan.” That’s what Jeff Sessions of Alabama, ranking Republican on…
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For Voting Rights, Don’t Keep Section 5 Alive
In important court cases, it is the rarely the dissenting opinion that becomes a benchmark. In a case…
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Romney, GOP to Tell the Vulgar Truth about Joe Biden
Politico reports that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee…
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Obama HHS: Private Insurers Must Now Credit ObamaCare When Mailing Customer Rebates
The Obama Administration may abhor free speech, but it certainly delights in government-imposed speech. …
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Domestic Drone Controversy Offers Conservatives a Chance to Stop Government Overreach
An announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration to ease restrictions on using unmanned drone aircraft…
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America’s Energy Future: Scarcity or Abundance?
The American left is uncomfortable with affluence. In the zero-sum world of liberalism, one person’s…
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Obama Team Courts Trouble
A plethora of recent news items show that the Obama administration’s various legal teams continue…
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Russian Threats of Preemptive Attack Vindicate Romney, Reagan on Foreign Policy and Missile Defense
Last week, a senior Russian general threatened a preemptive military attack against NATO missile defenses: …
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Notable Quote   
 
"Writing in the Wall Street Journal last week, former Fidelity Investments head Robert Pozen wrote what he always has, and that countless budget and Social Security scolds have written before him. According to Pozen and a Rose Bowl-sized collection of commentators who've come before and who've yet to come, a combination of benefit cuts and 'revenue measures' (yes, tax increases on the richest…[more]
 
 
— John Tamny, Editor of RealClearMarkets, President of the Parkview Institute, and Senior Fellow at the Market Institute
 
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.