Paul Ryan: A Serious VP Pick for a Serious Election


A competition of philosophies is now underway.

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VP Speculation Reaches Fever Pitch


The field of apparent Republican vice president picks narrows considerably.

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The War on Wisconsin


If Big Labor can kill free-market reforms in the Badger State, they can kill them anywhere.

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God’s Federal Budget Priorities?


Why the Religious Left has disdain for budget proposals from Congressman Paul Ryan.

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Battle of the Budget Bulge


Paul Ryan’s latest fiscal plan draws the battle lines for the 2012 elections.

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American Politics Grows Up in a Moment of Triumph


And now to get serious.

Raise the Roof: Jacking Up the Debt Ceiling Is Ghetto Fabulous


We’ve all known people who just couldn’t handle money. It’s bad enough when it’s a friend or family member. Unfortunately, we’ve got a federal government just as ghetto.

Echoes of the Tea Party Louder Than Whining Over Ryan Budget


If Paul Ryan’s budget is so unpopular, why aren’t people confronting congressmen on Easter break the way they did over Obamacare during the August 2009 recess?

From Little ACORNs: Maddow Loves The Community-Organizer-in-Chief’s Smug Budget Speech (True Twit, Part 15)


Hailing Obama’s budget address this week as “a victory for math” Rachel Maddow proclaimed that Obama had brought needed arguments to the table that were “sorely lacking.” Maybe she meant clarity of language like this, which would have George Orwell scratching his head: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA “… It calls for tax reform to cut about $1 trillion dollars in tax expenditures—spending in the tax code.” Guess what that means. Think it through. Give up? Maybe that’s because you don’t think every dime you have is at the good graces of government which “spends” it by letting you keep it.

Boston Professor Hails Obama for Declaring War on Deficits. Wait, What?


Yes, we the people have a moral obligation to lend a hand to our young, our sick, and our downtrodden, but the role of our federal government is to protect our individual rights so we don’t have to watch our backs all the time, so we can focus on other pursuits, such as bettering ourselves and the world around us.