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Tax Cuts Would End Jobs Crisis

According to London's Inde- pendent, the Arab oil producers in the Gulf are planning wim China, Russia, Japan and France to end dollar transactions for oil and move instead to a basket of cur- rencies that might include die Japanese yen, the Chinese yuan and the euro, along with gold and some kind of regional Gulf-state currency. The Fed is fighting deflation with a near-zero interest-rate target, while gold, the dollar and commodity markets are signaling 'mat inflation is the real problem. ...

Finance Committee Bill Bloats Government

[...] less personal freedom and a much smaller, independent private sector that is financing and delivering medical care. While the fines have been reduced and delayed, the proposed fine is an annoyance compared to the much higher costs of health insurance guaranteed under die Sen- ate Finance bill. Since me Senate Finance Committee would require insurers to accept all enrollees, regardless of pre-existing con- ditions, it provides an excellent incentive for millions of Americans to forgo h...

New Calender Celebrates Leading Conservative Women

Each page features a sepia-toned head-shot of a woman known for her work within the conservative movement, a quote and image of patriotic memorabilia at the bottom, and a checkered red and white border. "Modern feminists often portray a bias against femininity, and this calendar is a way to show off not only the tremendous accomplishments of our movement's top women leaders, but their beauty as well," Cordova says. Other women who appear are former U.S. Treasurer Bay Buchanan, author and ac...

Capital Briefs

According to Chuck Loveless, legislative director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, unions are upset that the measure lacks a public option and that the bill would tax insurers that provide expensive coverage- the "Cadillac plans" that many union members now receive.

Close Obama Adviser Loves Sharia

Dalia Mogahed, Barack Obama's adviser on Muslim affairs, appeared on British television, where she said: "Sharia is not well understood and Islam as a faith is not well understood." Apparently she has no problem with its goal, since, instead of defending the American system of government, she maintained that Sharia was popular among Muslim women: "I think the reason so many women support Sharia is because they have a very different understanding of Sharia than the common perception in Wester...

Fox News Locked Out by White House

Two weeks later, following what me New York Times re- ferred to as a "Fox Summit" between Roger Ailes, chairman of Fox News, and David Ax- elrod, senior adviser to President Obama, Fox News was told it wouldn't get to conduct any Obama interviews in die foreseeable future and all members of me administration, from me top down, were ordered to stay off Fox News. On Sept. 30, 2009, on the tax-payer funded WhiteHouse.gov, the administration devoted a full page to slamming what it called Fox New...

Top 10 Worst Nobel Peace Prize Winners

TOP 10 The National Conservative Weekly® Est. 1944 www.HumanEvents.com Human Events finds the leftist-dominated committee in Oslo has a history of making bad awards 1 Yasser Arafat (19W): This murderous thug shared the prize with Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. 2 Al Gore and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007): Their global -warming alarmism is a recipe for global-economic disaster. 3 Jimmy Carter (2002): His post-presidential meddling in the international...

Gizzi On Politics

[...] he won, with slightly more than 409c of the vote - or just enough to avoid a run -oft. According to a just-completed Mason Dixon poll, former State GOP Chairman Sue Lowden would defeat Reid among all likely voters in the Silver State by 49% to 43%.

How's Your Political I.Q.?

John F. Kennedy, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his book Profiles in Courage.

Short Takes

Another Dingell for Congress .That' 's what pundits and pois in Michigan were wondering two weeks ago, when longtime General Motors Company executive Deb- bie Dingell took the incentive package of- fered as part of GM's program to roll back corporate expenses by 35%.

Left-Wing Radicalism in the Church: Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Bishops came under intense pressure from conservative Catholics outraged by reports of gross legal and ethical improprieties involving ACORN. Since its creation in 1969, CCHD has given more than $280 million to fund what it calls over "7,800 low-income-led, communitybased projects that strengthen families, create jobs, build affordable housing, fight crime, and improve schools and neighborhoods." In July, congressional investigators released a report concluding that ACORN was a highly parti...

Unraveling Rangel's Ethics Violations

According to those filings. According to the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative ethics group that has filed several complaints against Rangel.

Hire Americans, Not Illegals

Asian and Hispanic alike. Since the 1960s, there has been a bitter battle - breaking down along ideological and racial, ethnic and gender lines - over affirmative action, quotas, preferential hiring, promotions and admissions to college and graduate schools, and contract set-asides.

Why Not Rush's Rams?

Reports surfaced last Thursday that Limbaugh been dropped from the group seeking to buy part of the Rams franchise because, according to a statement released by St. Louis Blues owner David Checketts (who's leading the group purchase), Limbaugh's involvement had become a "complication and a distraction." [...] was Sharpton - who has built his entire career on division, discrimination, and hatred - flying to his side.

Baucus Bill Will Hit Consumers with Huge New Costs