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Dec 29 2013
News
Attempts to reduce wasteful government spending show austerity is a hard nut to crack
One day this summer, the House of Representatives faced a decision. Should America cut off the money for Super Twiggy, the cartoon squirrel?
At that time, across-the-board budget cuts called sequestration were kicking children out of Head Start and leaving FBI agents without gas money. Congress was still supposed to be looking for smaller, smarter ways to trim the budget — so it could
Washington PostOct 18 2015
News
The prescription painkiller and heroin epidemic, explained
The drug epidemic currently tearing through large parts of the US began with the best intentions from doctors and a profit-driven campaign from pharmaceutical companies.
Back in the 1990s, doctors agreed — and many still do — that America has a serious pain problem: Tens of millions of Americans experienced debilitating pain, and it was left untreated. So they looked for a solution —
VoxJul 18 2013
News
IRS lawyer testifies that political appointee's office involved in Tea Party screening
A veteran IRS lawyer testified on Thursday that officials from a Washington office led by a political appointee intervened in the screening of Tea Party applications, saying publicly for the first time the IRS chief counsel's office was involved in the controversial program. Carter Hull, a recently retired tax law specialist, gave his first-hand account during testimony before the House
Fox News DigitalOct 03 2012
News
Presidential debate ritual is a great equalizer for incumbent, challenger
Call it the built-in gravitas gap: President Obama flies the country in a grand 747, cruises in plush limousines adorned with American flags, and speaks from the White House Rose Garden, while his campaign opponent, Mitt Romney, flies in a smaller MD-83 passenger jet, rides in nondescript SUVs and makes speeches at factories and strip malls.
Washington TimesJul 05 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Open Borders Mean Closed Opportunities for National Prosperity
Go to the right Washington, D.C., neighborhood and a front yard is not just a front yard. It’s an opportunity to display your moral superiority and allegiance to social justice.
“We Believe No Human is Illegal.” “Black Lives Matter.” “No matter where you are from, we’re glad you’re our neighbor.” One in my ultra-liberal neighborhood speaks to me more than the others, however, as it
Guest Writer - RightDec 14 2012
Opinion
Why Obama blinked on Susan Rice nomination
On Thursday, President Obama took the unusual step of issuing a statement saying Susan Rice, the embattled US ambassador to the UN, had withdrawn herself from consideration to be secretary of state.
Fox News DigitalJun 02 2017
Opinion
Commentary: I Disagree With Trump on Climate Change, But Support His Paris Accord Withdrawal
On several occasions in recent years, Donald Trump has expressed his opinion that global warming, or climate change, is a myth. He's called it an "expensive hoax" and "bulls**t" that was invented by the Chinese to hurt US manufacturing. "I don't believe in climate change," he said in a 2015 interview. The vast majority of scientists, with some exceptions, disagree. Having no expertise in this
TownhallApr 23 2019
News
Bernie Sanders says felons, even Boston Marathon bomber, should have right to vote in prison
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said he thinks every U.S. citizen, even the convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, should be allowed to vote in American elections.
Sanders offered his stance at a CNN town hall Monday when asked whether he thought felons should be allowed to vote while they’re incarcerated, not just after their release.
He was pressed on whether it was
USA TODAYApr 22 2020
Perspectives Blog
Updated Media Bias Ratings: AP, The Hill, NPR, Washington Examiner, Washington Post
AllSides has rated the bias of over 600 media outlets, which are fluid and subject to change. We recently conducted a blind bias survey to review the bias of the Associated Press, The Hill, NPR online news, Washington Examiner, and Washington Post.
For this blind bias survey, we gathered Americans from across the political spectrum and asked them to read and rate headlines and articles
Julie MastrineJul 04 2019
News
Happiness Depends on Freedom, and Freedom Depends on Courage
The Currency of American Freedom is Blood. We Would Do Well to Remember it.
The absence of signage made finding it a challenge. It was a steamy-hot summer day on Okinawa. Leaving the comfortable air conditioning of the taxi, my sunglasses immediately fogged-up. As a native of the American South, I am used to heat and humidity, but this was something different. Half an hour later, my son
The American Spectator