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Must See: The Political Quote of the Year Fri Feb 17

Guy Benson
Obama: I Was Going to Cut the Deficit in Half But... Wed Feb 15

Katie Pavlich
Obama's Budget Bomb, Worthy of the Garbage Can Wed Feb 15

Crystal Wright

Here we go again with President Obama demanding one class of citizens pay more in taxes than everyone else to help pay for his Ponzi scheme called a 2013 budget. ... more
MSM: Yeah, Obama's Budget Is Pretty Reckless Tue Feb 14

Guy Benson
Obama's New Budget: Dishonest Tricks, Class Warfare, and Massive Debt Mon Feb 13

Guy Benson
A Look at Obama's Election Year Budget Mon Feb 13

Guy Benson
State of the American Small Business Thu Feb 2

Washington, DC

What the poor economy, regulations and national debt mean for the future of American small businesses. ... more
Democrats Cry Extremists Mon Jan 23

Lurita Doan

Democrats seem to have two preferred adjectives to describe Republicans this year-- racist and extremist. Angry charges of "Extremists!" have become common and ubiquitous. Rarely do leading Democrats, such as Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, ever talk about Republicans without adding the charge of extremist. Listen to them and it becomes quite clear that they believe "extremist" Republicans in Congress are the root of all evil. ... more
Gimme More: Obama Requests Another Debt Ceiling Raise Thu Jan 12

Kate Hicks
Good Riddance 2011 Sun Jan 1

Bill O'Reilly

Bad year, 2011, even though some bad guys and charlatans got a karma blast. Osama bin Laden got it up close and personal from a Navy SEAL, while his cohort al-Awlaki got drilled from the sky. Gadhafi went down, and al-Assad is tottering. ... more
Distressing: Even the USDA Can't Cut a Few Million Dollars Sun Dec 25

Erika Johnsen
Ten Years to Greece Wed Dec 7

John Stossel

When Greece blew up, its government debt was 126 percent of gross domestic product. Ours is on track to exceed that in about 10 years. ... more
Taxed Enough: Numbers Show Spending, Not Lack of Tax Revenue Cause of Deficit Mon Dec 5

Katie Pavlich
Fiddling While Rome Burns Wed Nov 30

Ken Connor

Democrats blame the recent Super Committee's deficit reduction failure on Republican obstinacy and obstructionism. It was the GOP's refusal to raise taxes on the super rich, the Dems maintain, that resulted in the committee's inability to reach a compromise. ... more
Where Do National Debt Reduction Donations Go? Mon Nov 28

Guy Benson
Obama's Dishonest 'Super Fail' Spin Tue Nov 22

Guy Benson
The Super Fail: Who's To Blame? Mon Nov 21

Guy Benson
Memo to Washington: Kick the spending habit Mon Nov 21

Jeff Jacoby

THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT reported last week that the national debt had surpassed $15 trillion, clocking in at precisely $15,033,607,255,920.32 as of the close of business Tuesday. ... more
America's $15 Trillion Dollar Man Fri Nov 18

Guy Benson
$15,000,000,000,000 Fri Nov 18

America

A message from Paul Ryan. ... more
$15,000,000,000,000 Thu Nov 17

Katie Pavlich
Pathetic: Super Committee to Punt Tough Choices? Tue Nov 15

Guy Benson
America’s time for decision and definition Mon Nov 14

Star Parker

Are we going to continue in the direction of materialism and bureaucracy and share the fate of Europe? Or will we make the tough decisions to get back on the path of prosperity, the path of faith and individual freedom? ... more
Rooting for Failure: Democrats Walk Away from Super Committee Thu Nov 10

Guy Benson
NYC mayor outlines plan for balancing US budget Tue Nov 8

AP News
Short-Lived Euphoria in Europe Tue Nov 8

Mark W. Hendrickson

Decades of government intervention into economic activity have produced economic distortions, sluggish growth, an unsupportable debt burden, and a rotten financial structure ready to collapse of its own dead weight. In spite of that record, most Europeans want more government. That’s their choice. Like it or not, sooner or later, we reap what we sow. ... more