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Are You a Spendaholic? A Questionnaire for Members of Congress

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Is spending an addiction much like alcoholism? It sure appears to be the case. We modified 11 questions from Johns Hopkins University's "Test for Alcoholism" to create a "Test for Spendaholism," by substituting the words "drink" and "drinking" with the ...
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CNN’s Don Lemon: “I Just Want Simple Answers”

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CNN's Don Lemon invites Senator Rand Paul on his show and then makes clear Paul won't be allowed to answer any question in depth. Hat tip: Family Security Matters. P.S. Newsbusters' Matt Hadro has posted a good analysis of this, ...
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Why is MoveOn.org Blaming Republicans?

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Got an email from MoveOn.org this afternoon that contains this in its first sentence: "Republicans are holding our country's credit hostage." First, obviously, our credit isn't being "held hostage" by anyone, since government receipts in August will dramatically exceed the ...
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Washington Post Has No Room for Accuracy

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After reading a column by Jason Samenow of The Washington Post's "Capitol Weather Gang" that asserted our area is again in the middle of all-time record high temperatures - something that's been often repeated, but impossible to prove - I ...
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Borelli Says Leadership Key to Economic Recovery

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Asked by host Jon Scott about who is to blame for the historic downgrade of the nation’s credit rating, Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli says the “blame game” needs to stop and Obama needs to step up and lead.  Ways ...
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Media Lies Don’t Change the Facts: Spending Must Be Cut

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The article accompanying this little ad is quite airheaded; I only recommend it if you are looking for something stupid to help you drop off to sleep. What is noteworthy, in my view, is the persistent bias of the media ...
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Why Can’t We…

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...return to our 1967 budget borders with swaps? ...
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How the Media is Dangerously Inflating the Voices of Patient Activists

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My piece on the dangers of unbalanced health reporting was published at Townhall.com on Wednesday. In describing the dangerously powerful megaphone this coverage gives to patient activists, I reference the emotion-based reporting as it was outlined by CardioBrief’s Larry Husten in Forbes and ...
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Project 21’s Horace Cooper on the Need for Ballot Integrity

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Project 21 spokesman Horace Cooper debates Thom Hartmann on the state of Wisconsin’s voter ID requirement and the need for ballot integrity during the 7/27/11 edition of Hartmann’s “The Big Picture” program on the Russian RT network ...
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Hire that Felon, You Racist!

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“Are criminal background checks unfairly discriminatory?” The Wall Street Journal posed that question yesterday after the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) appeared to answer in the affirmative. The EEOC held a hearing in which the Commission’s witnesses argued that ...
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