JUNE 10, 2011 The New Jersey Supreme Court passes an appropriations bill. Who needs an excuse to raise taxes when a state Supreme Court will tip the scales? That’s the story in New Jersey, where the justices recently inserted themselves into state fiscal policy, much to taxpayer dismay. By a 3-2 vote, the state high […]
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By James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, Published: June 9 Washington Post James A. Baker III was secretary of state from 1989 to 1992. Lee H. Hamilton is a former Democratic representative from Indiana who chaired the House Committee on Foreign Affairs With our country engaged in three critical military conflicts, the last thing that
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JUNE 6, 2011 Medicine will suffer if Washington controls the flow of scientific information. By SCOTT GOTTLIEB A federal judge sentenced the former head of a biotech company to six months of home confinement this spring and fined him $20,000. His offense? Issuing a single press release about a drug. Scott Harkonen is the former
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Obama Assaults Border Sheriffs Sheriff Larry Dever and Border Sheriffs Need Your Help To Continue Their Battle Against Illegal Immigration If you live in or near Cochise County, we are probably already acquainted in some way. We may have met on the streets or remote roadways, or in the grocery store. And even if we
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JUNE 1, 2011 How to vote for a law and then raise money by deploring its results. Another day, and another cheerleader for the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law is deploring its 2011 impact. This time it’s New York Senator Chuck Schumer, who has spearheaded a letter from 18 Empire State Members of Congress to
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April 2011 Ken Cuccinelli Attorney General of Virginia KEN CUCCINELLI was elected the Attorney General of Virginia in November 2009. From 2002-2009 he was a member of the Virginia State Senate. Prior to that he was a partner in the law firm of Cuccinelli and Day, where he specialized in business law. A graduate of the
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CBS NEWS Ron Paul: I wouldn’t have killed bin Laden Posted by Lucy Madison 142 comments Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX). (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), who is poised to launch his presidential campaign tomorrow, said this week he would not have authorized the mission that resulted in the death of Osama bin
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MAY 13, 2011 Between 2000 and 2008, 4.8 million Americans moved from forced union states to right-to-work states—that’s one person every minute of every day. By ARTHUR B. LAFFER AND STEPHEN MOORE The Obama administration’s National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint last month against Boeing to block production of the company’s 787 Dreamliner at
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MAY 4, 2011 From Guantanamo to Abbottabad The bin Laden mission benefited greatly from Bush administration interrogation policies, but President Obama still prefers to kill, rather than capture, terrorists. This costs valuable intelligence. By John Yoo In the space of 40 minutes on Sunday night, two Navy SEAL teams descended on a compound in Abbottabad,
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RASMUSSENREPORTS.COM Obama Values: Kill But Don’t Waterboard A Commentary By Debra J. Saunders Tuesday, May 10, 2011 At the end of his “60 Minutes” interview, President Obama said of Osama bin Laden’s death, “Justice was done. And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn’t deserve
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