In a swing district in Arizona, voters all along the political spectrum say they aren’t moved by Washington’s alarms about the pending federal budget cuts. Source: WSJ.com: Politics And Policy
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On Washington’s Birthday, A Lesson in Self-Government
Album/Oronoz/Newscom With the generic Presidents’ Day (the holiday is, legally, still officially Washington’s Birthday, not Presidents’ Day) behind us, it is time to celebrate the actual birthday of George Washington. But is there anything original left to say, 281 years after America’s first President was born? Beyond the familiar tales of his heroic victories against… Read more »
Morning Bell: George Washington’s Example on Religious Liberty
Instead of celebrating George Washington’s birthday, today we’ve lumped him in together with no-names including Millard Fillmore and William Henry Harrison as we celebrate a generic “Presidents’ Day.” But George Washington was not simply a President. He was the indispensible man of the American Founding. Washington’s words, thoughts, and deeds as a military commander, a… Read more »
George Will: Sequester Needed to Curb Washington’s Contemptuous Treatment of Taxpayers’ Money
Syndicated columnist George Will appears all for Congress allowing sequestration to reduce spending on March 1. Appearing on ABC's This Week Sunday, Will said it would be appropriate given the "utter contempt with which Washington treats taxpayers' money." read more Source: NewsBusters blogs