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This week’s editorial commentary in Barron’s deserves notice, if for no other reason than its pulled quote: “There is no such thing as a failed government program. There are only…
Thomas Sowell‘s latest column suggests that considering a vote for Newt Gingrich to become the next U.S. president is not the same thing as voting to grant him sainthood. [H]ow…
Perhaps the folks at Newsweek are on to something. Their latest issue offers some possible “retirement” jobs for Barack Obama, who might be leaving the White House sooner than expected.…
The Boston Globe’s Jeff Jacoby has a great column today, leading off with Governor Rick Perry’s promise to do all he can to make Washington as inconsequential as possible. Talk…
Raleigh businessman Garland Tucker continues to collect top-flight reviews for his book, The High Tide of American Conservatism. The Washington Times says: Mr. Tucker?s historical analysis is well-researched, objective and…
David Frum offers that recommendation in the latest issue of The Atlantic. If you?ve never heard of the odd-sounding group, they were a group of reform-minded Republicans who broke from…
The species I’m talking about is the Grover Cleveland Democrat, the sort who believes that the job of the government is to maintain order, not to run people’s lives for…
There are two types of people in the world: those who assign everyone to one of two opposing categories, and those who don’t. That thought crossed my mind a number…
George Will?s latest Newsweek column includes praise for one of the nation?s greatest Democratic presidents: “We are in this race,” proclaimed an Obama-Biden campaign publication, “to tell the corporate lobbyists…
In his Friday column, Sheldon Richman offers his analysis of the proposed bailout of the Big Three. Had this issue been presented to James Madison or Grover Cleveland, each would…
Professor Steven Calabresi writes in today’s WSJ about the difficulty Obama would have in honestly taking the oath of office, calling for him to uphold the Constitution. It’s evident that…
Freedom of education, being an essential of civil and religious liberty, as well as a necessity for the development of intelligence, must not be interfered with under any pretext whatever.…