I've seen this elsewhere in the conservative blogosphere, but it's good when someone who really knows what they're talking about points this out: In 1960, only 3% of tax filers paid a 30% or higher marginal tax rate. By 1980, after the inflation of the 1970s, the share was closer to 33%. In 1981, Congress …
Barack Obama’s Disconnect With the Fort Hood Shooting
One wonders what he or his advisors were thinking: Yesterday, however, stark reality of a very different sort intruded: News broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas. Soon enough, the full impact of the horror became evident: 13 dead, another 30 injured. The full details and investigation of the …
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Removing Zip Code as a Quality of Life Factor
City Journal's article concerning Westchester County's (NY) election of a Republican county executive (news in and of itself) highlights one of the American left's long-term goals: the complete levelling of people relative to location, so that you don't have "good neighbourhoods" and "bad neighbourhoods" any more. Although the right is usually diligent in documenting the …
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Massachusetts Man Terminated from Job for his Belief in Traditional Marriage
I wonder what they would have done if his comeback was that he thought civil marriage itself was wrong.
Some Thoughts on Our Off-Year Voting
Just a few random thoughts on this: First, the crow to eat: I assumed that assaults on Bob McDonnell by the WaPo and other media would sink him in a serious contest, esp. in Northern Virginia. They didn't; that's a testament to the quality campaign that he ran (which connected with VA voters) and the …
Planned Parenthood Leader Resigns After Watching an Ultrasound of an Abortion
This, from a place I'm well familiar with: Bryan, TX, and the station that was television for Aggies without cable: http://www.thenewsroom.com/mash/swf/cube.swf?a=V3829976&m=931633
DeDe Scozzafava Quits: Next Time, Run a Primary
The electrifying news that the "handpicked" Republican candidate for New York's 23rd Congressional District is throwing in the towel is good news for conservatives who were supporting the Conservative Party candidate, Doug Hoffman. But it's also a good lesson in why party regulars are better off more often than not letting the rank and file …
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Our Government Targets Wealth Accumulation, Not Just Income
Most discussions on taxation and wealth transfer focus on income, but the IRS has its sights on those who have the bad taste not to merely live on credit but to accumulate wealth, as Charles Rubin notes here: Basking in the glow of the recently completed offshore voluntary compliance program, IRS Commissioner Shulman in a …
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Matthew Hoh’s Resignation: Losing Our Focus in Afghanistan
I can't much blame this ex-Marine (if such exists) for throwing in the towel: When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service early this year, he was exactly the kind of smart civil-military hybrid the administration was looking for to help expand its development efforts in Afghanistan. A former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in …
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Underestimating Obama’s Personality Cult is Dangerous
But former McCain-Palin staffer Robert Heiler does it just the same: In many countries - as the history of Latin America alone illustrates - the institutions and the culture offer a weak defense against personality cult movements. In America, the defense is strong, buttressed by the First, Second, Fifth, Eighth and Tenth Amendments to the …
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