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Michelle Malkin: Taxing Medical Progress to Death
Two years ago this month, as public debate over Obamacare raged, former President Bill Clinton rushed to the hospital because of a heart condition. He immediately underwent a procedure to place two stents in one of his coronary arteries. It was a timely reminder about the dangers of stifling private-sector medical innovation. No one listened.
Brent Bozell: Grammy Stupidity Meter off the Charts
The shocking death of pop star Whitney Houston built a massive audience for the Grammy Awards telecast Sunday night on CBS. It attracted 39.9 million viewers, making it the most watched non-sports program of the season.
Jonah Goldberg: Obama's Cynicism For Me, Not For Thee
"My rival in this race," President Obama announced early in 2007, "is not other candidates. It's cynicism." It's now clear that what he meant by this was other people's cynicism -- not his own.
John Hawkins: Five Reasons to Oppose Gay Marriage
1) Gay marriage is incompatible with Christianity (and for that matter, Islam & Judaism). If someone asks you why you oppose gay marriage, the only thing you really have to say to explain it is, "I'm a Christian."
David Limbaugh: Conservatives Must Remain United
A strong move is on to demonize and marginalize social conservatives, a move that originates from the political left but is being aided by some on the right, a move that is based on assumptions that better describe the leftist accusers than they do their targets.
John Ransom: No More Moonbeam Presidents
Obama’s presidency has a "Jackass: The Movie" quality to it, just like a few other candidates. Herein, I offer them some advice. ;-)
Mona Charen: The Great Obama Kowtow
Wikipedia defines "kowtow" as "kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching the ground. ... (Chinese history scholar) Immanuel (Hsu) describes the 'full kowtow' as 'three kneelings and nine knockings of the head on the ground.'" Wikipedia adds that, "In modern times, usage of the kowtow has become much reduced."
In a campaign defined by Republican reluctance to embrace Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum has emerged as the latest not-Romney candidate to surge ahead.
Michael Reagan: Make a Difference for Foster Children
I am an adopted son. I am a very lucky adopted son. And as an adopted son I want all adoptees like me to have the same wonderful adoptive parents I was lucky enough to have.
Oliver North: Shocked and Surprised
Twenty-three years ago this week, Iran's self-appointed supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, broadcast a religious edict declaring that author Salman Rushdie and his publishers were "hereby sentenced to death." The fatwa also called for "all the intrepid Muslims in the world" to "execute them quickly, wherever they find them."
Rachel Alexander: Newspapers Defend Their Crony Capitalism: Outdated Monopoly on Public Notices
Ever wonder why taking out a public notice costs so much money? It shouldn’t be that way. With the demise of print newspapers, it no longer makes sense to require that public notices be published only in newspapers.
Michael Gerson: Romney On the Edge
The central narrative of the Republican nomination contest is easy to summarize: Any candidate who is perceived as the main opponent to Mitt Romney immediately ties or leads Mitt Romney.
Suzanne Fields: Lessons From George Washington
Only Americans of a certain age remember what the holiday on the third Monday in February is all about. I asked a few high-school students the other day what it is, exactly, we celebrate with "Presidents Day." One young man suggested that it was about selling used cars, since there are so many newspaper advertisements and television commercials announcing "birthday sales."
Linda Chavez: Raiding Social Security
Extending the payroll tax cut -- as the GOP leadership has now agreed with Democrats to do -- may be good politics, but it is lousy policy.
Donald Lambro: One Statistic Doesn't Tell the Whole Story
In the high stakes of political combat, perceptions can matter as much as, or more than, reality. Maybe that's why Barack Obama's numbers are creeping up in some polls.
Larry Kudlow: Dave Camp Spanks Tim Geithner
In a hearing on the president’s budget, Camp stated that nearly $2 trillion in tax increases will take more money away from employers, investors, and savers, and would push the top rates close to 45 percent.
Daniel J. Mitchell: Even with a Volatile Stock Market, Personal Retirement Accounts Are Better and Safer than Social Security
Some left wingers criticized the idea, saying the big drop in the stock market in 2008-2009 is proof that personal retirement accounts are too risky. You won’t be surprised to learn, though, that they are wrong.
Kyle Olson: Yet Another Taxpayer-Funded University Study Smears Fox News
If the taxpayers of Delaware aren't startled by the following news, nothing will bother them.
Paul Tracy: 7 Stocks Yielding 12% or More
When we looked only at the companies that turned a profit during the past year, we found just 17 U.S. common stocks paying yields of more than 12%.
