Profit-driven economy beats political favoritism. President Obama is no fan of Mitt Romney-style "vulture" capitalism. So what's his alternative? All those Republicans grousing about the president's attacks on private equity might instead be seizing on this beautiful point of contrast. Mr. Obama, after all, is no mere mortal president. Even as he's ... MOREWSJ Op-Ed: Vulture Capitalism? Try Obama's Version
Profit-driven economy beats political favoritism. President Obama is no fan of Mitt Romney-style "vulture" capitalism. So what's his alternative? All those Republicans grousing about the president's attacks on private equity might instead be seizing on this beautiful point of contrast. Mr. Obama, after all, is no mere mortal president. Even as he's ... MOREEthan Nadelmann: Obama's Hypocritical War On Marijuana
Good for ye, but not for me. A forthcoming biography on President Obama is making headlines, with new details about the president smoking marijuana with his teenage friends in Hawaii. David Maraniss' book, Barack Obama: The Story, describes Obama as a marijuana enthusiast: "When a joint was making the rounds, he often elbowed his way in, out of turn ... MOREKinston Free Press: In Changing World, America Prevails
The lesson should be obvious. Ken Langone, a co-founder of Home Depot, said the other morning on the business show Squawkbox that in 10 years, the United States would be energy independent. On Friday, Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes Magazine, observed that "the seeds are being planted now" for America's economic revival, never mind our ... MOREMichael G Franc: Is The Constitution A Republican Plot?
Harry Reid's Senate seems to think so. It’s one of the clearest, easiest-to-understand provisions in the Constitution. And Harry Reid’s Senate flouts it routinely. The Origination Clause in Article I, Section 7 states: “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.” ... MORERonald Bailey: Separating Church And State Money
If religious institutions truly want to be left alone .... “I don’t believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute,” Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum declared in a February 26 interview with ABC’s This Week. “What kind of country do we live in that says only people of nonfaith can come into the public ... MOREF H Buckley: Meet The Flukes!
Too many Americans today are "born without a skin." There’s a uniquely American ritual that has so far escaped the attention of cultural anthropologists. A group of people huddle, near a water cooler perhaps. One of them lowers his head, looks nervously from side to side, and then begins to speak softly, so that no one else might hear. You’ve ... MOREWashington Times: The War On Teachers Unions
Romney seizes high ground on school choice. Parents would like to choose where their kids go to school, if they could. In a speech to the Latino Coalition’s Annual Economic Summit in Washington D.C., Mitt Romney laid out his case for choice-based education reform. “Here we are in the most prosperous nation, but millions of kids are getting a Third ... MORE
Glenn Greewald: Obama's Warrantless Spying Fight
Wants reform-free power to eavesdrop without warrants. In 2006, The New York Times‘ James Risen and Eric Lichtblau won the Pulitzer Prize for their December, 2005 article revealing that the Bush administration was eavesdropping on the electronic communications of Americans without the warrants required by the FISA law (headline: “Officials Say U.S. ... MOREJohn Stossel: Crony Capitalism Stifles Competition
Instinctively, we look for people's motives. We need to know whom we can trust and whom we can't. We're especially skeptical of business because we know business wants our money. It took me too long to understand that business's desire for profit is a good thing. To get our money, businesses — if they can't look to the government for favors ... MOREKenric Ward: 'Repeal Amendment' Gets A Virginia Push
Self-defense from an unlimited federal government. Virginians are among the leaders pushing a Repeal Amendment that would give states the option to revoke federal laws or regulations. Touted by conservatives and constitutionalists as a tool to restore the balance of national and state governments, the amendment would enable states to repeal any ... MOREThis Memorial Day, Freedom Is Dying Before Our Very Eyes
by Andrew Napolitano. What if Memorial Day reminds us of times when we had more freedom? What if freedom is dying right under our eyes? What if the memory of the past is more fulfilling than the reality of the present? What if the federal government could write any law, regulate any behavior and tax any event, no matter what the Constitution ... MOREKyle Olson: Are We Slaves To The Government Class?
Public servants or public masters? Over the past year, a lot of people have been talking about “the 1%” versus “the 99%.” But if you’re concerned about one class exploiting another for economic gain, that’s the wrong way to look at the problem. The protesters are right about one thing: there are gross class inequities in America. There is one class that ... MORE
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