01.21.2011

The Government Needs To Move Out Of Housing Finance

By Frank McCaffrey – Here are two scholars from American Enterprise Institute talking about a plan to squeeze the government out of housing finance in America. First up is Edward Pinto and the it’s Alex Pollock, both from AEI. This was from a presentation by […]

01.21.2011

Greens Lie, Africans Die

By Paul Driessen and Robert Novak – Fina’s little body shook for hours with teeth-chattering chills. The next day her torment worsened, as nausea and vomiting continued even after there was nothing left in her stomach. Finally, her vomiting ebbed and chills turned to fever, […]

01.21.2011

Traffic in DC

By William Warren – A recent report lists Washington DC #1 when it comes to terrible traffic congestion.  I thought it presented a good opportunity for a cartoon…

01.21.2011

DeMint Proposes Balanced Budget Amendment

By Robert RomanoIn a recent email to supporters , Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) proposed tying an upcoming vote to raise the $14.294 trillion national debt ceiling to a balanced budget amendment. Not a bad idea. After all, why tie an increase in the debt ceiling to a single year’s budget cuts, […]

01.20.2011

Policy Scholars Speak Out On Why The Government Needs To Move Out Of Housing Finance

Here are two scholars from American Enterprise Institute talking about a plan to squeeze the government out of housing finance in America. First up is Edward Pinto and the it’s Alex Pollock, both from AEI. This was from a presentation by AEI on Capitol Hill.

01.20.2011

Ask not what your country can do for you…

On the 50th anniversary of JFK’s inauguration, and the speech where he coined his most memorable slogan, it is important to keep in mind what his rhetoric meant. Don’t get all caught up in the sound of it, realize the meaning! Milton Friedman best explains […]

01.20.2011

Must Reads for January 20

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : The Repeal Vote ObamaCare repeal passes House with bipartisan support States of insolvency Obama is no deregulator The GOP’s ObamaCare offensive is just beginning George Will: Hubris heading for a fall Cartoon of the day, “Obama Hears a Hu” Civility in politics: Can it exist? Thomas Sowell on basic economics Jeb Bush on disrupting the education monopoly Cut spending before lifting the debt ceiling House conservatives $2.5 trillion spending cuts Inoculating against true health care reform Rethinking JFK’s most famous slogan

01.20.2011

Civility in Politics: Can it Exist?

By Rebekah Rast – One was slammed as an atheist and a “mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father .” And another as a “monarchist who sought to become a king; he was also branded as a fool and a hypocrite .” Who are they? The presidential candidates of the 1796 race: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. It was this race, the race to decide America’s second president that introduced the usage […]

01.20.2011

States of Insolvency

By Howard Rich – Paced by California and Illinois, state governments across the country continue to mimic the unsustainable fiscal excesses of the federal government – creating crushing deficits and soaring unfunded liabilities. Moreover, any state attempting to plug these holes with tax hikes or […]

01.20.2011

Obama Hears a Hu

By William Warren – This cartoon is about Hu’s visit with Obama, and how Obama keeps turning a blind eye to the human rights problems in China.

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