The Contraception Lottery—Just in time for Fetal Containers Day on May 10, the Republican fringe comes unhinged over President Obama’s appointment of Dawn Johnsen to direct the Office of Legal Counsel—the Department of Justice office that advises the president on the law and the Constitution. Johnsen is a Yale Law School graduate who served five […]

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IT’S NO SECRET that Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to close out production of the F-22. Gates has been a critic of the bells-and-whistles guys in the Pentagon, has argued against Cold War weapons systems, and in June fired the fighter jet’s most outspoken advocates—Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff T. Michael […]

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Watchdog Bites—Since 2007, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren has been making the case for a Financial Products Safety Commission that would evaluate financial instruments before bankers or brokers sell them to the public. Considering the wealth lost since the economy began to slide into a recession, a commission protecting individuals from high-risk securities and […]

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Jindal Agenda?—An American born of Indian immigrant parents; a biology degree from Brown University; Rhodes Scholar; Congressional intern; member of the U.S. House; and the youngest governor in the nation. Bobby Jindal was the perfect new face to attract minority voters to a regional white party. Then he was selected to deliver his party’s response […]

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THE CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE (CPAC) has always been a Republican Party Brigadoon. The annual three-day winter gathering transforms Washington’s Omni Shoreham Hotel into a place where the federal government is plotting to take away citizens’ guns; the liberal elite is planning to take away citizens’ economic and religious freedom; taxes are too high, defense […]

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