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Director, The Skeptics Society: Michael Shermer discusses Obamacare with Dinesh D'Souza

Posted 10/2/2013 The Washington Examiner is running a series of stories entitled "With the Stroke of a Pen: How Obama abuses executive power to make the law of the land." As a backgrounder, here is what the article series is about: From the Post: "On Nov. 16, 2010,...

from Mary Katherine Ham article Posted 10/1/2013 An employee of Minnesota’s Obamacare exchange, MNsure, sent an unencrypted file to the wrong person and left 2,400 people’s private information at the mercy of a nearby insurance agent. One exchange staffer’s simple...

Government has no business in business. By the same token, business has no business in government. These two enterprises have opposite rules, goals and types of people. Business is about making a profit. Government is about spending other people’s money. Those two...

Posted on April 11, 2011 ‘What Would Reagan Do?’ Videos Launched Ronald Reagan’s son Michael Reagan is hosting a new series of videos that explore how the 40th president of the United States would deal with today’s issues — “What Would Reagan Do?” One video focuses on...

This 1948 Cartoon tells in an excellent way why we need to be aware of socialism / communism / Marxism and how it creeps into our own government if we are not vigilant.

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Sue The Intercollegiate Studies Institute examines the relationship between higher education, civic knowledge and citizenship. http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2011/summary_summary.html It’s interesting to note that college educators have...

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Sue from Cathy McMorris-Rodgers Fact of the Day: From 1999-2010, the U.S. Department of Justice spent $43 million to defend the EPA against lawsuits and paid out $14.2 million in attorneys fees alone from 2003-2010 – 75% of which went...

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Sue from GOP.gov In 2009, the White House claimed that if the $1.16 trillion (CBO estimates the cost of the bill will reach $814 billion and interest on the debt for the bill will be at least $347 billion) stimulus was approved,...

Have you ever wondered how much we’re paying the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) in the way of salaries?  Here is a link to the State Office of Financial Management which breaks down the earnings for each of the 461 employees that the DOE has on its...