It matters not whether its proponents have a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ after their name. It is a tax increase in either case.
BOB BARRThe move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a ‘fairness’ issue, is the typical ‘wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing’ ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues.
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This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.
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Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields – in medicine and information technology – should not be overlooked.
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The way to achieve this goal is you go negative and you don’t let up. If you’re always attacking your accusers, the debate becomes one of Democrat vs. Republican, rather than right vs. wrong.
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The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining.
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For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting ‘experts’ that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer.
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Anyone who questions the legality of the decision to wiretap thousands of Americans unlawfully is attacked, as either an enabler of terrorists or a bitter partisan trying to distract a president at war.
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Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture.
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Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.
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I sense that conservatives have largely already tuned out to the coming elections, after six years of burgeoning federal spending and inaction on key issues, such as immigration.
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On taking office, Obama promised the ‘most transparent’ administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.
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The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.
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Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.
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It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials.
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A critical component of White House Scandal Defense 101 is rallying the partisan base. This keeps approval ratings in territory where the wheels don’t start falling off.
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Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country.
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