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The Real Election Scandal in Washington, D.C.
Tweet Share on Facebook July 10, 2012 CommentThe lack of full voting rights in the District of Columbia is one of the most egregious, ongoing human right violations in America. It's worse because it's largely ignored or accepted by much of the American public, who seem to think that this place is just one big office building for politicians and lobbyists. The fact that people actually live here, pay (high) taxes here, and work here, even in industries having nothing to do with government, has done little to shake the long-outdated status of the District as a place of government activity alone.
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How Obamacare Taxes Hurt Seniors
Tweet Share on Facebook July 10, 2012 CommentThe revelation that the individual mandate in Obamacare is a tax came as a surprise to many. What is not a surprise is the number of other taxes already in the new law which, if allowed to go fully into effect, threatens to wreak havoc with the nation's economy.
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How Can George Will Still Deny Global Warming?
Tweet Share on Facebook July 10, 2012 CommentLAKEWOOD, COLO.—On ABC News's This Week this past Sunday morning, climate change denier George Will had an interesting take on the wildfires in the west and the powerful thunderstorms in the east:
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Bruce Springsteen Doesn't Return Chris Christie's Love
Tweet Share on Facebook July 10, 2012 CommentWord has it that churlish New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie dances in the dark to Bruce Springsteen in concert. Will wonders ever cease? Has he heard the screen door slam? Has he gone down to the river? Has he seen the darkness on the edge of town? Was he born to run? I don't think so.
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Pepco's Post-Storm Failure Proves Need for Government
Tweet Share on Facebook July 9, 2012 CommentGovernment is under assault these days, both as an institution and as an entity employing unionized workers. The struggling job market, the debt, the deficit—the blame for these is routinely placed on government and the people paid by government. The private sector, the theory goes, is more accountable to the public since it must compete for consumers and risks going bankrupt.
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The Best Alternative to Obamacare
Tweet Share on Facebook July 9, 2012 Comment"Repeal and replace" has become the GOP slogan for how to deal with President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, now that the Supreme Court has declined to declare unconstitutional the unprecedented U.S. government takeover of one-sixth of the economy. But replace it with what?
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5 Reasons the 'War on Women' Rhetoric Is a Lie
Tweet Share on Facebook July 6, 2012 CommentDemocrats may say that there's a Republican "war on women," but there's another side to the that story: These days, there are more opportunities for GOP women to take leadership roles in the party. It's a win-win: good for the women and good for the party, which needs their energy and expertise.
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Darrell Issa Takes on Countrywide Financial's Crony Capitalism
Tweet Share on Facebook July 6, 2012 CommentThough technically not in a recession, the U.S. economy is still in the dumps.
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The Case for Universal Healthcare
Tweet Share on Facebook July 5, 2012 CommentThere is no better argument for universal health care than Evelyn.
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America Is Less Dependent Under Barack Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook July 5, 2012 CommentYesterday morning, on the Fourth of July, I awoke to news reports that went something like this: "How dependent are Americans on the government and government programs on this Independence Day?"
