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Did You Know the EPA Had a Smart Growth Office?
Asheville City Council will hear a report about some free money it got from the federal government and what they did with it. The grant was for a two-day workshop…
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What’s That?
Multiple Choice Monday will be Constitution Day. What does this mean? (Again, there are no right answers. What matters is that your teacher feels good about how you say you…
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Cate Edwards: Court That Rules Against Obamacare “would unduly injure the welfare of American women.”
Cate Edwards, daughter of John and Elizabeth, opines in this piece at Politico about the impact on women, should Obamacare be held unconstitutional. Our Constitution was created to “promote the…
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Mystery Solved
Veteran newsman Jeff Fobes disclosed the real secret behind the federal government spending of millions dollars to light a 60-watt bulb. The word “million” appears to allegedly have been dropped…
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Doesn’t the General Welfare Clause give Congress broad power?
Despite Nancy Pelosi’s declaration that you’re not serious if you question the powers of Congress to do almost anything it wants, a lot of Americans are asking where in the…
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TEA?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways: Thou taxest me. Thou payest disability to people who aren’t disabled. Thou payest for ad campaigns to sell food stamps…
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What Have You Done for Your Alderman Lately?
Is anything too big these days to fit under the General Welfare or Interstate Commerce clauses? Do you try to elect people who will tilt the balance of power in…
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A liberal interpretation of the United States Constitution
CNSNews.com asks a good question, gets a dumb answer: When asked by CNSNews.com what specific part of the Constitution authorizes Congress to mandate that individuals must purchase health insurance, Sen.…
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Big Labor’s agenda
Doug Bandow writes here about the legislative goodies that Big Labor wants from its friends. He blows the whistle on a horrendous piece of special interest legislation bearing the harmless-sounding…
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Social Security’s end game
Gary North speculates here on how the politics of Social Security will eventually play out. Too bad we have to face this. If the Supreme Court had done the right…
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Social(ist) Security
Next Wednesday, Representatives David Price and Brad Miller are going to hold a forum on the subject of Social Security at Meredith College. My guess is that it will be…