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Administering America John Marini
Category: National Affairs Published: March 2014
"The Constitution . . . Remains the source of authority for those in and out of government who oppose the administrative state, and a stumbling block to those who support it."
 
Beating the Tax Man John J. Vento
Category: Personal Finance Published: March 2014
"When you understand how [taxes] work and know where to look for opportunities, you can minimize your payout."
 
Everybody (Well, Almost) Lies . . . to their Doctor Diana Klebanow
Category: Medicine & Health Published: March 2014
". . . Patients lie to avoid negative consequences, to achieve secondary gain--such as individuals seeking disability payments for feigned illnesses--and to escape embarrassment or shame."
 
Fervently Fixed in Stone
Category: Focus on Art Published: March 2014
Jean=Baptiste Carpeaux was an exceptionally gifted, deeply tormented sculptor who imbued his work with strong movement and visceral drive. He strove for anatomical realism in all media, but especially in his marble sculptures and busts.
 
Heart and Lights
Category: Entertainment Published: March 2014
This production has been more than five years in the making. Our goal is to capture the energy and passion of New York and put it on the Great Stage of Radio City.
 
How Big Brother Got Bigger Raymond L. Fischer
Category: Mass Media Published: March 2014
Using digital technology, the 2012 Obama campaign acquired unprecedented access to voter information from which it gained insight into the political climate of the electorate.
 
If the Thunder Doesn't Get You Then the Lightning Will Peter J. Wallison
Category: Business & Finance Published: March 2014
"The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare, has received all the attention as the worst expression of the [Barack] Obama presidency, but Dodd-Frank deserves a hard look in that regard as well."
 
IRS Remains in Obama's Back Pocket Jonathan W. Emord
Category: Life in America Published: March 2014
"Because the Hispanic vote overwhelmingly favors Democrats, the abuses [concerning the child tax credit] are ignored by the Obama Administration and Senate majority. . . ."
 
No End in Sight Murray Weidenbaum
Category: Consumer Safety Published: March 2014
". . . When we examine the full array of government regulations of consumer products, we find that this segment of government activity has become a growth industry."
 
Obama Moves to Weaponize the IRS Matt Barber
Category: Political Landscape Published: March 2014
Once caught abusing his Executive authority to target the very citizens he has sworn to serve, even a nominally honorable man immediately would reverse course and resign, and accept the consequences of his illegal actions.
 
ObamaCare to the Rescue? Steve Riczo
Category: Medicine & Health Published: March 2014
"Congress should work with the President to implement and support the best parts of the law while refining components that need improvement--and eliminate those that do not work."
 
Refuting the Copernican Principle Rick DeLano
Category: Science & Technology Published: March 2014
Consider what it would mean for our future, and the future of our children, if it were to be established that the Earth is in a special position in the cosmos--that we truly are, in some sense, the center of the universe?
 
Tea Is Served Charles R. Kesler
Category: American Thought Published: March 2014
The fight the Tea Party was willing to put up arose from this fact--that ObamaCare amounted to a colossal battle b/n two ways of govt, and it was the Tea Party and Pres. Obama who shared a clear understanding of the stakes; Republican leaders did not.
 
The Gap Is a Trap James Thomson
Category: Economics Published: March 2014
". . . Our nation's recent political dialogue, especially under Pres. [Barack] Obama, has been focused on income inequality--in particular, who should get their 'fair share' of the nation's wealth from our lagging economy."
 
The Perplexities of Persecution Require a Very Different Kind of Prayer Nik Ripkin
Category: Religion Published: March 2014
"Is it possible that God has purposes that are tied to the suffering of His people? In our desire to be helpful, could we find ourselves working against the ultimate purposes of God?"
 
The Ultimate "We Told You So!" Michael Tanner
Category: Public Policy Published: March 2014
"With nearly four years of experience since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed and, with the most significant provisions finally kicking in, we can say that ObamaCare should be considered a colossal failure."
 
The White House Version of "Wrecking Ball" Robert Klara
Category: USA Yesterday Published: March 2014
"The mansion's interior brick walls were sinking as untold tons of presidential house pressed down from above, and cracking all the way up through three floors as they did."
 
These Three Kings Jonathan W. Emord
Category: USA Yesterday Published: March 2014
Martin Luther King Jr. stands shoulder to shoulder with Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
 
This Is Insane! Richard E. Vatz
Category: Law & Justice Published: March 2014
"What compounds the frustration for victims and their loved ones and supporters faced with criminal perpetrators pleading insane or 'not criminally responsible' is that 'insanity' is not a psychiatrically-accepted term within the practice of that field."
 
You Say You Want a Revolution Brian Domitrovic
Category: National Affairs Published: March 2014
Tax cuts, stable money, and the rendering of spending and regulation as superfluous are the formula of the supply-side revolution.They stand sentinel, not long ago in our history, as the way to advance through our sluggishness and purposelessness today.