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MoveOn.org’s Howard Dean Pitches DMV-Style Health Care
Yeeaarrahh! Former Democratic presidential candidate and former DNC chairman Howard Dean is back pitching Big Government rationing of health care. MoveOn.org sent out this email today: Dear MoveOn member,…
Matthew Vadum
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ACORN Probe On Track, Says House Judiciary Chairman
House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-Michigan) reaffirmed that he still plans to launch a congressional probe into the wrongdoings of the radical direct-action group ACORN. The Washington Times reports Opponents…
Matthew Vadum
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Introducing the Government-Backed DMV Automotive Repair Center!
Reason TV has a wonderful satirical ad about when the government gets into the automobile business:…
Matthew Vadum
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Should Donors Give Up on Giving to Universities?
The out-of-court settlement in Robertson v. Princeton helped secure some protection for the donor intent of the late Charles and Marie Robertson and illustrates the lasting tension between donors and…
Martin Morse Wooster†
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Democracy Alliance Member Funds New HuffPo Journalism Program
Arianna Huffington (L) with Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans (R) * * * * *  Internet gossip Arianna Huffington announced that…
Matthew Vadum
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HHS Nominee Sebelius Has Tax Problems Too
President Obama’s nominee to be Health and Human Services secretary, Nebraska Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, like so many of his cabinet nominees, also has tax problems. If confirmed, Sebelius would…
Matthew Vadum
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The Elegantly Simple Wisdom of Rick Santelli
Rick Santelli gave Arianna Huffington a primer in how markets work, or are supposed to be allowed to work, on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” earlier today: This is what the Romans called simplex…
Matthew Vadum
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FDIC Demands More Financial Affirmative Action at Bank
Some government officials never learn from their mistakes. Case in point, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is chastising a New England financial institution for not making enough risky…
Matthew Vadum
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Fascist Wage Bill OK’d by House Committee
More Mussolini-style corporatism from lawmakers. The House Financial Services Committee, chaired by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts), has approved legislation handing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner extensive control over salaries of employees…
Matthew Vadum
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Canadian Socialist Says Canada’s Socialist Medical System Didn’t Kill Natasha Richardson
In the Vancouver Sun, a physician who belongs to a socialist group is, not surprisingly, defending Canada’s socialist health care system that allows sick people to linger and die…
Matthew Vadum