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The Case Against Gays in the Military - Mackubin Thomas Owens
Open homosexuality would threaten unit cohesion and military effectiveness.
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Today in History: Boy Scouts Of America Founded ... More Headlines
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White House Prepares for Possibility of 2 Supreme Court Vacancies - ABC NewsSCOTUS watchers believe Stevens and Ginsburg could decide to step aside.
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| Issues In Depth |
Detroit was not always a basket case. Rather, it was mismanaged into it.
A Sober Look at Ted Kennedy - Michael Kelly
Less about the man, no more fallible than most, than the corrupting influences of incumbency.
A reprint of Mr. Kelly's highly respected 1990 article for GQ.
Why Government Spending Does Not Stimulate Economic Growth: Answering the Critics - Brian M. Riedl
How President Obama's stimulus bill failed by its own standards.
Another round would fail just as badly, burying the nation deeper in debt.
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We have a new entry on our list of "most-distrusted occupations."
The Obama Contradiction - Peggy Noonan
Washington is sick and broken—and it can solve all our problems.
Barney Frank and the "Democratic" Senate - Brion McClanahan
The Framers had good reason to avoid anything resembling pure democracy.
The Runaway Subsidy Train - Wendell Cox
Is "high-speed rail" a needed public utility, or a congressional hobby?
Cover Your Ears - Jacob Sullum
Obama is mad. The Supreme Court has opened the "floodgates" of free speech.
Crisis of the Government Party - Pat Buchanan
Barack Obama is in a dilemma from which there appears to be no easy escape.
The Second American Tax Revolt - Michael Reagan
We are speeding toward an economic cliff. Time for the brakes.
An Economic Time Bomb - Pete Du Pont
Even if Congress does nothing, tax hikes will hit hard a year from now.
Can't We At Least Get a Toaster? - Ann Coulter
Support the free market, not looters and welfare recipients on Wall Street.
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| No More Speech Rationing — Advocates of campaign finance regulation, what George Will calls "speech rationing," say letting corporations -- including non-profit corporations -- spend unlimited money on political speech corrupts democracy.
Actually, muzzling speech is what corrupts democracy and the point of it: i.e., to protect our freedoms, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Protecting these freedoms is a vital political good, even if some speech is deplorable. The recent Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. FEC, dramatically strikes down unconstitutional limits on electioneering by businesses and nonprofits. But it leaves intact unconstitutional limits on their direct contributions to campaigns. It also doesn't touch requirements forcing campaign donors to disclose personal information. In his partial dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas pointed to how California donors giving more than $100 must reveal their names and addresses, info then publicized on the Internet. Supporters of a recent controversial ballot proposition were subjected to intimidation and property damage as a result. The disclosure laws have spawned what Justice Thomas calls "a cottage industry that uses forcibly disclosed donor information to pre-empt citizens' exercise of their First Amendment rights." Thomas is right. And campaign finance regulation should be tossed out root and branch.
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