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The Lost Art of Congressional Oversight
Most people probably didn't notice, or it may have passed most people's radar even if they are relatively diligent Congressional watchers, but on Wednesday, something interesting happened on Capitol...
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Frustration and Futility
Like most people with children in elementary school, December 14, 2012 will stick with me for a while. A good many of my friends on all sides of the political spectrum were similarly outraged. Many...
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Dear Speaker Boehner
You Suck!That is all.______________________________ Check out my soccer blog Nutmegs & Stepovers
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Dear President Obama
You suck!That is all.______________________________ Check out my soccer blog Nutmegs & Stepovers
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What is the Tipping Point for Increased Safety Through Gun Ownership?
As Malcolm Gladwell famously noted, in any trend there is a tipping point, a point in time and development where a growing trend begins to make an impact on society as a whole. There is a point in...
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Three to Read
Three items that I suggest people read:PoliticsVictor Davis HansonThese are the most foreboding times in my 59 years. The reelection of Barack Obama has released a surge of rare honesty among the Left...
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Three to Read-Football and Throwball Edition
Number 1 Overall Pick, Prof. Andrew WengerIn the world of United States sports, we are used to some crazy rules, and Major League Soccer is no different, with things like Designated Players, Generation...
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Three to Read--December Jobs Report Edition
the Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued its December jobs report. A wealth of news, good and bad can be found in these reports. Given the massaging of formula and statistics, the redefinitions of...
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Three to Read--Higher Education Edition
Last month, my oldest child turned 11, that means in seven years she will be making a decision about going to college and which college to attend. Considering that eight years ago, just after her...
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Three to Read--Lower Education Edition
Well, yesterday I did the Higher Education Edition of what I am trying to make a daily feature here. Today, I thought lower, i.e. K-12, education would be a good topic.It's Those Darn Kids....The...
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Three to Read: Self-Improvement Edition
Yes, the New Year is well underway and right now, most of the world has taken a New Year's Resolution or two and without any sort of scientific measure, my guess is that a fair number of people are...
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Chicago: A War Zone?
42 people in 30 days. Seriously, that is how many people have died in Chicago of gun violence. 42 People in the incomplete month of January. The most recent of the 42 homicides was the Tuesday...
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Three to Read: Space Mining Edition
The past couple of weeks have seen two private companies (Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources) announce that they will be launching exploratory vehicles to explore mining possibilities on...
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$20,000 for a Minimal Health Plan Under ObamaCare
Wait, What???? How the frak is that gonna work?In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in...
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Spaceflight Is Risky
Today we pay honor to 17 astronauts. On January 27, 1967, Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chafee died in the Apollo 1 spacecraft fire. On January 28, 1986, Astronauts Michael J. Smith,...
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Prince George's Maryland Wants to Assert A Copyright on Student and Staff work
Yeah, pretty sure this is a dumb idea and I would line up to represent someone on this stupid proposal.A proposal by the Prince George’s County Board of Education to copyright work created by staff and...
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Boys Being Graded Less for Behavioral Matters?
Do you have boys? You may want to read this little story and start challenging the basis for their grades. According to an upcoming study highlight by Christina Hoff Sommers: Boys score as well as or...
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Three to Read: Crime and Punishment Edition
A couple of weeks ago, Prof. Glenn Reynolds (a.k.a. the Instapundit) posted a short paper on SSRN called Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything is a Crime in which he discusses the problem...
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University to Offer Commercial Space Flight Degree
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University plans to offer a Bachelor's Degree is Commercial Spaceflight beginning in the fall of 2013, pending approval by the Board of Trustees. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical...
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Shooting Women in L.A.
L.A. cops looking for former cop and suspected cop killer Christopher Horner shot 3 bystanders according to this report.3 bystanders reportedly shot by police during hunt for murder suspect | Fox...
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