Until I read Amity Shlaes ‘s tribute to Calvin Coolidge, I had assumed that Ronald Reagan was the last true fiscal conservative we’ve had in the White House.  Well, it seems I only missed by 60 years.  I was aware that Reagan had lowered the marginal tax rate from 70% to 28%, but I hadn’t been aware that federal spending increased by 40% during his eight years in office.  In other words, both parties want to increase the number of dollars flowing into Washington.  Where they differ is ...

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It is now been seven months since the terrorist attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya that took the life of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Members of Congress and the American people are still waiting for answers to questions about how and why it happened.

Now about 700 retired Special Operations have come forward and asked the House of Representatives to create a select committee to investigate the attacks. The Special Operations veterans are part of a group c...

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You might even say that insanity is a growth industry.  For example, the liberals are tripping all over themselves to pass new gun control legislation.  To prove how sincere they are, they have put Joe Biden and Dianne Feinstein in charge.  Joe Biden is so dumb that schools have renamed dunce caps in his honor, and Feinstein is such a political hack that even after swearing to get to the bottom of the national security leaks to the NY Times, once she realized the footprints led back to the Ov...

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