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The Battle Continues
It is bad enough that former Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar was unfairly convicted and jailed last summer for four years after being charged with misusing property and government power. And that prior to his conviction he was imprisoned so as… Continue reading
Protecting The First Amendment
Hearings in the James Holmes trial are underway and a trial date has been set for February 2014. There has been much discussion of the prosecution’s decision to seek the death penalty – a decision made in consultation with the… Continue reading
The Public Has Got It Wrong
Tomorrow is a big day. The sequester will automatically come into effect and we will see across the board spending cuts.
What the actual impact of the sequester on the average American has been hotly debated. The President has been… Continue reading
The Age of Disruption
We seem to be always in crisis these days. Paralysis, gridlock, partisanship, and stale thinking from our political class abound. Politicians cling to their party lines with no vision for how they are actually going to get anything done.
The… Continue reading
Obama’s Night, But Nothing Has Changed
In his call for smarter government, President Obama was consciously trying to move away from the positioning that was ascribed to him after his inaugural address, that of adopting a new liberal agenda.
That being said, with the President’s calls… Continue reading
Why Democrats and Republicans Must Guard Against Unnecessary Regulation
It goes without saying that President Obama and the Democrats are flying high. The president registered a 60 percent approval rating in an ABC/Washington Post opinion poll out this week, his highest since he took office four years ago. Despite… Continue reading
From Obama, A Beautiful Inaugural Address Completely Discordant With His Recent Actions
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The New Power Class Who Will Profit From Obama’s Second Term
Joel Kotkin
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Obama II — Will We Be a Better Nation?
John Zogby
Contributor
Full Text: President Obama’s Inaugural Address
Jeremy Bogaisky
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President Obama Strikes The Right Tone On Gun Control
The President did what he needed to do yesterday. He set the right tone for the seriousness of the gun control debate, from having students who had written to him about gun control as a backdrop to neatly bifurcating legislative… Continue reading
Division In Washington Strikes Again
All of this was predictable. In a speech to a trade association six weeks ago, I discussed the partisanship and imbalance that would eventually destroy our political system. I said that I thought it was perfectly reasonable to assume that… Continue reading
Both Political Parties Win With a Practical, Pro-Growth Fiscal Cliff Outcome
It goes without saying that a plunge over the so-called “fiscal cliff” would be a true setback for the nation. Indeed, as Democrats and Republicans say that they’re willing to allow for significant tax hikes and program cuts if the… Continue reading
