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Poll: Obama Leads Romney In Youth Vote, But Has Trouble Too
Tweet Share on Facebook April 24, 2012 Comment (6)President Obama has widened his lead among voters age 18-29, according to a survey released Tuesday by Harvard University's Institute of Politics. Nevertheless, said the institute's director Trey Grayson, "The president continues to struggle with key segments of the millennial demographic."
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Don't Overreact to the Secret Service, GSA Scandals
Tweet Share on Facebook April 24, 2012 Comment (10)Government employees and elected officials understand they are to be held to a higher standard, be it a question of behavior or cost control. But is that any reason to denigrate government employees as a whole?
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Often Overlooked: For-Profit Colleges Ripping Off Taxpayers
Tweet Share on Facebook April 24, 2012 Comment (2)President Obama is focusing this week on making college more affordable, ensuring a strong college loan program, and improving access for future generations. His concern is private colleges, community colleges, and state schools.
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Boris Johnson and the Theater of London Politics
Tweet Share on Facebook April 24, 2012 Comment (1)Only in England might you find such a set piece. Correction! Only in London. The best theater in the world is to be found there—some charge admission, but much of it is free.
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Economy, Not Immigration, Is Key Issue for Latinos in 2012
Tweet Share on Facebook April 24, 2012 Comment (3)This week the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments as to the constitutionality of Arizona's landmark law intended to help control illegal immigration.
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Coaching Kids in an Age of Coddling and Overcompetitiveness
Tweet Share on Facebook April 23, 2012 Comment (1)I was riveted by two blog posts over the weekend, by Rod Dreher and David Kuo. Both involve the trials and tribulations of parenting and youth sports.
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The Real Reason the Left Is Attacking ALEC
Tweet Share on Facebook April 23, 2012 Comment (20)The methods and tone employed by those attacking the American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC for short, reveal how desperate the professional left is feeling as they head into what they know will be a close election. After having their political heads handed to them in the 2010 cycle, they regrouped and decided to try to destroy the credibility of their opponents.
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All Women Suffered in Hilary Rosen-Ann Romney Fight
Tweet Share on Facebook April 23, 2012 Comment (5)It appears that the manufactured fight between Ann Romney and Hilary Rosen is just about over. And, as unfortunately happens in such cases, all women ended up being the losers.
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The Dangers of Obama's Nuclear Disarmament Promise
Tweet Share on Facebook April 23, 2012 Comment (14)Have you noticed how much of what passes for political leadership today amounts to easy, simple, intuitively popular gestures? The idea is to collect an immediate political benefit while obscuring and discounting the long-term costs.
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Charles Colson's Sin--and Salvation
Tweet Share on Facebook April 23, 2012 Comment (5)How do you take the measure of a man? Is it the sum total of his accomplishments? The power he obtained in life? The money and material goods he amassed? Or is it something else? Charles Colson, who first came into the public eye as a senior aide in the Nixon White House and who passed away Saturday after a brief illness, would likely have argued it had something to do with the amount of time spent helping others.
