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Did Post-Zimmerman Twitter Taunts Go Too Far?

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Yesterday, I suggested that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell needed to start his day today with a phone call to the management of the New York Giants to see what steps were taken to discipline wide receiver Victor Cruz.  Cruz posted ...
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Is ObamaCare Repealing Itself?

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In typical Washington fashion, the Obama Administration delivered embarrassing news when most people weren’t paying attention to the news.  This time, it was two substantial ObamaCare-related failures delivered around July 4 festivities. The biggest of the two failures, the delay ...
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How Liberals Undermine Public Health: 2 of 2

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Today’s Gothamist discusses Reynolds’ new e-cigarette, Vuse, and the uncertain regulatory environment for these products. The piece quotes me: Jeff Stier, who studies public health issues for The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, said he was ...
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Food Fight Breaks Out on Left

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In a piece for The Huffington Post today, I explain how the left and the far-left are bickering over not only the role of government, but of the private sector, in the fight against obesity. Can industry be part of ...
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Project 21’s Green on New Jobless Numbers, Economy At Large

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As he does every month, Project 21 member Derryck Green reflects on the new unemployment figures that were released this morning as well as other factors indicating the economic health of our nation in the Obama era: Unemployment is still ...
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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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Employer Mandate Delayed Until 2015? Must Be An Election In 2014

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Today the Obama Administration announced that the ObamaCare employer mandate that was supposed to take effect in 2014 will be delayed until 2015. In case you don’t recall, beginning in 2014 employers with 50 or more full-time employees, “full-time” defined ...
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Federal Recognition of Gay Marriage Means Higher Taxes for Many

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Congratulations to gays for winning a crucial victory that will enable them to enjoy a privilege previously denied them: Higher tax rates. Now that DOMA has been struck down, many gay married couples will be pushed into higher tax brackets ...
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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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Project 21’s Swimp Supports Scrapping Minimum Wage

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Asked to react to the news that Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is calling for an end to the federal minimum wage requirement, Project 21 member Stacy Swimp defended the idea because wages mandated by regulation are “killing small and medium-sized ...
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