Archive for the ‘Laws’ Category
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Death of Common Sense
Posted on November 17, 2010
Several months ago, I wrote about a story about a little boy who was suspended from his grade school because he brought some toy soldiers into his classroom. The reason?...
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Earmark Ban
Posted on November 16, 2010
Mitch McConnell bowed to reality with his statement on earmarks yesterday. It couldn’t have been easy and it shouldn’t have been. Earmarks are essential part of our Constitutional process. For...
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Proposition 19
Posted on October 26, 2010
It was William Randolph Hearst and Andrew Mellon who first pushed Congress to enact a law to ban pot. Well, actually, they wanted to ban hemp, which they felt could...
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The Most Dangerous Man in the World
Posted on October 8, 2010
I love those Dos Equis commercials, where an older, bearded Spanish guy is seen cavorting with beautiful women, conquering the most challenging challenges, doing the most fascinating things. Here are...
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Education as a wedge issue
Posted on October 5, 2010
(Originally posted on TheHill.com 10/4) Over the weekend, the NAACP and the NEA, without the slightest bit of irony, marched hand in hand in Washington in a rally that was...
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