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Jerry Shenk
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July 14, 2020
Getting a handle on ‘white supremacy’Perhaps some liberal white “racial justice activists” out there will answer a few questions in order to enlighten the “white supremacists” they judge to be everywhere among their “ignorant,” yet somehow “privileged” fellow white Americans
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August 7, 2019
Big Tech would be smart to sit out 2020, but can it?There may be nothing Big Tech can do on either side to recover its credibility.
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May 16, 2018
RINO Rep. Charlie Dent ditches office for cable TV obscurity: Good riddanceOne doubts that Dent, a political opportunist who skipped town for more lucrative opportunities, has ever valued or even understood America's fundamental conservatism.
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November 16, 2017
Sixty nails in climate alarmism's coffinA new resource provides a point-by-point review and response to each of the climate change industry's claims.
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November 11, 2017
Rep. Charlie Dent: Taking the 'fun' out of 'dysfunction'One of the whiniest, most amusing, yet revealing accidental admissions ever.
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February 23, 2017
What the white 'puzzle piece pin' says about liberalsThis new piece of flair is making inroads on liberal college campuses, with only members of a certain race intended to wear it.
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November 26, 2016
Democrats’ post-election fault linesDemocrats have become too fragmented to perform an objective autopsy on their own political cadaver.
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June 17, 2015
Donald Trump: 'The ridiculous buffoon with the worst taste since Caligula'In a piece entitled “Witless Ape Rides Escalator,” National Review Online’s Kevin Williamson thoroughly eviscerated Donald Trump
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April 21, 2015
Hillary's media worries on the Schweizer bookThere are some significant, encouraging things to consider just in the roster of news agencies taking on the project.
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February 26, 2015
America's Future Depends upon <em>Which</em> Republican WinsThe Democratic Party’s Obama-induced leftward stampede presents an opportunity for a proven, pro-market, conservative Republican.
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February 5, 2015
Not Sarah Palin -- not againI have my own beef with the former governor. It matters not that Palin and I are pretty much on the same page politically.
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October 28, 2014
Barack Obama's 'malaise' - and America'sA president who never recognizes his own failures and shortcomings.
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September 5, 2014
Progressives have nothing to fear (from conservatives) but fear itself“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”
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October 17, 2012
Never let a Good (Gas Price) Crisis go to WasteDuring the second presidential debate, Obama claimed that America is "drilling more on public lands than in the previous administration and the previous president was an oil man."
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October 16, 2012
Reforming the Leviathan stateHow to return to a government of honorable public servants.
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October 1, 2012
Barack Obama: World's worst poker player?The president has several obvious "tells" that Romney can pick up on during the debate.
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September 10, 2012
A little perspective, please, on Chicago teachersHigh unemployment, higher than average salaries, and yet they want raises at a time when most taxpayers are struggling?
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September 2, 2012
Farm Bill-Inspired Food FightKids revolt against the federally-mandated contents of their lunch plates..
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August 9, 2012
Liberal BigotryThe American left reserves its ugliest bigotry for Christians. When liberals speak or write about practicing Christians, especially evangelical Christians and, in this presidential election year, Mormons, no slander is unacceptable.
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May 19, 2012
Economists Are Not HistoriansThe only way Keynesians can whine about the evils of austerity is by blatantly, almost comically ignoring history.
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May 11, 2012
Francois Hollande takes half a page from Obama playbookNew French President Francois Hollande has publicly stated that his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, underestimated France's budget problems. Sound familiar?
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May 4, 2012
'Jesus has no place in budget conflict'A "What would Jesus do" smackdown by a small town Catholic priest.
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April 27, 2012
Blue Dog BluesBlue Dogs are a dying breed in Congress. Good riddance to them. The Endangered Species Act should not be invoked to preserve them.
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April 12, 2012
VP Biden: Al Franken 'leading legal scholar'Franken a better lawyer than comedian? Biden a better comedian than vice president?
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February 29, 2012
The House Acts to Protect Private PropertyHouse passes bill that blunts the Kelo decision.
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December 30, 2011
Ethanol subsidies not renewed. Taxpayers and families hardest hitBut don't rejoice just yet.
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December 22, 2011
Boola MoolahWhen you think about it, the only blameless party in our nation's student loan fiasco is the banks.
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December 5, 2011
Herman, how the heck does that work?The candidate suspends his campaign - and then endorses another candidate?
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November 29, 2011
Chevy Volts: Spontaneous Combustion or Self-Immolation?It's uncertain how GM will "allay fears it could catch fire" when, in fact, the Volt has caught fire.
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November 20, 2011
The Farm Policy End-RunIn an election year, farm-state legislators would like to avoid a public debate on farm subsidies, one of America's most senseless, profligate relics of FDR's New Deal.
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November 16, 2011
If the Occupiers Have Lost the Washington Post...Some liberals abandoning the OWS movement.
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October 27, 2011
Tea Parties тЙа OccupiersTea Parties and the Occupiers have a few commonalities, but, although many media outlets have attempted to do so, it's a mistake to equate the two phenomena.
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October 26, 2011
Former one-term House member sues over lost 'career'This is what they mean by the "entitlement culture."
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October 7, 2011
Has Harry Reid presented the GOP with the means to overturn Obamacare?Reid's unprecedented parliamentary maneuver.
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October 6, 2011
Old Energy, New ApplicationsAn old energy source has the potential to drive down the cost of gasoline, thanks to new technology.
