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Liberals attack Paul Ryan because his father died young, resulting in survivor benefits

At the age of 16, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., suffered the death of his 55-year-old father. Because of his father’s early death, the government made survivor payments for a few years to Paul Ryan’s family – including for Paul Ryan himself.  Ryan collected benefits for two years, until he turned 18.  Read More

Obama budget: Life is short, eat dessert first

If a motto summed up the Obama presidency, it might be, “Life is short.  Eat dessert first.”  His policies are all about self-indulgence in the present, to be paid for with either long-run economic decline, or painful sacrifices by future generations. Read More

How Obama can foster the 'civil and honest' debate he called for

In his speech in Tucson, where federal Judge John Roll was recently murdered, President Obama said that "only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to our challenges as a nation." But the President himself has often failed to live up to this aspiration, as his dishonest attacks on the judiciary, and his long line of broken campaign promises, illustrate. Read More

Kanjorski, Sharpton the wrong people to deliver messages on civility

Although the Tucson shooter was mentally erratic, did not listen to talk radio or Fox News, and loved the Communist Manifesto, liberal lawmakers and newspapers like the Read More

Spreading lies on the Ledbetter case

Hearing some of the Democratic senators in the Kagan confirmation hearings, you would think that our current Supreme Court stepped out of a Charles Dickens novel to oppress people. Don’t believe it. Read More
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