WASHINGTON TIMES SCANLON: Picking seniors’ pockets AARP doesn’t care about elderly members By Terrence Scanlon Terrence Scanlon is president of the Capital Research Center. May 28, 2012 I’m going to come right out and say it: AARP is about money and power. That’s all it’s interested in. Formerly known as the American Association of Retired
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REAL CLEAR POLITICS Published: June 1, 2012 By MARK STEYN Syndicated columnist letters@ocregister.com The Eurovision Song Contest doesn’t get a lot of attention in the United States, but on the Continent it’s long been seen as the perfect Euro-metaphor. Years before the euro came along, it was the prototype pan-European institution and predicated on the
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A Tale of Two Budgets Paul Ryan draws the contrast Republicans will need this fall. Yuval Levin April 2, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 28 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: On one hand are Obama’s 15 numinous know-it-alls, charged with setting prices, rationing care, and finding just the right balance between
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April 3, 2012 The president’s lawyer said ‘Insurance has become the predominant means of paying for health care in this country.’ But whose fault is that? Shouldn’t we bring the cash market back? By JOHN H. COCHRANEMr. Cochrane is a professor of finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and an adjunct
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March 21, 2012, ‘The Road We’ve Traveled’ With Obama Three dismal years are spun into 17 minutes of fact-challenged campaign film. By KARL ROVE This month, Barack Obama’s re-election campaign released a 17-minute film, “The Road We’ve Traveled,” that previews the Democratic general election narrative. Directed by Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim and narrated by
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SUPREME TEST AEI scholars cited in Supreme Court health care argument Getty Images In one of the most interesting Supreme Court discussions on Wednesday, Justice Samuel Alito asked what the fallback position would be for the rest of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if the mandate were declared unconstitutional. He then referred to
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March 27, 2012, 6:38 p.m. ET Notable & Quotable Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito asks whether, under the logic of ObamaCare, the government could compel Americans to buy burial services. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Solicitor General Donald Verrilli during Tuesday’s Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of the ObamaCare health-insurance mandate: Alito: Do
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ROLL CALL Gohmert: Government Dictating Health Choices Is Not a Slippery Slope but a Cliff By Rep. Louie GohmertRep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is vice chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. Prior to being elected to Congress, Gohmert was elected to three terms as a district judge in Smith County, Texas,
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March 16, 2012, 6:36 p.m. ET Notable & Quotable Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer on the medical profession’s move from the Hippocratic oath toward the “veterinary ethic.” Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer writing March 15 at Reason.com: For centuries, my predecessors and I have been inculcated with what has come to be called the “Hippocratic Ethic.” This
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USA TODAY MITT ROMNEY: WHY I’D REPEAL OBAMACARE March 22, 2012 Friday is the second anniversary of ObamaCare. It is past time to abolish the program, root and branch. The Supreme Court will soon have a crack at this; arguments about the program’s constitutionality open before it next week. But whatever the justices decide in
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