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Race & Reality, Pt. 1

Tim Wise says what I was thinking a few weeks ago: What if the tea party was black? Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but...

Regulatory Onanism

How, many people have asked since news broke about Bernie Madoff's $50 billion ponzi scheme, could regulators have let such a blatant criminal slip through their fingers? We know, now. The Securities and Exchange Commission is the sheriff of the financial industry,...

On "Crazy Chicken Lady" Conservatism

It's come to this. Conservative thought has degenerated to the "Crazy Chicken Lady" school of reform. I kid you not. Meet Nevada's GOP candidate, Sue Lowden — a/k/a "The Crazy Chicken Lady." This is at least a few days old by now, but that she's actually...

Governor McDonnell's "Do-Overs"

We entered a truly surreal political realm during the presidential election, when it fell to Peggy Noonan to serve as a voice of reason among conservatives. That job has since transferred to Dan Quayle, with Tom Coburn stepping into the role of "Reasonable...

Heritage Foundation and the "Luck" of the Irish

You wouldn't know it from the Heritage Foundation's 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, but the economic "luck of the Irish" ran out in 2008. Not only did the "Celtic Tiger" —  as the Irish economy had been dubbed — lose its roar, but...

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