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Unable to serve 30 Jul 2013 | 06:35 am
Conventional wisdom holds that military service dispConventional wisdom holds that military service disproportionately attracts minorities and men and women from disadvantaged backgrounds. Many believ...
Beware the apparatchikacy of the Civil Service System 17 Jun 2013 | 06:01 am
Frank J. Fleming wonders “Why does the government hate conservatives?” And by “government,” he implicitly means the 1.8 million civilian employees of America’s largest employer. It’s a good question...
A rational discussion about what to do about global warming (cooling)? 28 May 2013 | 06:04 pm
When determining if we should do anything about global warming, I propose a four-step approach: 1. Are global temperatures warming? 2. Do the negative consequences of the change outweigh the positiv...
Peggy Noonan gets it almost right 24 May 2013 | 08:33 am
The WSJ’s Peggy Noonan lays out the known facts of the IRS case and concludes that it requires a special prosecutor. She’s right, and frankly, it’s amazing how in a week, the American media has prett...
A dirt cheap price for freedom 22 May 2013 | 05:32 am
Conservative Pundits are Outraged that Army Major Nidal Hasan has received approximately $278,000 since he allegedly shot dead more than a dozen Soldiers at Fort Hood more than three years ago. I wis...
Who is going to pay for this? 21 May 2013 | 08:56 pm
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is facing criticism for his insistence that any federal disaster relief money for the victim’s of yesterday’s storms in his home state be offset by cuts somewhere else in the...
Stop it! 15 May 2013 | 06:11 pm
Whenever you feel yourself about to utter the I-word (impeachment), Stop it! Just Stop it! It makes you look like a fool, much like the President made himself look like a fool when in the space of a ...
Sacco and Tsarnaev 22 Apr 2013 | 09:23 pm
Two Boston area immigrants who fell under the spell of a radical ideology that espoused the use of bombs against innocents were allegedly behind the violent April 15 multiple murders. But it’s not who...
Congress to restore the power of impoundment to the President? 27 Feb 2013 | 10:13 pm
As I read this story about Senate Republicans considering giving the President the power to decide which budget cuts to make, I’m reminded of how much this sounds like impoundment. If so, it’s a wond...
The sequester is a bad plan . . . except compared to the alternatives 22 Feb 2013 | 06:06 am
Let me first stipulate that the best plan would contemplate cuts across the entire budget: to so-called entitlements as well as to defense and discretionary spending. (BTW, it’s all discretionary sp...
