Common Sense Americanism

Politicians Can't Take Control of Press - The Altoona Mirror
Both left and right must stand on common ground for editorial freedom.

Misreading Putin, and History - George Will
Obama's slide into international meaninglessness continues.

Headlines

Today in History: Riots Spark Russian Revolution (1917) ... Indians Massacred by Militia in Ohio (1782) ... Birth of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841) ... Commodore Perry Arrives in Japan (1854) ... Senate Votes to Limit Filibusters (1917) ... First Marines Land in Vietnam (1965)

'The Imperial Presidency' - The Washington Free Beacon
House holds hearing on executive overreach.
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Action in the U. S. Supreme Court

Historic Decisions On This Date: Griggs v. Duke Power (1971, Civil Rights) ... Illinois ex rel McCollum v. Board of Education (1948, Religion)

Court Ruling Expands Police Authority In Home Searches - The Los Angeles Times
Residence searches without a warrant only require consent of one occupant.
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Issues In Depth

How the Ukraine crisis ends - Henry A. Kissinger
The demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.
Right-Sizing the Force - Bernard Rosker
Lessons for the current drawdown of American military personnel.
Plans to reduce active armed forces personnel must consider history.
The United States of Decline - DeRoy Murdock
America unravels at an increasingly dizzying pace.
Here's What 'Income Equality' Would Look Like - Scott Hodge
Take about $4 trillion from the top, give it to the bottom, problem solved!
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Opinion

Connecting the Dots in the IRS Scandal - Bradley A. Smith
The 'smoking gun' has been hiding in plain sight.

Freedom Is Not Free - Thomas Sowell
Freedom has been under attack, usually successfully, for millennia.
How to Fix Our Appalling Tax Code - Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI)
Billions of wasted taxpayer hours still leave us with big deficits.
New Obama Initiative Tramples First Amendment Protections - Byron York
The Framers did not sufficiently prepare us for a lawless Executive.

America and the Aggressive Left - Peggy Noonan
Half the country feels, and is, beset by government. That's not progres
Right To Work Laws Are Not Anti-Labor - Bill Teufel
Such laws increase worker freedom and choice, and attract more jobs.
The Justice Nominee and The Cop Killer - Rep. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and R. Seth Williams
Adegbile's support for Mumia Abu-Jamal should disqualify him.

New Obama Promise: If You Like Your Life, You Can Keep It - Ann Coulter
If you like low European cancer survival rates, you can now have them.
Our Decadent Elites - Peggy Noonan
"House of Cards:" As close as you imagine to life in Washington.
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