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They Just Don't Get It

Barney Frank Still Doesn't Get It

By Peter J. Wallison It’s unusual for Barney Frank to create confusion. The outspoken chairman of the House Financial Services Committee usu...

We’re In Denial, America, About Our President

By Dr. Keith Ablow The greatest gift of my training in psychiatry has been the ability my mentors nurtured in me to really listen to what pe...

Why Do We Keep Ignoring the WikiLeaks Threat?

By Christian Whiton On Friday, WikiLeaks again released a massive amount of classified information stolen from the U.S. government. This tim...

America's Last Chance?

By Troy Senik If, as expected, a new generation of economic conservatives join the ranks of the United States Congress in the wake of the up...

There Are No Atheists In Foxholes -- Or In Coal Mines

By Larry Gatlin  It's said that there are no atheists in fox holes. I would add... or in a coal mine if you are there for 69 days. ...

The Tax Man Cometh

Read this before November’s elections. "It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to lose it. If you think about tha...

Can You Keep Absorbing the Pain Obama Inflicts On Us?

By Jon Kraushar  Every American president ends up owning one word or phrase that tends to define him. Kennedy had “Camelot.” Johnson had “Gr...

Expiration of Bush Tax Cuts: How Will It Affect You?

By Joshua Rhett Miller Benjamin Franklin wrote that "nothing is certain but death and taxes," but that is only half-true. There is...

Your Tax Dollars at Work

The Oklahoma City public school district is taking a second look at a plan to teach at-risk students using rap and hip-hop after receiving c...

Judge Bans Key Witness From Gitmo Detainee's New York Trial

The judge in the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo Bay detainee barred the prosecution's star witness Wednesday from testifying, deal...

Mr. Biden, the Stimulus Program Has Only Postponed the Day of Reckoning

By Liz Peek Can you strain muscles by too aggressively patting yourself on the back? If so, the Obama administration must be stocking up on ...