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  • CHUMLEY: NYC Mayor Bloomberg commands impressive, nationwide attack on 2nd Amendment

    By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

    New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is to the Second Amendment what billionaire investor George Soros is to the free market: A resounding death knell. Published March 2, 2013

  • Ex-Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez launches bid for Kerry's Senate seat

    By The Washington Times

    Former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez announced a bid Tuesday for Secretary of State John F. Kerry's vacated Senate seat, according to various media reports. Published February 12, 2013

  • Obama visits Louisiana to inspect damage by Isaac

    By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

    In what the White House billed unconvincingly as a non-political trip, President Obama played catch-up Monday to Republican rival Mitt Romney by inspecting damage in Louisiana from Hurricane Isaac and meeting with flood victims. Published September 3, 2012

  • Weather stops tandem lawn chair balloon flight

    By Jeff Barnard - Associated Press

    Hours into their lawn-chair balloon flight, two men made a hard landing after they were hit by hail and snow as thunderstorms swept into central Oregon — but their backyard aircraft floated away. Published July 15, 2012

  • GALLEGLY: E-Verify ready to put Americans to work

    By Rep. Elton Gallegly - The Washington Times

    Congress immediately needs to pass and the president to sign into law the Legal Workforce Act. It would open millions of jobs for American workers while removing counterfeiting and fraud from the hiring process. The Legal Workforce Act already has passed the Judiciary Committee and is ready for House action. The act would make it mandatory for all employers to use E-Verify - an easy-to-use, accurate, computer-based, employee-verification system that ensures employees have a legal right to work in the United States. Published March 16, 2012

  • CURIE: Perils of one-size-fits-all Medicaid

    By Charles G. Curie - The Washington Times

    As states rush headlong into managed care in the name of "in- tegration" and cost savings, those most vulnerable among us are standing on the sidelines and are most likely to become victims of a public-health-policy offensive. Published March 2, 2012

  • Republicans say court overreached in putting deportations on hold

    By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

    A decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California to put several deportation cases on hold in light of Obama administration immigration directives was criticized Thursday by two senior Republican lawmakers who said the court ruling was an "overreach of its authority." Published March 1, 2012

  • Medical-marijuana dispensaries seek own bank for pot of money

    By Kristen Wyatt - Associated Press

    Medical marijuana is legal in 17 states, but the industry has a decidedly black-market aspect - it's mostly cash-only. Published February 14, 2012

  • U.S. runs in the red for 39th straight month

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    The federal government ran a deficit in December, marking the 39th straight month in the red, according to preliminary estimates Monday by the Congressional Budget Office, continuing a streak that dates back to the last days of President George W. Bush and encompasses President Obama's entire term. Published January 9, 2012

  • FIELDS: Women on the prowl still get caught

    By Suzanne Fields - The Washington Times

    "The Ides of March," the slick new movie with George Clooney as an unethical presidential candidate is a morality tale for our time. Published October 26, 2011

  • FARAGO: Gunwalker is only the tip of a scandal iceberg

    By Robert Farago - The Washington Times

    On Wednesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subpoenaed the Department of Justice. "Top Justice Department officials, including Attorney General Holder, know more about Operation Fast and Furious than they have publicly acknowledged," committee chairman Darrell E. Issa said. "The documents this subpoena demands will provide answers to questions that Justice officials have tried to avoid since this investigation began eight months ago. It's time we know the whole truth." Published October 12, 2011

  • PRUDEN: The First Amendment under 'progressive' siege

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    Once upon a time we could count on lawyers and law school professors to defend the First Amendment, the most important 46 words in the Constitution. Those 46 words make everything else possible. Shut up the people and the government can shut down every other freedom. Published May 14, 2010

  • GREENSTEIN: More stimulus requires fiscal relief

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    Despite perceptions to the contrary, evidence is mounting that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which the Obama administration and Congress enacted early this year, cushioned the recession and slowed job losses. Published December 15, 2009

  • PRUDEN: Day of reckoning for the GOP

    By Wesley Pruden

    Elephants are supposed to have long memories, but not all do. The royal household in Thailand even assembles its elephants once a year so a holy man can preach an annual sermon to the gentle beasts, urging them to mind their manners in the presence of the king. As eloquent as the homily may be, it has to be repeated the following year. Published November 3, 2009

  • PRUDEN: Obama wingnuts get a toke of respect

    By Wesley Pruden

    There was good news Monday for potheads, and even a little good news for states' rights, which once upon a time were thought to be important. Published October 20, 2009

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