Commentary posted March 16, 2010 by Brian Riedl
All the Presidents Budget Gimmicks
President Obama's new budget proposal would raise taxes by $3 trillion over the decade — and still double the national debt.
He inherited unsustainable Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and net interest costs, but instead of paring spending back, decided to pile…
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Commentary posted March 11, 2010 by William Beach
Relying On Government Coming to Tipping Point
While conservatives and liberals keep score on who's winning or losing the latest debate over the size and scope of government, America steadily approaches a tipping point.
Our economy will be dramatically less free when we reach that point, our people ever more dependent on…
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Commentary posted March 10, 2010 by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
A Franco-Russian Rapprochement Again
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev traveled to Paris last week for a three-day visit and to launch a new strategic partnership with France. The new Franco-Russian embrace is marked by major arms sales, a space deal, lucrative energy contracts, and greater market…
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Commentary posted March 10, 2010 by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Free Khodorkovsky
President Obama has his hands full dealing with Russia. However, high on his agenda should be the release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Moscow's most famous prisoner.
Success there would demonstrate the administration's ability to promote freedom in Russia and around the world. It even might…
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Commentary posted March 9, 2010 by Brian Darling
The Top Ten Healthcare Amendments
President Obama and Democrats in Congress are readying a procedure known as reconciliation to railroad Obamacare through Congress. This abuse of process has been called the Healthcare Nuclear Option, because it’s a way…
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Commentary posted March 8, 2010 by Ryan Messmore
Speaking of Social Justice
Have you tuned in to one of the most significant conversations occurring in our culture today? It's hard to miss. It takes place on college campuses, blogs and YouTube; in churches, convention halls and coffee houses; during concerts, rallies and political debates. The topic appeals especially to an emerging generation…
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Commentary posted March 8, 2010 by James Carafano, Ph.D.
When Mad Science Goes to War
In 1980, the Army went mad.
Soldiers raced around in dune buggies and gliders. They tried out all manner of gizmos, contraptions and other inventions. It was all part of an experimental force in the 9th…
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Commentary posted March 8, 2010 by Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Europe wakes from its Obama dream
Many Europeans cheered when Barack Obama was elected president. Disdain for his predecessor ran so high that, even in Britain, pollsters found that George W. Bush was considered a greater threat to peace than Kim Jong-il and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Only Osama bin Laden outpolled him.
But President Obama…
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Commentary posted March 8, 2010 by Robert Rector
Obamas New Poverty Measurement
This week, the Obama administration announced it will create a new poverty-measurement system that will eventually displace the current poverty measure. This new measure, which has little or nothing to do with actual poverty, will serve as the propaganda tool in…
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Commentary posted March 5, 2010 by Peter Brookes
The Chavez Challenge
In the media, President Hugo Chavez seems to be portrayed more commonly these days as a threat to golf, which he considers “bourgeois” and is trying to eradicate in Venezuela, than to regional stability.
If only that were the case.
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Commentary posted March 1, 2010 by Brett Schaefer
More Harm than Good
he United Nations’s emphasis on working with and through governments can horribly undermine its efforts to alleviate suffering — especially when governments are key drivers of the suffering to begin with. A Foreign Policy article this…
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Commentary posted February 26, 2010 by Israel Ortega
The Faux Health Care Summit
The nation is focused on health care -- again -- as President Obama convenes his highly-touted and supposedly bipartisan summit.
Will it present a promising path to covering the approximately 43 million Americans (the exact number depends on who's counting, and who's counted) without health…
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