What Romney Needs in a Running Mate

Barack Obama's intellectual sociopathy — his often breezy and sometimes loutish indifference to truth — should no longer startle. It should, however, influence Mitt Romney's choice of a running mate. In his 2010 State of the Union address, Obama flagrantly misrepresented …

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The parable of the blue cup: What Nancy Pelosi says is the problem with Democrats

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in an interview the other night, what could keep the Democrats from retaking the House of Representatives in November? She pointed to a cup on the table between us. "When the Republican leadership tells its members, 'there is a blue cup on the  …

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HIlarious Reasons Why We Need Government

Of course, not everyone is wired to leave well — or unwell — enough alone. There exists a group of people with an obsessive compulsion to “do something.” Their role in the great play of history is to intervene in other people’s affairs. This group ne …

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Obama's Gas Prices

When President Obama came into office in January 2009, San Diego gasoline prices averaged $2.11 a gallon. Last week, three years later, gas prices averaged $4.37 a gallon. Fairly or not, presidents get the blame for higher gas prices. Ask Reagan and Bush 43. But it’s what  …

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"The U.S. is the only country in the world that doesn't have an energy plan,

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Is catastrophic global warming, like the Millennium Bug, a mistake?

Lindzen says: “Claims that the earth has been warming, that there is a Greenhouse Effect, and that man’s activity have contributed to warming are trivially true but essentially meaningless.” He said our natural body temperature varies by eight tenths of a degre …

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iPhone 4S China release sparks scuffles and eggings

Between 4 and 5 a.m., scuffles broke out in the line, first between groups of rival scalpers and then later between scalpers and police.

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'That Used to Be Us': Tom Friedman's Rx for America to Get Its Groove Back

Four mistakes were key to America slippage, the authors contend:

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Economic inequality is the wrong issue

It is the primary liberal argument that America’s primary economic problem is growing income inequality. The reality, as usual, is less ideologically satisfying for all concerned. Economic inequality among U.S.

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'Iran held us because we're Americans'

“From the very start, the only reason we have been held hostage is because we are American,” Fattal said at a news conference at a Manhattan hotel.

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Harvard's Jeffrey Miron Blames "Anti-Business" Democrats for Lack of Jobs

A majority of Americans think President Obama's jobs plan won't help lower the 9.1% U.S.

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QE3 Might Help the Markets, but It Won't Save the Economy

Stocks endured a free-fall Thursday, and the major indexes in the U.S. plummeted. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 513 points, or 4.3%, and the Nasdaq lost almost 137 points, or 5.1%. Market psychology has deteriorated thanks to the debt ceiling debate.

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Some Debit Cards Will Soon Carry Fees

Wells Fargo just announced that it will test a $3 monthly fee for those who use its debit card. The fee will be levied against customers in Georgia, New Mexico, Nevada and Oregon beginning October 14, 2011.

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John Kerry: Media Irresponsible in Coverage of Tea Party

SEN. JOHN KERRY: "And I have to tell you, I say this to you politely. The media in America has a bigger responsibility than it's exercising today.

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The U.S. Must Cut $10 Trillion in 10 Years, or Taxes Will Skyrocket

This week's debt ceiling deal seems not to have satisfied anyone on either side of the political spectrum. For the Tea Party and fiscal conservatives, the deal to cut $2.4 trillion in spending over the next 10 years does not go far enough.

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Why the Debt Crisis Is Even Worse Than You Think

The national debt is a singularly bad way of measuring the nation's financial condition. It includes only a small portion of the nation's total liabilities. And it's focused on the past.

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U.S. Tax Code: An Economic Growth Engine That's Too Big to Fix

For those that don't understand the middle position with respect to taxes.

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