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- What would the founders do about welfare? – David Weinberger
- Law of Sea Treaty Could Cost U.S. Trillions – Steven Groves
- Obama’s Soft Socialism Herarlds a Gutless New World – Brian Darling
- Obama’s Medicare plan is an open secret – Robert E. Moffit
- Man Without a Plan: Obama’s Short-Sighted View of U.S. Politics – Michael Kazin
- Freedom as a Bargaining Chip? – Tom Messner & Kathryn Jean Lopez
- Lies, Damned Lies And Job Statistics – Investors Business Daily
- Religious groups fear legal fallout from N.Y. gay law – Cheryl Wetzstein
- Jim DeMint on the birth of the Tea Party movement – Matt Lewis
- ACORN continues to receive taxpayer cash – Matthew Boyle

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