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History shows that, if individuals have the freedom to choose what to use as money, they will likely opt for gold or silver.
March 08, 2017
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Ron Paul
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The Washington Post headline caught my attention: "Federal workers grow increasingly nervous about Trump's proposed budget cuts."
March 08, 2017
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Tom Purcell
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Conservatives always knew Trump's policies would be a dog's breakfast of competing initiatives and impulsive proposals. His State of the Administration speech only served to confirm it.
March 07, 2017
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Michael Shannon
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Every time Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer or his House equivalent Nancy Pelosi scream outrage, rest assured that their end game is to delegitimize President Trump's administration and to delay his legislative progress on tax cuts, health legislation and immigration reform.
March 07, 2017
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Joe Guzzardi
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We're all well acquainted with the fake news phenomenon - the Trumpian sewage that's routinely pumped into the brains of the dumb and numb. But the good news is, Facebook has started to fight back, working with a coalition of fact-based media outlets.
March 06, 2017
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Dick Polman
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Just because a policy invokes the word "merit" does not make it meritorious.
March 06, 2017
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Peter Funt
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Maybe I'm channeling Donald Trump.
March 04, 2017
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Michael Reagan
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What does it mean when someone waves the American flag?
March 04, 2017
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Joseph Cotto
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As he wrapped up his first speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, President Donald Trump offered a bromide to a fractured nation:
March 02, 2017
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John L. Micek
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It can be a challenge to follow the pronouncements of President Trump, as he often seems to change his position on any number of items from week to week, or from day to day, or even from minute to minute. Consider his speech last week at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). It was reported as "fiery" and "blistering," but it was also full of contradictions.
March 02, 2017
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Ron Paul
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My mother's favorite supermarket is undergoing a mysterious "repeal and replace" operation with its senior discount program. Of course nerves are on edge.
March 01, 2017
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Danny Tyree
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February 28, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Americans have way too much stuff.
February 28, 2017
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Tom Purcell
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Immigration isn't really a serious problem in America, but taking rash action regarding immigration is.
February 28, 2017
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Peter Funt
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The most confusing dependent clause in the history of the nation, at least as far as personal liberty goes, is the one that begins the 2nd Amendment to the Bill of Rights. The full text of the amendment reads:
February 27, 2017
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Michael Shannon
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