engage in commerce it upends the relationship between the individual and the state. … The conservative view of government is that the individual is supreme. … The socialist view is that the state is supreme for the betterment of the collective.In other words, in Ann Coulter’s first paragraph…
From the diaries by Erick . . . … This cynical ploy is just the latest effort by Democrats to cover up the truth. … The administration sealed the court documents connected to the murder of the border patrol agent.…
When purchasing a product or service, we all like to see the itemized list of charges – one that separates the cost of the purchase … from the share going to Uncle Sam through the form of taxes and fees. … the right to view all the aviation taxes in separate line items for each ticket purchased. …
It would eventually become one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. … | Mark Steyn
“Romney’s is a benevolent patrician’s view of society: The poor are incorrigible, but let’s add a couple more groats to … Obama’s Enemies List | Wall Street Journal
“Suppose also that the president’s surrogates and allies in the media regularly attacked…
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2. … Yesterday I wrote an article on why I viewthe inevitability of an Obama defeat at the hands of Romney to be less than inevitable. … here for the rest of the post.
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For the past year, Rubin has done more to hinder the Washington Post in the eyes of conservatives as a place willing to treat conservative … 13, devout Catholics and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church are opposed to both abortion and the death penalty.On Santorum more … I agree with the pope that in the civilized world … the application of the death penalty should be limited.…
The Virginia state legislature is fast becoming the nation’s leader in fighting the abortion holocaust. … But the bill that has the left in a tizzy is one that strikes directly at the market for the abortionists’ sales pitch: women who have … She must be given the opportunity to view a print of the sonogram and she must be given the opportunity to hear the baby’s heartbeat…
All of this is unobjectionable – it accords with theview that the term “marriage” has value that comes from a longstanding social … The court, wisely in my view, steered clear of this argument, which is a dishonest bait-and-switch for much the same reason. … the entire rationale for recognizing the right as fundamentally beyond the reach of the law in the first place.…
Sure, I understand that some such as Darrell Issa are unhappy about the unlicensed spectrum restrictions, but my view on this bill … What we do need to end is the ability of the FCC to micromanage industry by managing the FCC in a reasonable and responsible way. … The reason the FCC’s Net Neutrality orders are illegal is that the Telecommunications Act, a joint effort of the Gingrich Congress…
pills that induce abortion goes right to the heart of the problem with ObamaCare. … It is not the role of government to force individuals, companies or organizations to buy or subsidize a product that runs against the … The contraception controversy is only the beginning of Obamacare’s tyrannical reach into our personal lives.…
What do you suppose would happen to the availability, quality, and cost (the real cost, not the out-of-pocket co-pay) of groceries … I may have found the explanation. In March 2008, candidate Obama famously offered the following remark at a town hall meeting. … It makes sense if you take theview that a pregnancy is nothing but a disaster against which one should take precautions, and a baby…
The back entrance of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel was the Occupiers’ target. … I had a great view, being on the second floor, just above that back entrance. … Here is the bottom of the back driveway of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.…
captures the situation best. … Orr writes on Quentin Tarantino’s view of Superman as discussed in the movie Kill Bill 2.
Superman was born Superman. … It’s Clark Kent that is the invented alias, the pose, the “costume.”…
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Knopf, 2012) is an extended essay on the role of the United States in the current global order. … , which was written in the context of the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. … Robert Kagan can now view these events with the benefit of historical perspective, which he brings effectively to his discussion of…
Such a response is, in my view, the last remaining plausible path to nominating someone other than the 4 candidates presently in the … I think it might, just as theview of someone like Christie might change if he was released from his endorsement of Romney and begged … But it’s at least still a plausible path, and in my viewthe last plausible path to any outcome other than Romney or Santorum (or,…
Femi-regulars are the kind of women who are smart enough to know the difference between a fight about religious liberty (the Obamacare … They said his view of the world was too simplistic because he had a concrete belief in good and evil. … They might want to think twice before they continue to insult the bulk of the electorate.…
The last (praise the Lord) debate gave Romney the opportunity to demonstrate both points. … “In my personal view, it’s the right thing for hospitals to provide information and access to emergency contraception to anyone who … Mitt Romney, personally, overrode the conscience provision because “[i]n my personal view, it’s the right thing for hospitals to provide…
The most prominent among these is inarguably the combination of active duty Navy SEALs in starring roles, and the extent to which the … In the opinion of McCoy and Waugh, the propaganda value of the film is minimal for two chief reasons: the fact that the plot doesn’ … which is, in this reviewer’s view, a net positive for the film and for those issues, as they would necessarily have been given short…
the right. … Is there a reason to ignore other taxes and only focus on the most divisive one? Forget the 53%. Forget the 47%. … I think priority one needs to be convincing the general public, the poor, the old, those on welfare, those taking advantage of the…
However, the author complements this with the oft-repeated warning that using the “hammer” of force or violence when the problem being … Every increase to the ranks of Green forces reduces the Red by one.” … who understands the cost of war from the 30,000 foot view down to the granular human level. …
The humorous thing is there are many on the left who are trying to claim Santorum’s view is nutty, wacked out, or bizarre. … The mainline churches are more concerned these days with the social gospel, the role of gays in the church, etc. … points including the inerrancy of the Bible, the death and resurrection of Christ, and the need for salvation.…
from Broadway, the Ronald Reagan presidential campaign is making big changes on the road.After the third departure or demotion of … If you know your history, you know that many of the men who left the Reagan campaign in 1980 remained powerful figures within the conservative … In the 1970s taxes grew faster than any other item in the household budget, including the price of energy.…
There was no official act of Congress that changed the name of the holiday (although an earlier draft the 1968 law did), but the random … date opened the door for those with influence over the culture to corrupt the name. … our first president regarding the “glare of the office.”…
What is enlightening about the case is not so much the opinion but the rather stunning argument made by the US Solicitor General’s … The ongoing dicussions between the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the administration have broken down due to either the bad … The echo of the “enlightened voices” argument can be heard in the trumpeting of the risible claim that 95 or 98 or 117 percent of all…
