

By Richard W. Rahn
Budget fantasy won't help us cope with coming fiscal disaster
Independent voices from the TWT Communities

"Mother Monster" Lady Gaga makes many people uncomfortable. Even President Obama.

Bristol Palin was the victim last week of verbal abuse by a 47-year-old heckler who called her "white trash" and her mother, Sarah Palin, a "whore."

As Republican women, savvy leaders in the tea party movement — and potential opponents in the Republican primaries — Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin inevitably are compared to each other. Aside from the occasional black suit or flag pin, however, the two rivals do not dress alike. In fact, their wardrobes could hardly be more different.
Levi Johnston writes in his upcoming book that his ex-girlfriend Bristol Palin was so angry about her mother's pregnancy with son Trig that she wanted to get pregnant, too.

Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's son, will not be running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, anytime soon, according to RadarOnline.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to overturn a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state's immigration-enforcement law.

The Associated Press? Skewing a poll? Uh-oh.
Levi Johnston is promising to set the record straight about the Palin family.
Bristol Palin has bought a five-bedroom home in Pinal County south of Phoenix.

Bristol Palin, daughter of Sarah Palin, has bought a five-bedroom home in Pinal County south of Phoenix.

The U.S. teen birth rate in 2009 fell to its lowest point in almost 70 years of record-keeping _ a decline that stunned experts who believe it's partly due to the recession.

In the end, dancing skill triumphed over get-out-the-vote efforts on "Dancing With the Stars."

With all viewer votes cast, Jennifer Grey led the way toward the "Dancing With the Stars" crown.

Bristol Palin could not overcome low scores from judges to become the new "Dancing With the Stars" champ.

Bristol Palin had the bloggers and the buzz, but Jennifer Grey had the moves.
"Regardless of what I did personally, I just think that abstinence is the only way you can effectively, 100 percent foolproof way you can prevent pregnancy," Miss Palin said.
Her comments were a turnaround from what she told Fox News in February, that teens should avoid sex, but abstinence is "not realistic at all."

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