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    Morning Bell: Americans Are Fleeing Obama’s Crony Capitalist Economy

    January 7, 2011 at 9:33 am

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    Today the Bureau of Labor and Statistics released its monthly jobs report showing that the U.S. economy added only 103,000 jobs this December. With the unemployment rate now at 9.4%, this marks the 20th month in a row that the unemployment has been over 9 percent, a post–World War II … More

    Morning Bell: Repeal Doesn’t Increase the Deficit

    January 6, 2011 at 9:05 am

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    When now-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) was sworn in as Speaker on January 4, 2007, the national debt stood at $8.67 trillion. By the time Pelosi surrendered the gavel to Speaker John Boehner (R–OH) yesterday, the national debt stood at $14.01 trillion. At $5.34 trillion, that means Speaker Pelosi … More

    Morning Bell: Tea Party Congress Returns to Constitution

    January 5, 2011 at 9:07 am

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    Shortly after noon today, all 435 Members of the House of Representatives will raise their right hands and take the following oath: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear … More

    Morning Bell: The Fight for the Filibuster

    January 4, 2011 at 9:18 am

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    When does a day last three weeks? When Senate Democrats want to rewrite the rules of the Senate to make it easier for the Majority Leader to end debate and block the amendment process. This Wednesday, the United States Senate is set to meet for its first “legislative day” of … More

    Morning Bell: No Bailouts for Government Unions

    January 3, 2011 at 9:36 am

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    New York City’s Department of Investigation (DOI) announced Friday that it is looking into reports that some Sanitation Department supervisors told workers to slow their snow removal efforts as a protest against budget cuts. DOI spokeswoman Diane Struzzi told Businessweek: “What we are looking at is whether there was intentional … More

    Top Ten Morning Bells of 2010

    December 29, 2010 at 12:00 pm

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    On Monday, we brought you the Top Ten Heritage Charts of 2010. Yesterday, we featured the Top Ten Heritage Papers of 2010. Continuing our Top Ten of 2010 series, today, we rank the year’s Top Ten Morning Bells. Once again, all posts are ranked by pageviews with the 10th most … More

    Morning Bell: Obama Will Make You Pay More at the Pump

    December 29, 2010 at 8:45 am

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    “What do you say to people who are losing patience with gas prices at $3 a gallon? And how much of a political price do you think you’re paying for that, right now?” This was a question asked of the president at a press conference in August…of 2006. The president … More

    Morning Bell: Big Government Strikes Back

    December 27, 2010 at 9:33 am

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    The 111th Congress, the most unpopular Congress in the recorded history of the United States, ended last week with a flurry of legislative activity that set a record for a lame duck Congress. Some in the media are eager to make the case that last week’s events portend a new … More

    Morning Bell: Remembering the Providential Gift of America

    December 24, 2010 at 8:15 am

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    Christmas, 1776. Summer had begun with strong declarations of noble ideals, but by winter the cause of liberty seemed to be at low ebb. Having suffered defeat after defeat, many had all but given up hope. It looked like freedom would succumb yet again, as it had throughout history, to … More

    Morning Bell: Why Does Religious Freedom Matter?

    December 23, 2010 at 8:07 am

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    Last weekend NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg inadvertently created a mini-controversy when she said on Inside Washington: “I was at — forgive the expression – a Christmas party at the Department of Justice.” Some thought that Totenberg added “forgive the expression” as a cave to political correctness. But in fact … More

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    Congress Is Trying to Fool You on Immigration

    Congress is trying to fool you. Here’s how they do business. A piece of legislation is going to cost trillions of dollars, but Members of Congress don’t want the public to see that. Instead, they have the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) look at the bill for just the first 10 … More

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