Author: Amy Ridenour

Social Security Private Accounts: Creating a Better, Fairer Retirement System

Cato Institute President Ed Crane succinctly explains why Social Security must be modernized. Buried within this essay is this critical core point: "The goal of Social Security reform should be to provide workers with the best possible retirement option, not ...
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Don Rumsfeld’s Media Honeymoon

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It is good news that President Bush has asked Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld to stay. If you listen quietly, however, you can almost hear the gnashing of teeth in certain quarters. David Limbaugh has an excellent piece up about this ...
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Bloggers in White House Press Room?

Fellow bloggers, please read this New York Times article about a lawsuit just filed by the Baltimore Sun. The lawsuit asserts that the Governor of Maryland does not have the legal right to decline interviews with several Sun reporters the ...
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Beldar Fisks Noonan on Rather

Beldar fisks Noonan on Rather. Worth a read ...
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Michelle Malkin: Denver Bans Christmas Carols at Christmas Unmentionable Holiday Parade

Michelle Malkin is asking her blog's readers to send a lump of coal to the mayor of Denver. Issue at hand: A ban on the singing of Christmas carols ...
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Putin’s Error in Ukraine

Business Week asks: Was meddling in Ukraine's election Putin's biggest blunder? An excerpt: Is Russian President Vladimir V. Putin losing his touch? Once admired for his steely efficiency, Putin suddenly doesn't seem to be able to get anything right. He ...
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Congressional Access to Tax Returns Story Updated

The AP, via the Guardian, has a story shedding light on why there was a provision in a recently-approved appropriations bill allowing additional Congressional access to IRS tax returns. The entire matter, if this report is accurate, looks to be ...
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UPI’s Peter Roff on Congressional Access to Tax Returns: What Really Happened

UPI has a wire story today by Peter Roff providing additional details on the Congressional access to tax returns story. An excerpt: What actually happened, said one source with knowledge of the back story, is that the amendment was an ...
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Photo of the Year Nominee

Ed Haislmaier writes to tell us about a photo he saw online: While I don't recall you ever posting pictures on your blog (as many other bloggers do), I was particularly struck by the composition and symbolism of this photo, ...
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Canadian Friends in Freedom

Tom Harris sent over this letter he and his wife had published in the Ottawa Citizen today: On behalf of many of the ordinary residents of the nation's capital, we would like to welcome President George W. Bush to Canada ...
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