Liberals’ fatal conceit

By Congressman Paul Ryan If the average American can’t handle complexity in his or her own life, and only government experts can … then government must direct the average American about how to live his or her life. Freedom becomes a diminishing good. But there’s a major flaw in this “progressive’” argument, and it’s this. It…

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The Catholic vote just got a lot more important

The selection of Congressman Paul Ryan was the equivalent of injecting orthodox Catholics with high potency steroids. In Paul Ryan, we have a man who embraces his Church’s non-negotiable positions on Life and Marriage. Even more, he embraces his Church’s positions on key social justice issues. He simply approaches them differently than liberals want …

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What a Vice President Paul Ryan means to America

Paul Ryan is the anti-Sarah Palin. By that, I mean that he has a long resume despite his relative youth in comparison to Ms. Palin. And he has serious policy wonk credentials. That bodes well for the remainder of this campaign. So far, this campaign has been remarkably unserious.

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Condoleezza Rice vs. Paul Ryan

Peggy Noonan weighed in on the passion Condaleeza Rice generates with the business community. Ms. Noonan, a former Reagan speechwriter who writes a weekly online column for the Wall Street Journal said “spontaneous applause burst forth” at the mention of Ms. Rice’s name. Her explanation for the strong reaction …

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The case for Congressman Paul Ryan for V.P.

I guess what I like about Congressman Paul Ryan is he’s a straight-shooter. He doesn’t come across like your typical politician. He’ll talk to us like adults. Voters are hungry for that. No one does it better than Mr. Ryan …

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For Christ’s sake

When a conservative says, “For Christ’s sake,” he doesn’t say it as an expletive. He says it as a prayer …

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How to help the poor

America takes poverty seriously and launched a war on poverty that spent trillions in trying to eradicate it. We didn’t …

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“If this is how we measure reality, heaven help us.”

The president has added $5 Trillion to the national debt. The president’s new budget will add another $11 Trillion to the national debt, claims Republican Paul Ryan. But he president claims his budget saves the U.S. $4 Trillion. How do the president’s men explain away the gap? With smoke and mirrors …

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