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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 |
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HSTA, UHPA Report 2010-11 Membership Numbers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 AM :: 7449 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This stuff is not getting any easier to track down, but thanks to the work of some good people we were able to obtain detailed membership information for each National Education Association state affiliate....
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Monday, July 23, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted July 23, 2012
By Congress.org @ 6:57 PM :: 6592 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Campaign Financial Disclosures Cloture
- Senate: Outsourcing Tax Credits Cloture
- House: Foreign Relations Authorization - Passage
- House: Sequestration Report - Passage
- House: Defense Appropriations Passage
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Monday, July 23, 2012 |
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States Should Wait Before Accepting Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:08 PM :: 4346 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The only ways to expand Medicaid are to raise taxes, cut other state programs, or slash health care providers' reimbursements in Medicaid even more....
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Monday, July 23, 2012 |
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Lingle Wraps Up Chamber Endorsement Tour, Launches Tourism Spot
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 3:51 AM :: 8021 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"Just as those of us in Hawaii know, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recognizes that a healthy visitor industry plays an important role in our nation’s economic recovery. This is why my plan includes the creation of a standing sub-committee on tourism in the U.S. Senate,”
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Saturday, July 21, 2012 |
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Marumoto Briefs Mainland Lawmakers on Hawaii Renewable Energy
By News Release @ 3:30 PM :: 6992 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep. Barbara Marumoto gave a presentation on the state of renewable energy in Hawaii at the Women in Government Fourth Annual Energy Summit in Des Moines, Iowa....
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Friday, July 20, 2012 |
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Statement from Governor Linda Lingle on Aurora Shooting Tragedy
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 10:09 PM :: 7861 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"Let us all continue to join with the rest of the nation as we hold the grieving families of Aurora close in our thoughts and spirit-filled prayers."
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Friday, July 20, 2012 |
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Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations Strangling Economy
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:15 PM :: 4784 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Dodd–Frank does not end bailouts and taxpayer support for big banks....
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Thursday, July 19, 2012 |
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Let's Be Honest About Outsourcing
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:28 PM :: 5411 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The U.S. actually leads the world in manufacturing. Yes, you read that correctly. We produce 21 percent of global manufactured products, while China comes after at 15 percent....
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
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Lingle: Obama's STEM Education Plan 'in Sync' with Hawaii
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 10:02 PM :: 8085 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"President Obama's statements in Washington today are in sync with the STEM education programs and initiatives my team and I advocated and worked for during my term as Governor of Hawaii."
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
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Bernake: Tourism is a Bright Spot
By News Release @ 2:59 PM :: 7411 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...when a foreigner comes and visits Hawaii, that actually counts as a U.S. export....
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
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The End of Welfare Reform As We Know It
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:31 PM :: 5167 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Obama Administration made yet another end run around Congress last week—this time, to gut the successful welfare reform law of 1996....
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
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The Revenue Demands of Public Employee Pension Promises
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 PM :: 4687 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Economists predict that American households will have to contribute an average of $1,398 per year to fulfill pension promises, according to a new study....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
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Alaska Lawsuit Challenges ‘Illegal’ Emissions Standards for Coastal Ships
By Selected News Articles @ 3:42 PM :: 6843 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Uncle Sam will start enforcing the emission control area on Aug. 1....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
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Medicaid Carries 'Highest Risk of Death'
By NCPA @ 1:56 PM :: 4759 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Medicaid creates subpar health outcomes and unnecessary cost overruns ....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
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Harmful U.N. Sea Treaty Stalls in Senate
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:54 PM :: 11476 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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LOST would expose the U.S. to international environmental lawsuits [6] that would harm its environmental, economic, and military interests—including suits based on alleged U.S. contributions to global climate change....
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Monday, July 16, 2012 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted July 16, 2012
By Congress.org @ 6:20 PM :: 7897 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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· Senate: Small Business Tax Cut
· House: Veterans Licensing
· House: ATM Fee Disclosure
· House: Hydropower Generation
· House: Health Care
· House: Mining Project Permitting
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Monday, July 16, 2012 |
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July 15: Cost of Government Day
By Americans for Tax Reform @ 6:14 PM :: 6285 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Cost of Government Day Report calculates the number of days the average American must work to pay for the full costs of government spending and regulation at all levels of government....
