Archive for the ‘Laws’ Category
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Symbolic?
Posted on January 20, 2011
The House of Representatives votes to repeal a massive, intrusive, expensive new health care law, and the press calls it symbolic. John Boehner, Mitch McConnell and, umm, (Harry Reid, the...
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Missing the Point on Gun Control
Posted on January 19, 2011
I am a comparative liberal when it comes to gun control. I don’t think crazy people should have access to guns. I think there should be a licensing regime that...
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Life Is a Preexisting Condition
Posted on January 18, 2011
According the Obama Administration, pretty much all of us have a preexisting condition. On the Washington Post’s Front Page, the headline screams: “Study: 129 million have preexisting conditions.” The story...
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Prohibition Revisited
Posted on January 14, 2011
Reading the Constitution out loud on the House floor in the opening days of the new Congress was a masterstroke by Republicans. Had I had the chance, I would have...
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No Dream
Posted on December 9, 2010
The proponents of the DREAM Act have given a case study on how to blow-up a bipartisan alliance and make certain that their legislative goals are not met. Originally a...
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