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Entries for February 4th, 2010

Ross Mackenzie: Conversation: An Ideological Bridge Too Far

Mr. President, we haven’t talked in a while — not since Massachusetts and the State of the Union. A lot has gone down.
Good to be chatting again. So how’d I do in my State of the Union?
By one count, 114 uses of…

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Donald Lambro: Voting Record Puts Bayh in the Hot Seat

WASHINGTON — If you want further evidence of how deep Democratic losses may be in the fall midterm elections, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh’s suddenly shaky bid for a third term is exhibit A.
A few months ago, Bayh was…

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Diana West: Fox’s Fairly Imbalanced Pro-Muslim Influence

Should Fox News register with the State Department as a foreign agent — an agent of Saudi Arabia?
First off, is that a farfetched question? Not when a leading member of the ruling family of the Sharia-totalitarian…

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Dan Kennedy: I Am Not an Ideologue

The President went to the House Republicans’ conference and proclaimed: “I am not an ideologue.”

Just like Richard Nixon: “I am not a crook.” Or Bill Clinton: “I did not have sex with that woman.” Or any number of…

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Dan Gainor: Rapid Rail is Really Just Political Pork

Little boys love to play with trains. It doesn’t stop, even when they grow up and move to Washington. Now the Democrats and Barack Obama are playing with trains and $8 billion of our money to build themselves a nati

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Sandy Rios: The Illinois Senate Race: A Sophie’s Choice?

What happened in the Illinois Senate race doesn’t exactly mirror Massachusetts. But in one important way the races were the same: Both candidates ran to the right. Scott Brown, a moderate on social issues, spoke…

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Nathan Tabor: An American Charity Slump?

The Obama Administration and both houses of the U.S. Congress are fast-tracking a number of programs designed to increase the size of what’s commonly known as the “welfare state.”

These programs are having a…

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Virginia: Two Pro-Gun Bills to be Heard Tomorrow, February 5!

On Friday, February 5, at 7:30 am the House Militia, Police and Public Safety Sub-Committee #3 will hold a hearing in the 7th Floor West Conference room on House Bill 32 and House Bill 72.

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An Excellent Spirit – Part 3

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Cliff May: Eye to Eye on Iran

Washington’s partisan divide is as wide as it’s ever been. Democrats and Republicans bitterly disagree on fundamental points of principle and policy. So it should not go unremarked: Last week, the Senate passed -…

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