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Monday, July 16, 2012 |
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34 Senators Reject: LOST Will Not Be Ratified by Senate This Year
By News Release @ 4:11 PM :: 10330 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Strong opposition is rising in the U.S. Senate to the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) that would subjugate American sovereignty to the whims of an international tribunal....
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Monday, July 16, 2012 |
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Obama Tells Entrepreneurs "You Didn't Build" Your Business
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:30 PM :: 5797 Views :: National News, Small Business
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"Look, if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart." -- Barack Obama
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Monday, July 16, 2012 |
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Mass Transit Subsidized More Heavily than Highways
By NCPA @ 3:19 PM :: 4684 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This subsidy level for Highways is approximately 8 percent, which is far less than the level of government support that is received by mass transit systems nationwide....
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Sunday, July 15, 2012 |
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Lingle Responds to Criticism of Maui Judicial Conference
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 11:23 PM :: 11250 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Lingle called on Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to back off on their criticism of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to hold its conference on the Island of Maui ....
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Sunday, July 15, 2012 |
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American Caste: Family breakdown is limiting mobility and increasing inequality
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 PM :: 5110 Views :: National News, Ethics
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It started in the 1960s, when the nation began to sever the historical connection between marriage and childbearing....
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Saturday, July 14, 2012 |
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Kaiser Study: Hawaii Obamacare Exchange to Pay Insurers $973/month
By Andrew Walden @ 11:01 PM :: 10022 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This may explain why Hawaii’s insurers were so eager to grab seats on Abercrombie’s Hawaii Health Connector Board....
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Saturday, July 14, 2012 |
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Same Day Registration Leads to 48,000 Fraudulent Voters, Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 PM :: 7813 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In today’s Star-Advertiser readers discover the Editors toying with yet another shiny electoral object—same day voter registration....
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Friday, July 13, 2012 |
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Women Chased from Atheist Confab by Sexual Harassment
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 PM :: 6124 Views :: National News, Ethics
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“We are a small movement, so it might be very important for some men and women to find a partner who shares their beliefs,” said Maggie Ardiente, director of development for the American Humanist Association....
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Friday, July 13, 2012 |
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Crippled Nation: Disability Ranks Outpace New Jobs
By NCPA @ 4:45 PM :: 4254 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...disability ranks will likely continue to swell: in just the last month, almost 275,000 people put in applications for disability benefits....
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Friday, July 13, 2012 |
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Environment: Rail is Dirtier than Cars
By NCPA @ 4:28 PM :: 11724 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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According to the Department of Energy, the average passenger car uses about 3,500 BTUs per passenger mile--rail transit in Pittsburgh uses more than 11,000 BTUs.
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Friday, July 13, 2012 |
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Obama's Imperial Presidency Guts Welfare Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:04 PM :: 5313 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The new policy guts the federal work requirements that were the foundation of the Clinton-era reform ....
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
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Senate Committee Hearing Discusses Ways to Create Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval
By Andrew Walden @ 4:32 PM :: 7089 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Akaka’s Committee will “examine the process of recognizing tribes through the Administrative and Congressional processes.”
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
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Full Text: Lingle Speaks on Jones Act
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 1:48 PM :: 8551 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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As Hawaii’s next U.S. Senator, I commit to you that while the Jones Act issue is being fully studied, I will explore other ways to reduce the costs of living in the State of Hawaii.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 |
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House Votes to Repeal Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:46 PM :: 6556 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...this is only the second time the House will have voted to fully repeal the law....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 |
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Why Does Hirono Want to Cut $500B From Medicare?
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 6050 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Whether she will admit it or not, Mazie Hirono is leading the charge for big cuts to Medicare....
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Monday, July 9, 2012 |
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Health Contract with America
By John Goodman @ 10:53 PM :: 5458 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This is a practical, realistic and workable form of universal coverage....
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Monday, July 9, 2012 |
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The Inequality Fetish
By NCPA @ 10:42 PM :: 4711 Views :: National News, Ethics
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According to liberals, either the 2008 financial crisis and its attendant recession, or the sluggish recovery -- and maybe both -- can be attributed in large part to the high level of economic inequality in the United States....
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Monday, July 9, 2012 |
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Arkansas Attorney General Sues Hawaii Travel Agent
By News Release @ 6:01 PM :: 5160 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The lawsuit filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court alleges that Ope Saaga, who operated Performing Hawaii Tours, violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by failing to provide the travel services paid for by the Fort Smith Southside High School and "Spirit of Arkansas" marching bands....
