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En la Encrucijada
Queda claro que nos encontramos en una encrucijada. Varias cifras económicas demuestran que continuamos en una severa recesión. Y varias encuestas confirman la desaprobación del pueblo con la política aplicada por el Congreso. Además, las mismas encuestas señalan que el Presidente está perdiendo cada vez más el respaldo de los votantes.
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Another Unhappy Labor Day
'This is a chance to do something big, man!" So proclaimed Vice President Joe Biden in a recent Time magazine article about the Obama administration's "all-out effort to exploit the [economic] crisis" to advance its agenda.
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Obama’s Misleading Legalities
Why does President Obama persistently misrepresent a particular Supreme Court decision and make misstatements about the law?
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BP’s Imbalanced, Uncharitable Funding
BP, the company that caused the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, has opted to funnel tens of millions of dollars through state governments rather than private charities doing the bulk of the work in the Gulf Coast region. By embracing government bureaucracy over private efficiency, the company is forcing charities struggling to respond to the enormous human needs—needs created by BP’s catastrophic spill—to rely on government to deliver the funding they must have to continue their crucial and irreplaceable work.
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Obama's Political Elite Leaves the Voters Behind
The graph of President Barack Obama's popularity is stark. In January 2009, 70 per cent of the American people approved of the job he was doing. Only 20 per cent disapproved. Now, 50 per cent disapprove. Only 45 per cent approve. That is not just what conservative pollsters find. It is what they all find.
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The Fatal Flaw of Keynesian Stimulus
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office released a report claiming that the $814 billion "stimulus" has added 3.4 million net jobs. This surely comes as a surprise to the 3.5 million Americans who have lost their jobs and remained unemployed since the stimulus was enacted in February 2009.
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Tea Party on New Start: more right than Rogin
Josh Rogin took note when a major Tea Party group rallied against New START, the arms control treaty Obama signed with the Russians.
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Stop Squeezing Small Business
As we celebrate Labor Day, let’s remember what makes this holiday possible in the first place: American workers. For the most part that means small business.
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Obama’s Backdoor Amnesty Follows a Pattern of Disrespect For Our Laws
President Obama lets people break laws that he doesn’t like. The latest example is his backdoor amnesty for thousands of illegal immigrants, as a still-fuzzy but insidious picture is emerging.
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Should the Children of Illegal Aliens Be U.S. Citizens?
More than any other nation, America beckons those who seek opportunity and a better future for themselves and their families. Immigration strengthens our social capital, deepens our national patriotism, and expands our general economy.
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Finding a Way to Fix Federal Pay
Government jobs have long enjoyed a reputation for being plum positions. But it took Robert Rizzo to really make the case.
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¿Cuáles son los méritos del respetar la ley?
Nuestro país tiene un problema peculiar, millones de personas provenientes de todos los rincones del planeta quieren emigrar a este país. Claro que si de problemas se trata, éste no es necesariamente el peor ya que el día que la gente no quiera emigrar a EE.UU. seguramente será porque nos hemos desviado de nuestro camino de éxito.
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Catching Immigration Criminals is Not Enough
Social scientists James Wilson and George Kelling introduced the "broken windows theory" nearly three decades ago. Its premise was simple: By enforcing "petty" laws, police can help create a "well-ordered" environment that discourages more serious crime.
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Government Strangles High-Tech Growth
The CEO of Intel has joined the ranks of those labeling big government as the cause of our economic slump, not the solution.
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Living With a Modernized PLA
The long-awaited annual US Department of Defense report Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, 2010, was finally released last week. Although an August publication means it is several months late, the report makes up for its tardiness by providing China analysts with a very useful array of official information regarding the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). It also presents an extensive discussion on China’s security situation.
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Medicaid Bailout Will Hurt Georgia
Considering how talented members of the House of Representatives are at spending taxpayer money, it was good to see them recently begin a six-week vacation. Unfortunately, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi then summoned members back to Washington — to spend even more.
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Empower Parents, Not 'Educrats,' to Improve Schools
As parents rushed to fill their children's backpacks with back-to-school supplies, the White House quietly set the stage for a dramatic change dictating what will be taught in public schools.
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China’s Military Muscling Up
The Pentagon’s just-released report to Congress on Chinese military power is alarming for two reasons: First, Beijing’s military build-up continues; second, the modernization of our armed forces may come up short of what’s needed to meet the China challenge.
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Pelosi Wants Probe of Anti-mosque Conservatives
Brian Darling is director of U.S. Senate Relations at The Heritage Foundation.
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We Should Give the Poor a Greater Stake in Prosperity
To hear Washington politicians tell it, welfare reform is something they’ve already checked off their “to-do” list. Been there done that back in the ’90s, veteran members of Congress boast.
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