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Continuing The Fight Against Rogue Websites Post-SOPA

The online firestorm that erupted over the consideration of SOPA and PIPA — the federal ant-piracy bills — effectively killed the legislation for 2012. Yet it’s imperative that the push for serious legislation addressing online piracy continue. But, likewise, the…

The Final Push for IPAB Repeal

Congressional Republicans announced on Friday their intent to link the widely supported House bill to repeal the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) with a more partisan medical malpractice reform bill. The IPAB repeal bill, which has been well-received thus…

Shame On the Congressional Black Caucus for Continuing the Blame Game

Congressman Andre Carson, where’s your proof? Carson, a Democratic congressman from Indiana and the legislative “whip” for the Congressional Black Caucus, recently made incendiary accusations about the Tea Party movement and his colleagues supporting it on Capitol Hill. Those remarks…

Blaming the Tea Party? Stop the Political Games

As the deadline for a government slowdown approaches, liberals are leading the charge to blame the budget impasse on the Tea Party movement. This progressive political strategy serves a two-fold objective. First, by assigning responsibility for the failing budget negotiations…

What Will Really Make Us Fat In the New Year

Your New Year’s resolution might involve diet and exercise but according to news sources that might not shrink your waistline. Reporst say man-made chemicals called “obesogens” may be responsible for the “obesity epidemic,” and regulators are gearing up to address…

America’s Last Chance?

If, as expected, a new generation of economic conservatives join the ranks of the United States Congress in the wake of the upcoming midterm elections, they will face a momentous challenge: how to finally deliver on the promises of fiscal…

Why Is Congress So Afraid of Mail Order Wine?

The quest by wine and beer wholesalers to maintain their “middleman” role within the liquor industry is simply bad news. A bill making its way through the House (H.R. 5034) sponsored by Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) supports wholesalers’ promises to limit…

L.A.: $111M in Stimulus Saved Just 55 Jobs

Jan 29: A stimulus project roadsign is posted on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood, Calif. (AFP) Aug. 13: Several thousand people protest demanding jobs outside City Hall in Los Angeles. (AFP) PreviousNext More than a year after Congress approved $800…

Liberals Crash Tea Party, But Stay Silent On Black Panther Hate Talk

Over the past year, members of the liberal media, progressive politicians and the Hollywood elite have demonized the Tea Party movement partly by claiming that that Tea Partiers are a fringe group driven by racial animosity. Now, faced with unequivocally…

The Government Cannot Protect Us From Every Catastrophe We Face

Tuesday night, in an Oval Office speech to the nation, President Obama took the gloves off. He lashed out at BP over the monumental oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He vowed that he will make BP pay for…