Joseph Sobran is Dead

September 30, 2010

[tweetmeme] Government is far too big. But that’s not to say that it has much control. It makes a million laws and can’t enforce most of them. So many laws, so little order. Joseph Sobran has died. Sobran was a figure of some note in the conservative movement, and later the paleoconservative one — a […]

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America's One Child Policy and the GOP Pledge

September 23, 2010

In today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, we’re talking about the Tea Party Movement, the Republicans’ latest pledge to America, the upheaval in the White House’s staff, and we’ll talk to Weekly Standard senior writer Jonathan Last about his powerful new piece on America’s One Child Policy.

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Abortion Money in Politics

September 21, 2010

[tweetmeme] The indispensable Tim Carney at the DC Examiner shares a new CRP report, and makes a point about abortion and political donations that I suspect few conservatives recognize: Many people don’t realize this, but — compared to other single-issue groups — pro-choice money is consistently one of the biggest, while pro-life money is nearly […]

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Rick Perry on Shotguns, Politics, and Tea Parties

September 20, 2010

Texas Governor Rick Perry discusses shooting, his new book “Fed Up!”, the Tea Party movement and solving the entitlement and spending crisis in an interview with Benjamin Domenech, research fellow and managing editor for The Heartland Institute.

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Donald Rumsfeld's Book Cover

September 20, 2010

[tweetmeme] Known and Unknown: A Memoir might as well be called “a history of the Twentieth Century” from the sound of it. Rumsfeld’s memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features his unique and often surprising observations on eight […]

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Karl Rove and the Tea Parties

September 15, 2010

[tweetmeme] My thoughts on the Delaware primary are over at Redstate. But I wanted to add a brief note about the views of Karl Rove, who blasted away at Christine O’Donnell before the votes were even all counted. It’s an instructive moment about how the old guard is failing to adapt to this new environment. […]

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Drew Brees on Financial Football

September 13, 2010

Today Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees talked to me about his own financial experiences, and his project, launched with the backing of VISA, to provide financial education for young people and particularly young athletes. Called Financial Football, you can read more about the effort and play its interactive game at practicalmoneyskills.com.

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Drew Brees on Financial Football

September 13, 2010

Over the past few years in the National Football League, we’ve seen a long list of players experience the difficult ramifications of poor financial decisions. Today Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees talked to me about his own financial experiences, and his project to provide financial education for young people and particularly young athletes.

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The Coming Political Civil Wars

September 10, 2010

Those on the right would do well to observe two storylines playing out this week which provide lessons on what political wars may come. The first is the current clash over the Republican primary in Delaware, and the second is the existing conflict over Rahm Emanuel’s leadership in Barack Obama’s White House.

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Democrats Discover Key to Election Comeback: Elizabeth Warren!

September 10, 2010

[tweetmeme] It seems like everyone’s a would-be Democrat strategist these days — I’m pretty sure the homeless guy at the bus stop yesterday was organizing robocalls for Alvin Greene (or maybe he WAS Alvin Greene?) — which means you can find an opinion on how the administration can get its groove back just about anywhere, […]

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