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Making Kids Less Expensive: A Conservative’s View
Posted on December 12, 2013
Originally posted on Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity Kids are expensive. I know because my wife and I have two of them. Jack is seven, and he is a very...
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Good Enough for Government Work: The Ryan-Murray Budget Deal
Posted on December 10, 2013
Budget deals are hard. My First Budget Showdown I learned to love coffee during my first budget showdown. I didn’t exactly do budget issues when I worked for Bob Michel...
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Snow Day
Posted on December 10, 2013
So, last night the weathermen all said that we could get anywhere from 2 to 5 inches in the Washington D.C. area. Around 5 am, when it became clear that...
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What Are We For?
Posted on December 9, 2013
Republicans continue to define themselves by what they are against, and so far, that strategy has worked out pretty well. This strategy — such as the GOP’s battle against ObamaCare...
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Life Lesson Rarely Heeded: Nelson Mandela Turned the Other Cheek
Posted on December 6, 2013
Politics, especially American politics, is all about an eye for eye. Actually American politics has evolved into one long episode of The Untouchable. In that movie Sean Connery’s character taught...
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