"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."
- John Adams
We have created in America a permanent political class that has powerful incentives to remain in office and grow government. Protected from accountability by gerrymandered districts and financial support from special interests, its members at times actually defy their constituents, as they did on the illegal immigration issue in 2007 and the mortgage bailout bill in 2008. It's time to hold our politicians to account.
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- Jay Cost on campaigning while pretending to be gov...
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- Yes, the Volt is green, but it costs $41,000, requ...
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- Let's pretend journalists applaud Sherrod threat t...
- "There's no end to the harm an out-of-control pres...
- Poverty is plentiful in Bell CA, but a retiring ci...
- Democrats have charted a long-shot strategy to kee...
- The Center for Immigration Studies tracks the dest...
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- The recession was deeper than ...
- Michigan fields two Tea Parties, one of them appar...
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- Prison Planet: Google and CIA have jointly investe...
- At Harvard, Elena Kagan introduced Sharia-complian...
- Bill Clinton looking for action after daughter Che...
- White House looking at de facto amnesty without ne...
- "It's not complicated. It's keeping track of who y...
- Lame duck session still on for defiant losers to r...
- The government that wants to run your life can't r...
- If you're gonna have a new (nonliberal) world orde...
- Leftist social engineers are coming for the suburb...
- For some reason, IBD finds Obama is "an unserious ...
- Zogby: Romney handily defeats Obama among independ...
- Zogby: Romney surpasses Palin and Huckabee in head...
- Sheriff Joe Arpaio threatens to jail pro-illegals ...
- Niall Ferguson: Is the sun setting on the American...
- Andy McCarthy: judicial decision on Arizona law is...
- Barone: This could be the GOP's best House electio...
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- Bolton decision leaves significant parts of Arizon...
- By degrading the entire U.S., Obama has stabilized...
- Justice seems more helpful to felon voters than mi...
- At Justice, they lose sleep as the debt soars - be...
- Sander Levin refuses to hold hearing on health car...
- "The Year America Dissolved" - a not so fantastic ...
- Obama's new financial regulations shield SEC from ...
- Tennessee congressional candidate tries to block O...
- Congress racing blindfolded, heaving huge fraudule...
- IBD: Post-election lame ducks could pass more bill...
- Obamacare labyrinth; if you get lost, call your co...
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- Prof. Frances Berry: "Having one's opponent rebut ...
- Breaking news: Congress, White House outdumb Goldm...
- Clinton and Carter pollsters accuse Obama of cynic...
- A "mama grizzly," Mary Fallin, wins nomination for...
- AZ sheriff sets up foundation to buy assault rifle...
- In Minnesota, stimulus is stimulating golf courses...
- Obama: "Out of touch?" Or, "extraordinarily out of...
- Returning English journalist finds a "feeling on s...
- "Obama quacks like a muslim, waddles like a muslim...
- No, I've never been in this store before; even so,...
- The Post-American Presidency and its all-star blur...
- Reagan cut taxes and spending, ending a 17-month r...
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- Sowell slyly tries to educate Obama on the virtues...
- Ralph Peters: We're going to keep giving aid and b...
- College Board oddly associates college degrees wit...
- Killer who destroyed his own liver leapfrogs NY tr...
- Michael Moore to subsidize reopening of downtown M...
- Luxury won't ruin America, contrary to Obama's min...
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- "Issa is planning to double his staff and embark o...
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- Obama ignores what works, doubles down on what doe...
- Obama goes conservative, issuing bad news at 3 p.m...
- UK newspaper discovers "astonishingly brutal," una...
- Yikes! Chinese computer company lowers IQ requirem...
- Sherrod affair is "a wake-up call for the White Ho...
- Tax cuts under Reagan; Keynesianism under Obama; y...
- Republicans have "a truly dangerous agenda," says ...
- After fumbling oil spill, White House tries to con...
- Goldman Sachs dispersed $4.3 billion bailout all o...
- Liberal journalists plotted against Palin on day s...
- How liberal journalists coordinated a scheme to de...
- Why is unstable, entangled Afghanistan still vital...
- George Will celebrates the insightful Milton Friedman
- Lockerbie bomber still undead; Brits are embarrass...
- Muslim Brotherhood hopes to seize Egypt on Mubarak...
- Greenberg and Carville cleverly insert "socialist"...
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- Judge: "Why can't Arizona be as inhospitable as th...
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- New information suggests Lockerbie bomber freed on...
- Rasmussen: 54% oppose stealth jihad's Ground Zero ...
- German blue chips exiting rule-ridden and costly U...
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- Shirley Sherrod succeeds Obama as media's post-rac...
- FEC complaint will accuse Obama campaign of illega...
- The $1.25 billion "black farmer settlement" includ...
- Angry taxpayers drive out hugely overpaid official...
- Cadillac Charlie curses ambush journalist Jason Ma...
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About Me
- TheRightFieldLine
- A farm boy in Minnesota, I acquired my first rifle at 5 and my shotgun at 9. At 10, I was living in Duluth, in a tough neighborhood. So I sawed off the barrel of my rifle and whittled a pistol grip. The farm boy was now ready for life in the city. In the army I expanded my repertoire to the M1, the bazooka, machine guns and other things that make loud noises. It was a blast, and I didn't have to pay for the ammo. Along the way, I broke bones playng football and spilled blood on hockey rinks. No regrets. Sports were a blast. Still are. I spent two years at two elite universities, but got my education at the University of Minnesota. A career journalist, I loved my craft until it took up social emgineering in the mid-90s. An industry that had welcomed bright, witty and irreverent free-thinkers was suddenly filling up with not-so-bright leftist zealots on a mission. So I quit. Since then, I have skated, roller-bladed, skied, sailed, canoed, worked out, traced my family roots, honed my churlish side and set up this blog. The old instincts are coming back. Life is good.
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