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Polls: Obama’s gay marriage stance continues to hurt him

May 14, 2012 Comments Off by

The data continue to come in, and Obama’s sudden, miraculous, saintlike affirmation of the timely beauty of same-sex unions does not appear to be helping him.

WH getting blowback from African-American churches over gay-marriage stance

Barney Frank told the panel on ABC’s This Week that “

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Bullies (like Obama) are often insecure

May 14, 2012 Comments Off by

In the previous post, we discussed the media’s naked attempt to paint Mitt Romney as an anti-gay bully, right at the moment when Obama is burnishing his lightworker cred with his entranced followers on the left. It wasn’t a particularly good attempt, though it …

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The Martians Have Landed!

May 13, 2012 Comments Off by

I’m sure I’m not the only person who periodically finds himself wondering if it’s all just a dream or if he’s found himself starring in one of the more bizarre episodes of ‘The Twilight Zone.”

For instance, Bret Baier reported that Joe Biden recently had the …

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FrackNation: A movie worth making!

Apr 02, 2012 Comments Off

Those who read these pages regularly will know that we have very little tolerance for the unscientific, venal agenda of the anti-fracking community. Their claims are weak and tendentious, and are not borne out by the scientific facts on the ground. And yet they march …

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Grijalva, Pastor file amicus brief against their own state’s law

Mar 29, 2012 Comments Off

From KTAR:

 ”The framers of the Constitution vested that authority to determine how immigration law is enforced. Otherwise, you’re allowing Arizona to usurp Congress’ authority through SB 1070,” Grijalva said.

Grijalva said he will argue that the Supreme Court should uphold the 9th Circuit Court of …

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As Canada goes, so goes America

Mar 27, 2012 Comments Off

I’m well aware that every radio talk show host insists he has the smartest listeners, but I suspect I have the smartest readers.  I don’t say that simply because they’re wise enough to read what I write, which would certainly be a strong indicator, but …

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Obama’s plan: Make it harder for lower & middle-incomes to go to college

Feb 10, 2012 Comments Off

I have argued numerous times that the left’s policies—incessant marketing to the contrary notwithstanding—don’t actually help the poor. I have also argued at length that conservatives, Republicans, and free-marketeers everywhere should go on offense on that very point.

One of the many exhibits in evidence …

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From $250 a year to $1,600 a month!

Jan 23, 2012 Comments Off

In an earlier post, we highlighted a great article by British MEP Daniel Hannan, Memo to the Occupy protesters: here are ten things we evil capitalists really think. In it, Hannan makes the following point:

7. Let’s tackle the idea that being on the Left means …

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Ten things evil capitalists really think

Jan 23, 2012 Comments Off

Since we’re on the subject of capitalism . . .

Britain has a great MEP (Member of the European Parliament) named Daniel Hannan. Back in November, he wrote an op-ed that I meant to note, but didn’t get a chance. It’s Memo to the Occupy …

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The rest of the world is figuring it out, the U.S. lags behind

Jan 22, 2012 Comments Off

This chart tells the tale:

 

While the average corporate tax rate falls in otehr countries, ours remains the highest in the world. A recent study from the OECD indicates how damaging this is to growth:

This paper investigates the design of tax structures to …

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