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    Don’t Ditch Winston

    The London Telegraph reports that Barack Obama has returned a bust of Sir Winston Churchill to the British government. The bronze by Sir Jacob Epstein would be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, if it were sold on the open market. It was loaned by the British Government to President … More

    When a ‘Tax Cut’ Isn’t a Tax Cut

    “So my whole goal over the next four years,” President Barack Obama said Monday night at the end of his first prime-time White House news conference, “is to make sure that whatever arguments are persuasive and backed up by evidence and facts and proof, that they can work, that we … More

    From the Comments

    Dick Turpin from Dallas writes: There are two types of people in America today: those who remember the Carter years those who are going to find out.

    Sanity Prevails at White House on Detainee Treatment

    Remember when those on the left kept saying it would be the end of American democracy as we know it if the military had the authority to indefinitely detain suspected terrorists? Well now that President Barack Obama is in power his two top legal appointees have both affirmed President George … More

    President Obama Set to Exceed President Bush’s Deficits

    “First of all, when I hear that from folks who presided over a doubling of the national debt, then, you know, I just want them to not engage in some revisionist history.” – President Barack Obama, February 9, 2009 President Barack Obama has recently begun denigrating Republican attempts to pare … More

    Boudreaux: FDR’s Policies Put the ‘Great’ in Great Depression

    George Mason University economics professor Don Boudreaux offered a grim assessment of the economic stimulus package that’s making its way through Capitol Hill, questioning President Barack Obama’s contention that government must do something. “Conventional wisdom in Washington is that we must do something regardless of how wise or prudent it … More

    The Seven Floats of the Bush-Obama Borrow-Bailout Parade

    In less than a week, the city of New Orleans will begin celebrating Mardi Gras including over 20 different parades in a ten day span. Come Fat Tuesday though, all the parades will be over and revelers will have to wait another year before they can try and grab throws … More

    Obama is the One Peddling Old Ideas

    Defending his Trillion Dollar Debt Plan, President Barack Obama said critics of his plan were peddling “worn out old ideas” that won’t pull the country out of the recession. But it is Obama’s policies that are worn out and old. And its not just conservatives who are saying that. Howard … More

    Morning Bell: Stop Digging

    Another day, another poll showing public support for President Barack Obama’s Trillion Dollar Debt Plan sinking fast. Trying to turn these numbers around, Obama went on the offensive yesterday delivering some red meat to House Democrats at their posh Resort and Spa retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia. Defending his plan, Obama … More

    Retiring Boomers: Where the Bucks Are

    Maintaining and modernizing our armed forces doesn’t just protect America, it fulfills the Constitution’s mandate to “provide for the common defense.” Yet the defense budget appears to be one place where President Barack Obama and Congress are looking to offset massive new spending elsewhere – “stimulating” or otherwise. “The Pentagon … More