Charles Payne: That's Why They Play The Game
The story at this very moment is Santorum has something the giants Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are lacking.
Maggie Gallagher: Why is Gay Marriage an Issue in this Campaign?
In an appearance on Al Jazeera, I was asked: Why is gay marriage emerging as a big issue in the campaign?
Political Calculations: President Obama's Permanent Spending Achievement
President Obama has permanently grown the size of the U.S. federal government's budget by 16.5% during the four years he will have been in office.
Cliff May: Listening to the Syrian Resistance
Thanks to the marvels of modern technology, members of the resistance movement inside Syria last week were able to have a secure conversation with a small group of foreign policy mavens in Washington. What they told us boils down to this: A revolution is underway.
Diana West: Did Saudi Prince Buy Fox's Silence?
Have you heard about the 23-year-old Saudi journalist who tweeted an imaginary conversation with Muhammad? It went something like this: He loved Muhammad, he hated Muhammad, he couldn't understand Muhammad, he wasn't going to pray for Muhammad.
As we celebrate and acknowledge the significance of Black History Month, we remember those who paved the way for success and progress among the black community. We remember the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. to promote racial equality and to eradicate poverty and injustice.
Gary Shapiro: Political Correctness is Hurting America
I recently ran across an old Internet joke that attempts to define the term “political correctness.†The joke reads: “Political correctness is a doctrine – fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rapidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media – which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end.†It’s as funny as it is nakedly true.
Laura Donovan: In Defense of Young CPAC Attendees
There are so many more noteworthy and relevant topics than the clothes of CPAC attendees, especially in an election year. Let's put this "controversy" behind us and get back to reality.
Earl Tilford: Strategic Abdication
From Damascus to Tehran, a test for world leadership is underway.
Mike Shedlock: Face The Music: The Case Against Fractional Reserve Lending
Dr. Lacy Hunt correctly identifies fractional reserve lending as the culprit behind the massive rise in debt. Hunt also explains why government spending cannot help, why Europe is in worse shape than the US, why a US recession is coming.
Night Watch: Night Watch: New Pakistani "Ultra" Coalition Forms
Pakistani news services reported that this new ultra-nationalist and Islamist coalition was formed after the 26 November killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a US airstrike. It is virulently anti-American and anti-Indian and strongly supports the Afghan Taliban
Fritz Pfister: Obama Policy Gives Housing Market Gas
One head of a mortgage department says the same amount of time is invested to process four applications as it did to process ten before the Leviathan was unleashed on banks.
The Great Recession is proceeding apace, but it cannot be seen in the undulations of the Dow Industrial average or the housing index. Rather, the more worrisome and dangerous recession is happening abroad as President Obama withdraws American influence when it is most needed.
Cherylyn Harley LeBon: Liberal University Admissions Policies Cheat Students
In recent months, there have been a growing number of reports of cheating on standardized tests. Just last month, an official with Claremont McKenna College in California resigned after admitting to inflating the SAT scores of incoming freshmen to boost the college's standing in the US News and World Report rankings.
George Friedman: Meth in Mexico: A Turning Point in the Drug War?
We expect fighting over the methamphetamine market to maintain violence at its current levels, but once a group comes out on top it will have far more resources to expel or absorb rivals.
Jeff Carter: Inflation? Not Just Yet, but It’s Coming
Europe sucks. China is going down. But the US is the most ingenious economy the world has ever seen, in spite of really crappy fiscal policy enacted over the last several years.
Bill Tatro: The Germany Occupation of the Drachma
Germany’s strength of austerity, manufacturing, and productivity would have made the Deutsche Mark the strongest currency on the continent.
Tad DeHaven: Obama’s Budget: This Isn’t Built to Last
In Obama's newest budget are the building materials for an economic time-bomb that will explode on future generations.
Doug French: Profits Are Socially Responsible
Back in 1997 Gregory Bresiger penned a piece for the Free Market tearing apart the notion of "socially responsible investing" (SRI). Managers focused on social issues instead of profits will perform poorly as resources are diverted to unproductive uses. Bresiger looked to close the argument with this seemingly absurd proposition.
Ann Coulter: Communism By Insurance Mandate
One theory for why Barack Obama pushed the contraception mandate right now is that it helps Rick Santorum. Others theorize it's because Obama is an anti-religious bigot with a left-wing agenda. Reasonable minds can disagree on this.
Thomas Sowell: The Progressive Legacy: Part III
The same presumptions of superior wisdom and virtue behind the interventionism of Progressive Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson in the domestic economy also led them to be interventionists in other countries.
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