Margaret Thatcher Made Great Leaps, Avoided Compromise

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The life of the late Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, offers many interesting and instructive examples of statesmanship. Not only for what the Iron Lady did, but what she did not do—her ability to resist the prevailing winds of peer pressure and public opinion in favor of her own principles. It… Read more »

The Great DHS Ammunition Stockpile Myth

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There are dozens of articles hyping government purchases of ammunition over the last nine months. After spending weeks researching this topic, this is a collection of commonly held myths that are based more on panic than fact.  With the recent release of a letter from the Department of Homeland Security to Senator Coburn, the numbers… Read more »

NPR: Obamacare ‘Great,’ But Public ‘So Confused’ By ‘Misinformation and Disinformation’

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On taxpayer-subsidized NPR's All Things Considered on Saturday, host Laura Sullivan did a lengthy piece about the messaging of Obamacare. Despite running for eleven minutes, no one in the piece viewed Obamacare negatively. Sullivan started out lamenting that the public was "confused" about Obamacare: "just 37 percent of people say they like the law." She… Read more »