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Finish school or else

Jan.29, 2012 | Comment

Many teenage kids regard school as the functional equivalent of prison — where they are forced to endure oppressive rules, bad food and unpleasant company. For them, Barack Obama has a message: There will be no parole. In his State of the Union... »

Unions losing name game in ‘right’ controversy

Jan.29, 2012 | Comment

It looks as though a high-profile right-to-freeload law about to pass in the Indiana Legislature will be the focus of protests at the Super Bowl in Indianapolis. What? You haven't heard about the proposal? Maybe that's because virtually every news story... »

Outsourcing, offshoring: The good, bad and ugly

Jan.29, 2012 | Comment

President Barack Obama wants to make it less attractive for U.S. companies to ship jobs overseas. "We have a huge opportunity, at this moment, to bring manufacturing back (to the U.S.)," Obama said in his State of the Union address last week. "We... »

Republicans trip and liberals chuckle, but libertarians will laugh last

Jan.29, 2012 | Comment

The economy is in the tank. Americans are hurting, out of work and underemployed. The housing market hasn't recovered. And a weakened President Barack Obama hopes for good news. So why are Democratic operatives and their media cheerleaders laughing?... »

Losing the future

Jan.29, 2012 | Comment

President Barack Obama knows the federal government has a big spending problem, and he is not reluctant to point it out. "The American people deserve to have their leaders come together to make the tough choices necessary to live within our means, just as... »

Face it: Obama is plum out of ideas

Jan.28, 2012 | Comment

Once upon a time, small ball was not Barack Obama's game. Tuesday, it was the essence of his State of the Union address. The visionary of 2008 — purveyor of hope and change, healer of the Earth, tamer of the rising seas — offered an hour of... »