Still Dodging Our Harsh Budget Reality
Steve Chapman | November 3
The supercommittee won't save us.

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New data on global temperature trends sheds light on the 2009 climate change scandal.
Presenting Nanny of the Month, October 2011
Don't trust the Texas governor's new tax plan.
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The veteran journalist could mount a serious third party challenge.
World Bank economist Kirk Hamilton explains how China is growing while the U.S. flirts with asset depreciation.
An eyewitness report from Frank Ogawa Plaza
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Prohibitionists succeeded in removing the caffeine from Four Loco. Now they're targeting the alcohol.
Why the Super Committee should allow its automatic deficit-reduction mechanism to work.
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The Texas congressman's fiscal plan challenges his opponents to put up or shut up.
Some things even the Obama brain trust doesn’t want credit for.
Stealing from the government-run health care system is much easier—and potentially more lucrative—than dealing drugs.
The supercommittee won't save us.
The case against economic protectionism
Free markets are the real source of economic opportunity.
Farewell to the most honest man in Washington.
Sometimes doing nothing is better than doing something.
Is the drive for universal health coverage actually making people worse off?
ObamaCare and the long slow death of conservative judicial restraint
Farewell to the most honest man in Washington.
He's doing his best to lose it.
The Texas congressman challenges the GOP status quo.
Perry and Gingrich recklessly disregard the importance of judicial review.
Despite objections from the Mexican government, House Republicans want to treat cartels like terrorists.
A full 50 percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana
The federal crackdown on medical marijuana shows Obama has no respect for state law.
Rick Perry’s infidelity to federalism is more troubling than his fidelity to Christianity.
Prohibitionists succeeded in removing the caffeine from Four Loco. Now they're targeting the alcohol.
Life is good in the capital of crony capitalism.
After seeing its oyster fishery almost depleted, Maryland finally introduces aquaculture and private leasing.
Why John Kerry and Barney Frank are lining up against the administration's "catch share" policy

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