Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there'…
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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...

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
Debt Crisis Reveals America’s Quarter-Life Crisis
By Troy Senik
Wednesday, August 10 2011
There was no shortage of disappointment in last week’s dénouement to the months-long fight over raising the nation’s debt limit. President Obama was predictably petulant. The news media was issuing apocalyptic pronouncements, but for all the wrong reasons. And the final resolution staved off immediate dangers, but ignored the long-term crisis, punting the issue of paring down spending to yet another commission.
 
What was perhaps most depressing, however, was the reaction of the American people to the standoff’s end. They were relieved. On first…
 
The Battlefield Cross
Tonight, I watched as time stood still. Battle hardened men and women wept. Tears of sadness. Tears of…
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Out of Balance: Why the Critics Are Wrong About the Balanced Budget Amendment
With the prolonged debate over the debt ceiling finally having concluded earlier this week, many Americans…
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Connie Mack: Trying to Balance the Budget a Few (Trillion) Pennies at a Time
What if a bill could provide a fail-safe way to reduce federal spending by one percent a year, cap spending…
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What Constitutes “Poverty” In America Today
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Smaller Torts Make for Savory Politics
NEW ORLEANS:  The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), meeting here this week for its annual…
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Mutiny: Even Liberal Democrats Blast Obama’s New Auto Mandates
For the dictatorial Obama Administration, things are deteriorating from bad to borderline catastrophic. …
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Next Step: Growth
However the current budget/debt limit battle plays out, Washington lawmakers in the next phase of financial…
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Leaving the Heavens Behind: What the End of the Space Shuttle Program Means for America’s Future
“This is the way the world ends – not with a bang but with a whimper” – T.S.…
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“Green Jobs” from Government Subsidies Wither on the Vine
When it comes to taxpayer money, economic development bureaucrats like to pretend they’re venture…
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Obama to America: “The Check is in the Mail”
With a relentless and dynamic free-market economy, American culture is one in which language sometimes…
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— Sophocles, Ancient Greek Playwright
 
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