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Archive for March, 2011
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Glendale should learn from New York’s mistake
Posted on March 31, 2011 | No CommentsGlendale still has time to restructure it so taxpayers don’t end up footing the bill. -
Four Middle Eastern Upheavals
Posted on March 31, 2011 | No CommentsIslamists have opportunities to significantly expand their power -
The Known Unknowns of Libya
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsA week after launching it, the administration still can't get its own story straight as to why we're fighting it at all -
Consider the long-term economic benefits of flat tax reform
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsThe requirement that all Americans pay at least something in taxes may not seem as onerous when viewed in the broader context of the government services to which they have access. -
Durbin’s Flawed Hearing
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsDurbin has embraced CAIR, and visited a Chicago-area mosque whose leaders have been cited as part of support front groups for Hamas... -
Sitting in the Dark
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsAwareness is just compliance misspelled -
Budget Memo to Governor Brewer
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsArizona is in its fourth fiscal year since the recession began without honestly balancing its budget. -
Obama’s Libyan Operations are Unconstitutional
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsYou can sympathize with the humanitarian motives of our Libyan intervention while still doubting its constitutionality. -
Will Supreme Court let the government favor taxpayer-funded candidates?
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe matching funds component of Arizona’s system is clearly designed to hobble candidates who project their campaign messages to the public in the traditional manner, supported by private donations and personal funds. -
Saving 1 Billion People From Themselves
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsWe cannot save 1 billion people from themselves, but we can save ourselves from them -
Selective Thoughts
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsPresident Obama needs to coordinate policy with his wife -
Why Liberals Hate Clarence Thomas and Sarah Palin
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsAccording to [liberal] mythology, the essential and ongoing struggle in our nation is a power struggle of interests between “haves” and “have-nots” rather than an ongoing struggle for human freedom. -
Why Liberals Go On About Inequality
Posted on March 27, 2011 | No CommentsApproaching inequality with direct subsidies and benefits hasn't worked -
The Massacre of Meaning
Posted on March 27, 2011 | No CommentsThe media doesn't report on terrorist attacks because it wants to, but because it has to -
Collapse Of The Obama Worldview
Posted on March 27, 2011 | No CommentsFrom the earliest days of his presidential campaign in 2007, Barack Obama made it clear that...Muslim terrorism had to be understood in the context of American “hostility” and President Bush’s aggression. -
Brief Blog: March 26, 2011 – Goldwater Institute’s Nick Dranias on matching funds
Posted on March 26, 2011 | 2 CommentsMatching funds diminish rather than increase debate. -
Energy Efficiency is Overrated
Posted on March 26, 2011 | 1 CommentIf you thought splurging on that Prius was a good idea, then think again -
Testing My Bandwagon Loyalty
Posted on March 25, 2011 | No CommentsUA students push for open borders -
The Second Time as Farce
Posted on March 25, 2011 | 1 CommentObama is repeating the Bush era as farce -
12 questions Glendale should answer about Phoenix Coyotes deal
Posted on March 24, 2011 | No CommentsThere are still no clear answers to many questions related to the incentives the city is offering and whether the taxpayers will be saddled with a bill for hundreds of millions of dollars if things do not work out as promised. -
The Humanitarian Intervention Gambit
Posted on March 24, 2011 | No CommentsEveryone agrees--or at least everyone left of center--that the nation state is a problem -
A Little Energy is a Dangerous Thing
Posted on March 23, 2011 | No CommentsReal leadership is planning for the future by balancing risk against reward -
What Would Sherman Say?
Posted on March 23, 2011 | No CommentsThe conservative vision calls not for a coup; it calls for a revolution in the way that people think about government. -
Town council eliminates competition with improper election rules
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 2 CommentsAllowing current politicians to limit their potential competition is the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse. -
The Future of Learning: Better and Cheaper
Posted on March 22, 2011 | No CommentsCarpe Diem uses computer based learning to perform much of the blocking and tackling of learning, allowing the teachers to focus on working directly with students to resolve problems. -
Bin Laden is Winning
Posted on March 22, 2011 | No CommentsMuslims now see the defeat of Western civilization as an important and an achievable goal -
ObamaCare vs. Conflict of Visions
Posted on March 22, 2011 | No CommentsThe world is too complex for the liberal vision -
Obama’s War on Libya: A Constitutional View
Posted on March 22, 2011 | 1 Commentby Michael Boldin With military action taking place in Libya right now, the essential question must be asked: Is it even Constitutional? For those of you who don’t want to read more than a sentence or two, here’s the short answer. Absolutely not. DELEGATED POWERS... -
The Plot to Destroy the US Military
Posted on March 21, 2011 | No CommentsWe are turning the greatest armed forces in the world into the most politically correct disarmed forces the world has ever seen. -
No Compromise on Defunding Planned Parenthood
Posted on March 21, 2011 | No CommentsPlanned Parenthood’s annual report shows they get 28% of their budget from contributions, less than they get from taxpayers. -
Are Charter Schools the Education Solution?
