The Heritage Foundation has taken some hits for projecting 50 years out with its projection that the cost of government services for undocumented immigrants becoming citizens will far exceed the tax revenue they contribute to the economy — by about...
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The U.S.-Mexico border on February 26, 2013 near Sonoita, Arizona.
Low-IQ Immigrants: Not Heritage Policy
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A sign that mocks the Obama 'Hope' campaign sign from 2008 in front of a house in Ohio on Oct. 28, 2012.
Millennials: More Divided Than Ever
Young people are polarized — more so than ever in their views of President Barack Obama. This is the biggest take-away from a new Harvard Institute of Politics survey of Americans ages 18-29, the so-called millennials. “The biggest and potentially...
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The Connecticut Huskies react after defeating the Butler Bulldogs to win the National Championship Game of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament by a score of 53-41 at Reliant Stadium on April 4, 2011 in Houston, Texas.
NCAA Seeds: Full-Court DC Press
March Madness is in full swing. And Congress is in session, even if the government is in sequestration. Regardless of whether you’re rooting for the Harvard Crimson, the Great Danes of Albany or The Hoyas of Georgetown, everyone wants one...
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Geithner Takes Financial Crisis on Campus Tour as Lew Takes Treasury
As Jack Lew prepares to take over the Treasury Department, Tim Geithner is moving ahead with post-government plans. Geithner, who left the Treasury in January, will hold a series of seminars on the 2008 financial crisis at U.S. universities starting...
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas laughs while talking with other guests at The Federalist Society's 2011 Annual Dinner in Washington.
Thomas Breaks Silence: Yale Training?
For almost seven years, Justice Clarence Thomas has sat silently through Supreme Court oral arguments. Until today, when he apparently offered a crack about a couple of the nation’s top law schools. Thomas jumped in as Justice Antonin Scalia was...
Read more »Obama’s Empty Chair: NYer Cartoon
Clinton Eastwood lectured an imaginary Barack Obama in an empty chair. So did Mitt Romney — the way the cover cartoon of The New Yorker magazine next week portrays the first of the season’s presidential debates in Denver this week....
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First Lady Michelle Obama after speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Michelle Obama: `Who We Are’
The White House is painting a simple contrast in Charlottte. Michelle Obama was raised on Chicago’s South Side in a one-bedroom apartment. Her father, Frasier Robinson, was a city pump operator. Her mother, Marian, was a secretary. She graduated from...
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A worker removes the plastic from a mirror on the floor ahead of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 26, 2012.
Money in Politics: Plumbing’s not the Problem, It’s the Quality of the Water
“Here’s the problem with money in politics,” says Mike Murphy, a seasoned and semi-retired Republican TV ad strategist: It’s the content. “I’m less worried about the plumbing than I am the quality of the water,” Murphy said today in Tampa,...
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A view of an iPad and iPhone Facebook screen.
Facebook, Comedy Central: Gain on Traditional, More-Trusted Sources
While most people still turn to traditional sources of media for news, the laptop, tablet and smart phone are catching up. ”There has been a significant movement toward new media,” said David Lauter, chief of Tribune Co.’s Washington bureau, detailing the...
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Cass Sunstein, Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget.
Sunstein’s Solution for Simplified Federal Forms: Focus Group Them
The government is taking another stab at making the complex more simple. Cass Sunstein, leaving his office today as the nation’s top regulatory official in President Barack Obama’s White House, issued an order to federal agencies to simplify government forms...
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