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September 3, 2011
Three Congresses: A Study in WorldviewsThe 112th Congress is on summer hiatus. It's a good time to reflect on the recent activities of the body and contrast them with prior Congresses, most notably those of the House.
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September 2, 2011
The New Normal?What is one to make of reports that the White House is resigned to persistent high unemployment through the 2012 Presidential election year?
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July 28, 2011
Hysteria at the DNCWasserman Schultz says GOP wants to impose a "dictatorship" on America.
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July 19, 2011
Breaking the Incumbent Protection RacketsAs Congress has become a lucrative career, both parties have collaborated to bring job security to incumbents.
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July 14, 2011
Obama Blunders, Admits Bluffing on Debt CeilingApparently fueled by his natural tendency to petulance, President Obama made a startling admission yesterday.
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June 20, 2011
Blogs busting open AGW 'science' fraudsScientific group and peer review process have been hijacked, so blogs now play the role of critical examination of faulty hypothesis.
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June 10, 2011
A Nation of Government DependentsMost of us are in some way dependent upon the central government. It's only ignorance of our dependency that permits many to deny it.
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May 12, 2011
Puddle Power GrabBarack Obama's EPA means to implement the major provisions of failed legislation by regulatory means, a massive power grab with frightening implications.
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May 8, 2011
It's harder to get a job at Walmart than it is to be admitted to an Ivy League school.In the current economic climate engineered by a Harvard graduate and a satchel-full of administration Ivy Leaguers, one wonders how many Walmart applicants have Ivy League degrees.
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April 19, 2011
If the unions have lost Detroit, they've lost. Period.Public unions in the Motor City facing same pressure from Dem administration as unions in Wisconsin.
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April 16, 2011
A Consequential ManBecause of the office he holds, President Obama is a consequential man, but his positions on spending, deficits, and debt confirms that he is not a serious one.
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April 7, 2011
Regulatory DysfunctionIf we are to emerge from recession, America's business regulatory burden must be reassessed.
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March 29, 2011
Want to live forever? Raise the price of gasoline!"Every $1 uptick in gas prices saves 11,000 lives and $11 billion in health-care costs annually."
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March 25, 2011
The Energy Myth That Won't DieEthanol remains a case study in poor choices and the negative effects of government intervention in markets.
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March 22, 2011
The 'good old days' are not so very oldIt seems like yesterday that observing the Constitution by getting congressional approval to use military force was still fashionable.
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March 13, 2011
Challenging the Teachers UnionsThe public school monopoly on taxpayer education funds is under challenge, and the unions are fighting back hard.
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March 8, 2011
Quids and quos, but never a proThe Congressional Democrats show their cards on earmarks.
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February 18, 2011
Blue Dogs still voting in lock-step with DemocratsA vote to ax the White House "Czars" shows most Blud Dogs unwilling to leave the reservation.
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February 8, 2011
Detroit High LifeI'm sure they'll get around to thanking the taxpayer - eventually.
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February 6, 2011
Energy Dollars and SenseThe economics of biofuels are grim. Time to stop dreaming.
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January 22, 2011
The 'Business' of GovernmentGovernment is not and never will be a business -- although we would certainly benefit from having it run like one.
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January 10, 2011
More 'reporting' from the Gray LadyAnother clear view of the New York Times' ideology and the lengths to which its staff will go to advance the cause of their allies in American politics
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January 3, 2011
Pay/Go, Cut/Go, No GoAmong the most deceptive measures passed in the 111th Congress was The Statuary Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, or, in Washington vernacular, Pay/Go.
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December 10, 2010
America's Political Class: In Business for ThemselvesWe have a political class populated by those whose livelihoods depend on maintenance of a system they have made incoherent and unsustainable.
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December 4, 2010
Playing Chicken with SeniorsDemocrats have been playing games with Social Security for decades.
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December 2, 2010
So that's why the Democratic caucus is shrinkingObama calls himself a blue dog. Oh, really?
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December 1, 2010
Congressional Earmarks: Embracing and Ignoring a Message from VotersEight foolish Republican Senators voted to retain earmarks, ignoring the voters' message of November 2.
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November 20, 2010
Blue Dogs: Tireless in their quest for moderationThey can't hide from their record of voting with the liberals most of the time.
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November 13, 2010
The Congressional Follies, 111th EditionBefore the 112th Congress is sworn in, let's review some of the lesser-known activities of the departing 111th.
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November 9, 2010
One Blue Dog's lament against Pelosi a day late and a dollar shortWhat are friends for?
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October 17, 2010
The Problem With Government SchoolsAsk Democrats to name a single aspect of American education that has improved since the teachers' unions took it over in the 1960s, and then cue the crickets.
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September 27, 2010
Getting Hosed at the PumpIn the new year, we may notice that more than our taxes have increased.
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September 11, 2010
The successful Clinton economy was based on tax cuts. No, really...Often overlooked in the debate over tax policy is the success of the Clinton-era tax reductions -- reductions that, though fairly recent, are unknown to most Americans.
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July 31, 2010
Redundant by Practice, Not by DesignMembers of Congress are legislators. They are elected to legislate. It's their only job. If members don't read a bill before voting to make it law, they are not doing the only job they have.
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July 1, 2010
Last chance for RepublicansWe must disable the tools career politicians use to protect their incumbency, tools that make it difficult for new blood in their own parties and independents to run for office.