Posted on March 21, 2011 | No CommentsEach student must earn admission into a four-year college – no community college is acceptable for this crowd... -
It’s About the Power Struggle
Posted on March 20, 2011 | 2 CommentsThey're getting what they wanted and it's everything they imagined. -
Dems Should Worry About President ‘Present’
Posted on March 20, 2011 | 1 CommentShoring up his popularity rating isn't going to cut it for 2012 -
Boehner Must Champion Congressional Pay Cuts
Posted on March 20, 2011 | 2 Comments[Mr. Boehner] he could demonstrate that American statesmanship is capable of self-sacrifice, and truly operating in the interests of the “common good.” -
Social Security Isn’t Broken?
Posted on March 19, 2011 | No CommentsIt's a scandal that the Obama administration doesn't want to fix Social Security -
The Muslim Terrorist War Against Israeli Families
Posted on March 18, 2011 | No CommentsWhat evil does best is the exploitation of innocence in order to destroy it -
Springtime for Freeloaders
Posted on March 18, 2011 | No CommentsThe recent Wisconsin events show that it is very difficult to tell the benefit recipients that the money is gone -
Arizona budget crisis fueled by a billion dollars in wasted tax money
Posted on March 17, 2011 | 2 Comments$1.8 million will be used to keep county fairs afloat and to promote agriculture through the Department of Racing. -
Culture Power and Government Power
Posted on March 17, 2011 | No CommentsThe educated class that drives the school agenda is no longer interested in literacy and numeracy -
The Post-American Liberal Culture
Posted on March 16, 2011 | 1 CommentLiberals don't know who they are. All they know is who they aren't. -
Sowell on “Blacks and Republicans”
Posted on March 16, 2011 | No CommentsLow income people, of any race, believe that the economy is a dog-eat-dog world in which the poor go to the wall unless protected by a powerful patron. -
See a Picket Line? Thank a Teacher
Posted on March 15, 2011 | 1 CommentTeachers quite openly discuss their strategies for making students “change agents” for “social justice”--among themselves... -
A Crisis of Unsustainable Consumption
Posted on March 15, 2011 | 1 CommentThe same people that lecture on environmental sustainability have no grasp of economic sustainability -
Getting taxpayers off a dangerous hook
Posted on March 15, 2011 | 1 CommentIf the City truly wants to keep the Coyotes, it should act within the law and stop playing Russian roulette with taxpayer money. -
Fixing our Education Problem
Posted on March 14, 2011 | 1 CommentMost of America has lived in denial about our public education system for at least 30 years. -
Hispanics Are a Prime Demographic for Conservatives
Posted on March 14, 2011 | No CommentsAll our growing big government failures, now being institutionalized instead of being reformed, will be dumped disproportionately into [young Hispanic's] laps. -
An Islamist’s Crocodile Tears
Posted on March 13, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe real story of the hearings is Ellison's ties to CAIR - a story the media won't touch -
We All Must ‘Sacrifice,’ Except the President’s Friends
Posted on March 13, 2011 | 1 CommentWhile the President created this healthcare monstrosity that is supped to be good for all Americans, his Administration has been busy “waiving” groups that can be politically helpful to the President himself. -
Back to the Shores of Tripoli?
Posted on March 11, 2011 | No CommentsHumanitarian, political, and economic reasons converge in Libya to overcome legitimate hesitations -
How Israel’s Peacemaking Endangers Itself and the Stability of the Region
Posted on March 11, 2011 | No CommentsIsrael much change perceptions of its destructibility -
An Answer to the GOP’s Apathy?
Posted on March 10, 2011 | 1 CommentWhy not Herman Cain? -
The Futility of Energy Policy
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsWhat's needed is a separation of economy and state -
How 34 states can fix America
Posted on March 10, 2011 | No CommentsThe source of an out-of-control federal government is not any particular party or President. It is the centralization of power in Washington, D.C. -
Hollywood’s War on America
Posted on March 9, 2011 | 1 CommentThe media has no regard for how much blood they have on their hands -
Shortchanging Arizona’s students
Posted on March 9, 2011 | 1 CommentMoney diverted from the classroom -
A Rally at Times Square and a Time for a Muslim Moral Reckoning
Posted on March 8, 2011 | No CommentsWhere are the rallies for Copts, Hindus or Zoroastrians? -
Don’t create a sequel to the film tax credit
Posted on March 8, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Commerce Department estimates, the film and television productions receiving filmmaker tax credits credits hired 249 Arizona residents and an additional estimated 59 non-production jobs -
Five Reasons Why the Talibanization of the Middle East May Not Be a Bad Thing
Posted on March 7, 2011 | No CommentsThe Soviet Union killed Communism and the Islamic Republics may well kill the Islamic revolution. -
Give ‘em Hell, Scott
Posted on March 7, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s hard for many people to think that their teacher, cop, or fireman – in conjunction with their unions – are the principal cause of massive budget deficits that only huge tax increases can remedy. -
Union Power – Symptom of What Ails Us
Posted on March 7, 2011 | No Comments[G]overnment unions use the force model to enrich themselves at the direct expense of taxpayers to the point of bankrupting us all.
