Net neuterdom

“To update Ronald Reagan’s quip: Republicans think every day is the Fourth of July, and President Obama and the Democrats think every day is April 15. The FCC’s net-neutrality move is but the first step toward death by typical government overregulation.”

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Data suggests that the Great Society hurt more than it helped

“Would you concede that neither of us has any statistically significant evidence to prove our respective points?”

It’s a good question. I appreciate the spirit of the query, since this reader has demonstrated an interest in more fact-based discussions of the issues than the typical liberal.

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The theology of environmentalism

Michael Crichton wrote a book characterized as “pure porn for global warming deniers.”

His 2004 novel, “State of Fear,” was a techno thriller that exposed the global warming movement as fraudulent and self-serving. In an unusual move for a novel, he included charts and graphs exposing the flaws in global-warming/client change assertions.

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Hillary, don’t bring us down to your level

“That’s an uncomfortable echo of a Clintonian trade-off, which goes: “We’re going to give you the first woman president who will improve the country. Now leave us alone to break any rules we please.”

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A simple fix for Obamacare?

Conservatives stake out an old-fashioned position by saying you’ve got to go by the way the law is actually written.

Liberals, on the other hand, say you have to read between the lines, that legislation is a “living, breathing” collection of words that only the elite can properly interpret.

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