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Monday, July 9, 2012 |
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UN Small Arms Treaty: "Serious Threat to American Gun Owners"
By Selected News Articles @ 5:29 PM :: 8402 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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the U.N. and global gun banners have markedly stepped up their attack on our Second Amendment freedoms by including civilian arms in the proposed Arms Trade Treaty....
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Monday, July 9, 2012 |
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Rail: Transportation Secretary Wants Us to Be Like Communist China
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:19 PM :: 6237 Views :: National News, Ethics
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China’s attempt at a high-speed rail network is fraught with corrupt officials, impossible costs, and deadly safety failures. But U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wishes America would follow it as a model....
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Sunday, July 8, 2012 |
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The States Resist Obamacare
By Selected News Articles @ 12:03 AM :: 5181 Views :: National News, Ethics
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One of the few bright spots in the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obamacare was its 7–2 decision striking down the Obama administration’s attempt to blackmail states into going along with a massive and costly expansion of Medicaid....
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Friday, July 6, 2012 |
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Oppose Federal Control of Building Codes? Hanabusa Says You Must be Shunned
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 8972 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Congressman Scalise is strongly opposed to a Federal Takeover of … (Drumroll please) … Local Building Codes....so Hanabusa says he must be shunned and anyone who meets with him should be disqualified in the eyes of voters....
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Friday, July 6, 2012 |
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Jobs, Unemployment Stuck
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:00 PM :: 5548 Views :: National News, Ethics
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According to their projections, by now, unemployment should be at 5.5 percent. Instead, of course, it’s 8.2 percent—and has been above 8 percent for 41 straight months....
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Friday, July 6, 2012 |
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A Health Care Contract with America
By NCPA @ 1:48 PM :: 8641 Views :: National News, Ethics
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replace the current system of tax and spending subsidies with a system that offers everyone a uniform, fixed-dollar tax credit for the purchase of health insurance....
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Thursday, July 5, 2012 |
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RIMPAC Biofuel Contractors Soak Navy for $26/gallon
By Selected News Articles @ 10:49 PM :: 6901 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The U.S. Navy has spent $26 a gallon for 900,000 gallons of biofuels mixed with petroleum for use in a training exercise, and Republicans in Washington aren't too happy about it
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Thursday, July 5, 2012 |
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The Reopening of the American Mind
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 PM :: 4619 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Alan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind is still an important work after 25 years, despite some unforeseen events....
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Thursday, July 5, 2012 |
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Governor Walker Breaks New Ground in Higher Ed
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:40 PM :: 4059 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The problem of college affordability is recognized on both sides of the aisle, but sadly, most efforts to abate the problem - such as increasing federal subsidies - have only exacerbated it.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012 |
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Is The Obamacare Decision The New Kelo?
By Robert Thomas @ 6:14 PM :: 5178 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Opponents have vowed to repeal it, citing the nearly universal popular revulsion with the Court's majority decision in Kelo v. City of New London as an example where one side lost the battle, but might have secured the upper hand in the long run....
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012 |
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Does the Declaration of Independence Still Matter?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:37 PM :: 4835 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"all that Progressives ask or desire is permission…to interpret the Constitution according to the Darwinian principle"
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012 |
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RTTT: Congress Demands Answers as Georgia Joins Hawaii on 'High-Risk' Status
By Selected News Articles @ 7:20 PM :: 6975 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... a Government Accountability Office report, requested by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on states' implementation of the teacher quality portions of Race to the Top....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012 |
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The Energy Revolution and Its Discontents
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:24 PM :: 4468 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A recent study by Harvard Research Fellow Leonardo Maugeri found that the United States' incredible shale reserves represent "the most important revolution in the oil sector in decades."
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Monday, July 2, 2012 |
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Obamacare: Five Broken Promises
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:51 PM :: 4757 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Obamacare ends Medicare as we know it, including severe physician reimbursement cuts ....
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Friday, June 29, 2012 |
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Trashing Tricare: Obama Threatens Veto After House Refuses to Raise Fees
By Selected News Articles @ 3:37 PM :: 7710 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Some fear the administration’s proposal is an effort to increase enrollment in the state-run insurance exchanges mandated under the president’s controversial health care law.
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