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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:01:00 GMT Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The defensive struggle that's currently being waged by America's public sector unions has the potential to usher in a renaissance of parental choice in our nation - assuming supporters of academic freedom are willing to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/04/30/union_battles_a_window_for_parental_choice cf9ace9f-6221-4ee1-9788-c58e1b4f7c42 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:01:00 GMT For years, America's left-leaning mainstream media outlets have belittled and rebuked members of the new media - questioning their credibility, impugning their integrity and assigning all manner of self-serving... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/04/14/new_media_catches_obama_bribing_the_fourth_estate 0829b0ef-b203-4879-9523-8cadd999a072 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:01:00 GMT With American politicians still refusing to substantively address the looming consequences of their fiscal irresponsibility, it only makes sense that voters are feeling frustrated and powerless. Last November’s... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/04/07/expand_voters'_rights_to_recall_politicians 30882f9e-f8a9-48b3-8e0f-4535ae89b812 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:01:00 GMT As the world keeps a watchful eye over the badly-damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactors in Japan, a radioactive threat much closer to home is being deliberately downplayed by our government. As part of the Department of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/03/31/homeland_radiation_threatens_more_than_just_our_health 3ca08da7-3033-48ab-bb08-349bba8f804f Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT President Barack Obama says that Americans are "tired of talk" when it comes to rising gas prices. Unfortunately his administration continues to say one thing and do another on this critical economic front - ignoring... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/03/24/obama_awol_on_gas_prices 351e76ce-3596-4ed7-82f6-8240284cc7a9 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:01:00 GMT The Social Security debate is no different than the debate over any other government program - there are just a lot more zeroes involved. Of course the more zeroes, the less willing Washington politicians usually are to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/03/10/social_security_why_america_can_and_should_allow_private_accounts 365303c0-4d8c-4cf1-9d57-a433a6a2859c Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:01:00 GMT A decade ago, when our national debt stood at a "mere" $5.6 trillion, the federal government was already dramatically overpaying its employees to perform all sorts of non-core functions. According to the U.S. Bureau of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/03/03/why_collective_bargaining_is_bad 395a1d14-b18d-48de-8aa2-160c517228cd Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:01:00 GMT President Obama has said that the cuts included in his fiscal 2012 budget will force "tough choices and sacrifices." Meanwhile, House Speaker John Boehner invoked a former tax-hiking president in defending his chamber's... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/02/24/budgeting_for_dummies 6cedf87a-d30c-487f-affd-633dc60352ee Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:32:51 GMT Washington politicians have worked themselves into a fine lather lately debating spending cuts. Yet as familiar rhetorical jabs are exchanged over proposed reductions to things like NPR and the National Archives, the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/02/17/entitlements_a_debate_deferred 10e6e98a-ed08-4305-8c27-bddf18c8fac0 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:01:00 GMT Have recent elections taught Republicans nothing? Routed from power in 2006 and 2008 for their wholesale betrayal of the American taxpayers, the GOP was granted a new lease on life because Democrats chose to put... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/02/10/going_gingrich a4e2fa8e-0595-4880-827f-61226f5f13b2 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:01:00 GMT In his State of the Union address last week, U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged that America's "free enterprise system is what drives innovation." He also said that if America is to "win the future," then it must... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/02/03/"winning_the_future"_requires_real_choice ce76bb37-5f08-4c92-a777-36a99056c4ab Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:01:00 GMT Paced by California and Illinois, state governments across the country continue to mimic the unsustainable fiscal excesses of the federal government - creating crushing deficits and soaring unfunded liabilities.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/01/20/states_of_insolvency cb70d8b7-7df0-4be8-8bb1-31fcec99f028 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:01:00 GMT Lost amid the partisan posturing over the proposed repeal of Obamacare is a stark, unavoidable fiscal reality. Put simply: Our leaders have no choice but to scrap this socialized medicine monstrosity and start from... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/01/13/anti-repeal_movement_ignores_fiscal_realities 7dc1b59e-02ee-4113-8fe2-5819f98deedb Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:01:00 GMT While the extension of Bush-era tax cuts dominated headlines during the recently-concluded lame duck session of Congress, the coming year will bring with it a renewed focus on public debt - whether policymakers like it... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2011/01/06/2011_a_fiscal_reckoning_that_cannot_be_avoided ef3b0902-a41a-47a3-8834-f76abd2ddad8 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:01:00 GMT At long last there are finally signs that the American Republic's breakneck descent into full-blown socialist madness - which was fast approaching terminal velocity prior to November's elections - could be leveling... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HowardRich/2010/12/23/stopping_the_descent 83341587-0a27-4e79-972d-2232da7631c0 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:01:00 GMT