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It is hardly original to note that “The Forgotten Man” by Amity Schlaes has a particular relevance to what is happening economically and politically right now. The book is a reassessment of the New Deal and the Great Depression that advances the argument that the former caused more harm than good — or at least [...]
The President’s Director of the Office of management and Budget defends the proposal to reduce the tax deduction on on charitable contributions with the following: Third, there’s a question of fairness. Non-profits play a critical role in our society (indeed, I have worked at several of them in the past). But let’s look at how [...]
Yet another Obama appointee: The Senate Finance Committee says President Barack Obama’s nominee for trade representative owes roughly $10,000 in back federal taxes and has agreed to pay them. The report said Ron Kirk will file amended returns covering the years 2005, 2006 and 2007. via The Associated Press: Trade nominee Ron Kirk agrees to [...]
It appears that Obama has found a slice of Chicago corruption here in New York, specifically the Bronx, a golden land of opportunity for corrupt politicians. So says the Daily News: Buildings sprang up as donations rained down on Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion. The man who is President Obama’s newly minted urban czar pocketed [...]
After quoting from John Paul II’s Evangelium Vitae, Carl Olson at the Ignatius Press Blog lays out the true Catholic teaching about the primacy of conscience, and its limits, in Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: “I am a pro-adultery Catholic because my Catholic faith tells me I can be.”: That’s heavy stuff. And [...]
Claudia Rosett has a short, powerful article on the efect of Obama’s policies onthe world. The Rosett Report » If Obama Turns America Into Europe…. It isn’t positive or pretty: Europe — sclerotic, bureaucratized and social-democratized – has for decades enjoyed the protection, inventions and security afforded by its more laissez-fair, strapping, and exuberant cousin [...]
This site has been around a few months now, and today’s entry is perhaps my favorite: You’ll learn something by visiting daily, plus its worth at least a smile every day, plus the occasional laugh out loud moment. LOLSaints | Saints with a Smile.
