Author: David Ridenour

Clinton Foundation May Have an Enron Problem

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The Clinton Foundation just announced that it will revise its tax returns for 2010, 2011, and 2012 after revelations by the Reuters news organization that it neglected to report foreign government grants on its tax returns as required by law ...

Why Do We Have a Lower Ethical Standard for Presidents Than for News Anchors?

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Why do we have a lower standard for presidents than for nightly news anchors? Brian Williams has just lost his job for six months because he lied to the American people, but compared to Barack Obama, he's a mere piker ...

Grubers’ ObamaCare: Candy Coating Over a Really Nutty Idea

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Jonathan Gruber put a candy coating around the nutty ObamaCare idea to trick people into accepting it. Just a reminder: Nuts can trigger deadly allergic reactions in some people ...
An Eight-Step Action Plan for Conservatives on Obama's Immigration Order

An Eight-Step Action Plan for Conservatives on Obama’s Immigration Order

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President Barack Obama announced unilateral action to address illegal immigration in part to bait conservatives into taking extraordinary actions that could tarnish our brand. First, don't take the bait. Stay calm, be patient, and develop a well-reasoned strategy for countering ...

What Does it Say of the Administration’s Priorities…

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...when, after one Ebola death and two infections in Dallas, the Administration still hasn't sent as many personnel to Dallas as it did to Ferguson following the shooting death of Michael Brown? ...

The IRS Scandal: Lessons from Scripture

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Matthew 9:9-13 "As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the ...

Who Does Washington Fear More… Americans, or Foreign Aggressors?

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It appears Washington fears Americans. The new Pentagon budget, proposed earlier this year, would cut our Army down to a pre-World War II level of between 440,000 and 450,000 soldiers. That's a decline of over 25% just after 9/11. At ...

When Bush Was in the Middle of a World Financial Meltdown, His Employment Numbers Were Still Better Than Obama’s Today

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The United States should change how we measure the health of the economy. The unemployment rate tells us very little given that those who get discouraged exit the labor market, lowering the unemployment rate. Wouldn't a better measure be the ...

Benghazi: They Knew What They Were Getting Into?

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"Asked by [ABC's Diane] Sawyer why [U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris] Stevens was in Benghazi even though his own diary noted that there were 'never-ending security threats' there, [former Secretary of State Hillary] Clinton said he was there 'of his ...

A Study In Contrasts

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If Mexico had the same policies as the U.S., U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi wouldn't just have been released from prison, but given a path toward Mexican citizenship ...

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