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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:26:54 GMT Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:26:54 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Advocates of greater government involvement in the health care system are asking the public to put a lot of faith in bureaucrats' ability to decide what "science" tells us is the best way to treat our personal medical p http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/10/23/when_government_gets_science_wrong dc8637b8-36bb-441b-a4f5-a2150e269d44 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:26:54 GMT Washington-and indeed the country-is engaged in a great conversation about the government's role in our health care system. That's an important debate: changing government's role in health care will affect the lives... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/09/19/come_on_people_a_book_to_inspire_real_change_in_all_of_us 69bc5fd8-67ac-4bfe-a53b-d103f96066ef Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT Health care has dominated policy-related press. It makes sense: the President and the Democratic Party are proposing a massive reorganization of our healthcare sector, and a government expansion that would cost... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/09/10/healthy_families_act_wont_lead_to_a_healthy_economy 3b27fd42-bc1a-44c1-9717-bfb2c1185a3d Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:05:00 GMT This op-ed was co-authored by Hadley Heath, a junior fellow at the Independent Women's Forum. August recess allows Members to step back from Washington's political tug-of-war and hear from constituents. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/08/17/government-run_health_care_is_the_antithesis_of_real_feminism 5a7abaf8-6f5e-4f3b-8cdb-492f9f5ced73 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:19:44 GMT Millions of American women are busy with July 4th preparations. They are dusting off picnic blankets, preparing potato salad, and making arrangements with friends and family for firework displays. Few have time to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/07/03/government_growth_challenging_liberty_this_july_4th c70f6e25-71ca-4e39-aef2-a609d2604897 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:36:33 GMT President Obama wants to expand government's role in everything from providing healthcare and preschool to dictating executive pay and our energy use. To pass this ambitious agenda, he needs to convince the public that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/04/23/good-bye_to_a_government_program_that_works 61e4d3dc-363e-4697-ad1d-b0cbbb8cf009 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:44:32 GMT When most people hear the term "culture wars," they think of big political debates and hot button issues. Abortion. Gay marriage. What should be taught in public schools? What role, if any, can religion play in the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/04/07/the_real_culture_war_is_fought_by_each_family 186ad58e-222b-46ad-a0ad-229080b57f65 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:05:26 GMT The American people bought the media's storyline that from the Bush era's sunset would dawn the Obama age of bipartisan pragmatism and competence. Yet today, American politics is uglier than ever. The AIG... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/03/26/first_aig,_then_all_banks_next,_itll_be_you a3471281-16e0-4ac8-89e0-f64c35181a22 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:03:45 GMT Women, particularly political independents, don't like Rush Limbaugh. That was the finding of a poll released last week by Public Policy Polling. It reported that while 56 percent of men had a favorable opinion of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/03/03/rush_doesnt_need_to_win_women,_but_conservatives_do 68ae6ef5-3cc9-4311-9d2c-fb69f3873455 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:32:52 GMT President Obama has been selling the economic stimulus bill as "critical" for the economy. It's hard for most Americans to see how many of the bill's components-$650 million for digital-TV coupons, $150 million for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/02/11/energy_restrictions_will_hamper_economic_recovery 1b1e24a3-717d-4405-9cfc-e6f8c6b219e7 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:32:21 GMT Democrats had a big show of strength in their near party line vote for the "economic stimulus" package. The vote should put an end to the storyline that we have somehow entered a "post-partisan" era, but Democrats... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/02/05/where_do_dc_students_rank_among_democrat_priorities ed46850f-564f-4f4b-ba07-ac9022182611 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:24:23 GMT When President Obama signs the "Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009," (which passed the Senate by a vote of 66-32 last night) he will take the country on the first of what are likely to be... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2009/01/30/hawaiis_universal_health_insurance_lesson 8bc76d2b-986e-4b70-80cf-1d2d620873d5 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:44:23 GMT The final day of the presidential campaign focused in part on an issue of great importance to workers everywhere-the future of the coal industry. The San Francisco Chronicle revealed that earlier this year Senator... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2008/11/03/coal_in_government_crosshairs 078e26f0-6724-4cb8-8b08-1a123e6c65af Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:34:50 GMT Calls for greater education funding are a staple of Democratic campaigns. The latest is an advertisement by Senator Obama accusing Senator John McCain of "taking money away from public schools" to give to special... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2008/10/10/drill_for_the_sake_of_the_children a4a357a9-3523-488d-8bd7-8af11e51c67d Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:28:24 GMT Most policy debates seem to be a war of competing theories: Will lower tax rates really stimulate greater economic activity? Do generous government welfare programs actually discourage people from seeking employment? ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2008/07/21/connecting_the_dots_on_energy_policy f4e015c5-b0ae-4e7e-8070-c39d0cbb3a61 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:49:20 GMT