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CPAC: Are Only 'Loser People and Loser Organizations' Boycotting It?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyThe conservative schism surrounding CPAC 2011 continues to intensify, with a bitter war of words being waged on the eve of the largest conservative conference in America. Why the controversy? Some conservatives are skipping the conference because of the involvement of a gay conservative group called GOProud. Others worry about the business practices of CPAC boss David Keene, and still others are concerned about the supposed infiltration of the conference by The Muslim Brotherhood. As is often the case, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist is very much at the center of this ...
Opinion: You Might Be Committing a Federal Crime
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 17) -- Here's one proposition not up for partisan debate: America is woefully overcriminalized, and the criminal law is woefully overfederalized. Today there are nearly 4,500 federal criminal laws on the books, and most of them have been added in just the last few decades. A groundbreaking, nonpartisan study conducted this year by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Heritage Foundation revealed that many of these laws lack even the most basic protection: an adequate criminal intent requirement. That means Americans can be convicted and thrown in prison for ...
Should Congress Pass the Dream Act? Opinions Vary
By David Knowles - AOL News(Dec. 8) -- Does Congress love a dream? The Dream Act, legislation designed to give children of undocumented workers who came to the United States under the age 16 a path to citizenship in exchange for a promise to attend college or join the military, will be debated in Congress today. Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, a staunch opponent of the Dream Act, penned an op-ed for CNN in which he stated the following: Because the Dream Act does not expire, or impose any numerical cap, the scope of the bill's amnesty program could be enormous. And by rewarding illegality, the legislation ...
Heritage Foundation Launches Spanish-Language Website Libertad.org
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAs I first reported Wednesday, The Heritage Foundation today launched a new website to give Spanish-speaking Americans access to its analysis and policy recommendations. "The new website, Libertad.org, will give Spanish-speaking Americans access to the top-flight research and informed, conservative commentary that has helped Heritage build a center-right majority in the nation as a whole," said Heritage Vice President for Communications Mike Gonzalez. "Surveys show that vast majorities of Hispanic Americans already embrace conservative attitudes, such as the desire for smaller government ...
Heritage Foundation, Newt Gingrich Focus on Hispanic Outreach
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAs you may know, I've been writing much about the importance of conservatives doing better among Latino voters. Recent news implies my appeals have not fallen upon deaf ears. For example, I just learned that The Heritage Foundation plans to launch a new website called Libertad.org (at the time of this writing, the website url simply takes you to Heritage). According to a press release, the website will be "aimed at bringing state-of-the-art policy research, rigorous analysis and conservative, free-market-based policy prescriptions to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community." What's ...
Number of Federal Workers Earning Over $150,000 Doubles Under Obama
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 12) -- Working for the federal government is a good gig, if you can get it. The number of federal employees raking in over $150,000 a year has multiplied tenfold in the past half decade and doubled since Barack Obama became president, according to a USA Today analysis. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who will oversee a panel addressing federal pay levels, suggests that federal workers consider an immediate pay freeze along with a 10 percent salary reduction. "It's stunning when you see what's happened to federal compensation," Chaffetz says. "Every metric shows we're heading in the wrong ...
Opinion: 4 Good, and 4 Bad, Debt Panel Ideas
By not in system - AOL News((Nov. 11) -- Say this much for Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson: They understand that Washington's fiscal policy is putting us on a path to economic disaster. The co-chairmen of the president's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform know that, unless we want to follow the likes of Greece or France, we need to get to work. So Bowles and Simpson primed the pump for the commission on Wednesday by releasing their own report -- a mixed-bag plan to reduce spending, cut some taxes and raise others. No doubt this is meant to spur tough decisions by the commission, whose report is ...
Ginni Thomas Rains on Her Own Coming-Out Party
By Eleanor Clift - Politics DailyFor those in the know, the political activism of Virginia "Ginni" Thomas is no surprise, and Democrats have periodically raised questions about various conflicts of interest stemming from her lobbying efforts on behalf of various Republican causes. Their complaints have gone nowhere, in large part because Thomas for years, at least since her husband was confirmed for the Supreme Court, has operated under the radar, avoiding the spotlight and the media scrutiny that comes with it. That all changed with her interview earlier this month with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "Good Morning America." ...
Census Finds Record Gap Between Rich and Poor
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Sept. 28) -- The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its widest amount on record as young adults and children in particular struggled to stay afloat in the recession. The top-earning 20 percent of Americans - those making more than $100,000 each year - received 49.4 percent of all income generated in the U.S., compared with the 3.4 percent earned by those below the poverty line, according to newly released census figures. That ratio of 14.5-to-1 was an increase from 13.6 in 2008 and nearly double a low of 7.69 in 1968. A different measure, the ...
Opinion: Religious Right and the Tea Party: A Marriage of Convenience?
By Barry W. Lynn - AOL News
(Sept. 28) -- Many Americans were alarmed in the 1980s when the religious right seemed determined to control everyone's life from the moment of conception until the moment of death. These days, many share a similar distaste for the tea party movement, which believes some mystical force called "The Market" will make all of America's problems dissipate in a frenzy of mergers and acquisitions that will trickle benefits to the unemployed, the uninsured and the underserved. ANOTHER VIEW The Tea Party Unites Fiscal and Social Conservatism -- Penny Nance, CEO, Concerned Women for ...
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