Author: Amy Ridenour

Fox’s Stuart Varney on National Center’s Newest ObamaCare Paper

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The Fox Business Channel's Stuart Varney weighed in yesterday on the National Center's newest ObamaCare paper, "Why The "Young Invincibles" Won't Participate In The ObamaCare Exchanges and Why It Matters," by David Hogberg, Ph.D ...
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Your Government, at Work, Hurting Kids

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The Food and Drug and Administration considers sunscreen to be an "over-the-counter medication" and laws in many states prohibit public school students from taking over-the-counter medications at school unless their parents, and sometimes doctors, fulfill some bureaucratic requirements in advance ...
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More Silliness from the Government Nannies

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In the United States, it is illegal to sell eggs without first washing them. In Britain, it is illegal to sell eggs that have been washed. Both laws are in place to protect consumer health. And I'm sure they're both ...
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More ThinkProgress Nonsense to Slander the Right

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In an outrageous degree of spinning even for them, the left-wing spin group ThinkProgress today sent out an email entitled, "The Right Never Rests," promising "seven of the most outrageous stories from just this week." What did we nasty righties ...
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Voter ID Cards are Good in Kenya, White House Says – So Why Not Here?

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Sharp-eyed Jeryl Bier at the Weekly Standard has noticed the vacationing White House in Africa is bragging about America's role in promoting voter ID cards in Kenya. Not so long ago this Administration was claiming voter ID is a scheme ...
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Hobby Lobby’s Court Victory in HHS Mandate Case is a Victory for Religious and Economic Freedom: Claims of an “Attack on Women who Use Birth Control” are Foolish Leftist Spin

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In an article published Friday, the left-wing spin group Think Progress continued its wild exaggerations relating to the HHS mandate, which is the portion of ObamaCare that requires employers, including religious employers, to pay for coverage for early abortion and ...
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Some Thoughts on the Votings Rights Act, Voter ID and Continuing Racism Within the United States

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Cal Thomas' national column this week has my favorite quote from anyone, anywhere about the Shelby County Voting Rights Act decision handed down by the Supreme Court Monday. "This ruling recognizes that people can change, that America has changed and ...
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Look Who’s Complaining About Google Making a Donation to the Competitive Enterprise Institute

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I don't know why I was amazed, given their track record, but I was amazed to read on Steve Milloy's JunkScience.com (here and here) that green theologian Jim Ball and Penn State Professor Michael Mann are whining because Google made ...
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Rats and Cities

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Cheryl Chumley has a nice piece in the Washington Times this afternoon about New York Mayor Michael "Nanny" Bloomberg's new idea to require millions of New York City residents to compost scrap food. Our Jeff Stier has pointed out that ...
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CBS Pittsburgh: Father’s Day Brings Mixed Feelings For One Dad

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Jessica Berardino of CBS Pittsburgh has a great Father's Day story, "Father's Day Brings Mixed Feelings For One Dad," featuring Project 21's Darryn "Dutch" Martin: PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio1020 KDKA) - As Father's Day approaches, many families are looking for a way ...
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