Compliance is not the answer Neither is the Supreme Court In January 2012, the people of Wisconsin firmly told Governor Scott Walker and their legislators that they would not tolerate Obamacare in this state. The governor heard his constituents. He returned a $38 million federal Early Innovator Grant that had bound Wisconsin to the establishment…
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We Have Become a Nation of Takers
In a post about the inability of the German national soccer team to win tournaments recently, I wondered whether this failure had something to do with a change in the German ethos. But what about the American ethos? Has it changed? Recently, Nicholas Eberstadt, a distinguished scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, gave a talk…
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Military Endorsements 2012
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A letter from a reserve Israeli soldier
My name is Aron Adler. I am 25 years old, was born in Brooklyn NY, and raised in Efrat, Israel. Though very busy, I don’t view my life as unusual. Most of the time, I am just another Israeli citizen. During the day I work as a paramedic in Magen David Adom, Israel’s national EMS…
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EXECUTIVE ORDERS:Constitutional Power or Dictator’s Tool?
“Stroke of the pen. Law of the Land. Kinda cool.” – Paul Begala, former Clinton advisor Obama’s executive order suspending deportation of and giving work permits to millions of illegal immigrants is not a lawful exercise of the executive order discretion. It is not an interpretation of the law, nor does it constitute the enforcement…
Government Circus
Government Circus
Successful Reforms and More To Come By Rep.Knodl When Republicans took control of the legislature as well as the governor’s office Wisconsin was in a dire position and in need of deep reforms to regain our status as a beacon for economic prosperity. The passage of Act 10 and the current budget were monumental events…