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The Left-Wing Origins of Newt Gingrich's Attack on the Courts - — Writing in The Washington Post, Harvard Law School's Thomas Donnelly points out that Newt Gingrich's recent attacks on the judiciary “hark back to a time when progressives were committed to curbing court power.” As Donnelly writes: |
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37 days ago |
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Gary Johnson Goes Full Libertarian: "I am excited. I am liberated. ... - I am liberated. And I am committed to shaking the system as it has never been shaken before." — Former two-term governor of New Mexico and former GOP presidential candidate Gary Johnson has sent out his first email blast as a contender … |
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45 days ago |
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Why Would Consumers Object to a Policy That Forces Them to Buy Expensive Products They Do Not Want? - — As Nick Gillespie noted last week, the end-of-the-year budget package includes a provision that bars the Obama administration from spending money to enforce new energy-efficiency standards … |
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47 days ago |
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Vaclav Havel, RIP - — The great anti-communist dissident, writer, and politician Vaclav Havel is dead at the age of 75. — From Matt Welch's great 2003 profile, Velvet President: … Read the whole thing. — Reason on Havel. |
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77 days ago |
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Treasury Admits What Everybody Already Knew: Taxpayer Losses On GM Bailout Are Going to be Massive - — Am I allowed to say, I told you so? — The Treasury Department yesterday revised its loss estimate for the Government Motors bailout from $14.33 billion to $23.6 billion, thanks to the company's sinking stock price. |
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78 days ago |
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CBO on the Stimulus: "A net negative effect on the growth of GDP over 10 years." - — NRO's Andrew Stiles flags this exchange from Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Elmendorf's testimony before the Senate Budget Committee ealier this week: — The quote that matters starts around 1:25 … |
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75 days ago |
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Hadley Climate Research Unit Centre for Climate Prediction ... - — The blogosphere is hopping with reports that the Hadley Centre's computers have been hacked and possibly embarrassing internal emails and other documents are now circulating on the web. |
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77 days ago |
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Stimulus Goes to the Dogs - — President Obama in a speech to the National Conference of State Legislatures on March 2009: … Half a block from my house, November 2009: — Yep. That's a state-of-the-art dog park, paid for with stimulus money. — Like the man said: No plan is perfect. |
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83 days ago |
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Get Us to 500 Donors, Or That's the Last You'll See of Lobster Girl - — Take a good long look at this blog post. Do you notice a woman kissing a lobster? For longtime readers of the site, Lobster Girl is a familiar, even comforting presence. Now move your eyes to the upper right-hand corner of the main blog page. |
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84 days ago |
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Affirmative Action for Males - Gender Discrimination in College Admissions - — NPR's Morning Edition aired a story in which the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is beginning an investigation into claims that colleges are favoring the admission of less qualified males over more qualified women. |
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