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Mitt Romney has Newt Gingrich to thank for a few things in 2012

Wednesday afternoon Newt Gingrich is expected to announce that he will suspend his presidential campaign. After yo-yoing from the bottom of the heap to the top of the pack and back down to the bottom again, his time to win…

Leading with dignity in the workplace

My work has brought me up close to leaders of all kinds. There is one thing they share: highly developed technical and intellectual capacities, many of them graduates of some of the world’s most prestigious educational institutions. They also share…

Cut federal spending drastically or face doom, America

When I wrote the final chapter of my new book, “Covenant of Liberty: The Ideological Origins of the Tea Party Movement,” I argued that the United States must choose between two starkly opposite futures. Either we dramatically cut federal spending…

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…

Small Business to Obama: Tax Plan Needs Rate Reform

The Obama administration’s proposal for corporate tax reform ignores what matters most to small businesses, a coalition of small-business advocacy groups says. While the overall plan is sound, critics acknowledge, it overlooks the fundamental need for rate reform. “The idea…

Matt Damon’s Silly Teacher Rant

Actor Matt Damon is a walking public-service reminder to immunize your children early and often against La-La Land disease.In Damon’s world, all public-school teachers are selfless angels. Government workers and Hollywood entertainers are impervious to economic incentives. Anyone who disagrees…

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…

NAACP Is Playing Politics, Big Time!

If it wasn’t clear before, the NAACP’s resolution to paint the Tea Party movement as racist leaves no doubt that the once venerable group has irreparably destroyed its reputation and sullied its past prestige. How is it that the same…

Stop Being Blue at Work

It’s late Sunday night and suddenly you’re struck with an inexplicable bout of sadness. With Monday just around the corner, you soon realize that you’re suffering from a case of the ole back-to-work blues. Whether you’ve just returned from holidays…