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No poor and huddled need apply
WASHINGTON -- Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint prefaced his condemnation of immigration legislation Monday with the same form of inoculation conservatives often use on such occasions: He quoted Emma Lazarus. "There's a statement at the bottom of...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, High Schools, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Schools
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GOP overplays its hand
WASHINGTON — At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition. It has been only a matter of days since two scandals — the IRS harassment of conservative groups and the...Tags: Mike Lee, Internal Revenue Service, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Washington, DC, The Washington Post
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Fight Club on the Hill
WASHINGTON -- House conservatives met Wednesday for the latest installment of their "Conversations with Conservatives" luncheon series, but they took their places on the dais without sampling the Chick-fil-A sandwiches and nuggets on offer. These days,...
Tags: Politics, Health Care Reform (2009), Mick Mulvaney, Eric Cantor, The Washington Post
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Standing with Rand, nervously
WASHINGTON -- "Stand with Rand," urged placards at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, where Sen. Rand Paul won last weekend's presidential straw poll, cementing the Kentucky Republican's status as a favorite of the conservative movement....Tags: Chuck Hagel, Elections, Republican Party, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell
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La maldición del segundo término
Muchos analistas creen que lo que se llama "la maldición de los segundos períodos presidenciales" ya afecta a Barack Obama. Para ellos, la agenda del Presidente en sus últimos cuatro años en la Casa Blanca, impide que su agenda actual pueda discutirse.... -
Disability insurance entitlement explodes under Obama
Those of you paying attention have noticed that the Obama administration is actually doing what it promised: transforming America into a gigantic welfare state. And there are plenty of takers willing to cash in on it and "get mine." Numbers don't lie....Tags: Insurance, Trials, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Barack Obama, Physical Disabilities
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As kids head to college, beware liberal groupthink
I've been thinking a lot about college lately. You see, one of my more time-consuming tasks is to write college recommendation letters. It's an occupational hazard from extended time in the state legislature, Congress and the governorship. But it's one...
Tags: University of Michigan, Justice and Rights, Book, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Rutgers University
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On immigration, ghosts of Christmas past
WASHINGTON -- Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is a gooey confection of seasonal sentiment. It also is an economic manifesto that Dickens hoped would hit with "twenty thousand times the force" of a political tract. It concerned a 19th-century debate...
Tags: Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Religion and Belief, Productivity, Jeff Sessions, Economy, Business and Finance
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Rand Paul is more like father after all
WASHINGTON -- After former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle was killed Saturday at a Texas shooting range, former Rep. Ron Paul tweeted a shockingly cold sentiment. "Chris Kyle's death seems to confirm that 'he who lives by the sword dies by the sword,'"...
Tags: The Washington Post, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rand Paul, Parties and Movements
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Bacon Is Getting Its Own TV Series
The Hartford CourantIt's not like there weren't big things going on in politics this past week, what with the fiscal cliff looming and the state deficit seemingly growing by the minute. Oh, and tea party honcho Jim DeMint leaving the Senate. But sometimes a story that falls...Tags: Allergies, KC & The Sunshine Band (music group), University of Connecticut Football, Executive Branch, Meryl Streep
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Mountain out of a molehill
WASHINGTON -- The poet Carl Sandburg supposedly was asked by a young playwright to attend a rehearsal. Sandburg did but fell asleep. The playwright exclaimed, "How could you sleep when you knew I wanted your opinion?" Sandburg replied, "Sleep is an...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, Mitt Romney, Elections, Voting, Carl Sandburg
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The right isn't waving a white flag
The conservative Gotterdammerung is finally here. "Like dazed survivors in a ravaged city, America's conservatives are wailing and beating their collective breasts," opines the Economist's "Lexington" columnist. "A leading conservative thinker," asked...
Tags: Politics, Periodicals, Fox News Channel (tv network), American Enterprise Institute, Ronald Reagan
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