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Preparing the Military for Future Threats

With breaking news of a U.S. Navy SEAL team successfully [4]rescuing two
hostages from pirates in Somalia, military pundits are quick to note how the
deployment of small, elite units will fit in with [5]President Barack Obama's
vision for modernizing the U.S. military. Yet, while ...

Posted on 26 January 2012 Keep Reading...

F&M Poll: Voters Worse Off Financially

Franklin & Marshall College Poll

The Franklin & Marshall College Poll...the 20th consecutive year of polling
in Pennsylvania

_Below are the highlights of the January 26, 2012 Franklin & Marshall
...

Posted on 26 January 2012 Keep Reading...

Toomey Reacts to State of the Union

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 24, 2012

Contact: Nachama Soloveichik (202) 224-0437
or Rebecca Neal (202) 224-8609

SEN. TOOMEY STATEMENT ON THE
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

WASHINGTON, D.C. ...

Posted on 26 January 2012 Keep Reading...

Another Look at Downsizing the State Legislature

In our form of democracy, good ideas are discussed over and over across the
years with little evidence of progress. Hearings to reduce the size of the
state legislature were held before the Senate State Government Committee on
April 30, 2010 as well as the State Government Committee ...

Posted on 26 January 2012 Keep Reading...

The Tax Rate Scandal

When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney casually estimated that his
effective tax rate is around 15 percent, progressives immediately pounced on
the issue. To this ideological minority with its Ahab-like obsession on
[4]class warfare, a rich American paying an effective ...

Posted on 26 January 2012 Keep Reading...

Welfare Reforms Protect Poor, Taxpayers

Regardless of where you stand on taxpayer-funded entitlements, few Americans argue against the maintenance of temporary safety nets or modifications aimed at ending welfare fraud, waste and abuse.

In hopes of protecting both interests, the Pennsylvania Department ...

Posted on 24 January 2012 Keep Reading...

Negative Progress

In the debate over illegal immigration, perhaps we should begin with the
words of the Emma Lazarus poem inscribed on the base of the Statue of
Liberty:

*Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe ...

Posted on 24 January 2012 Keep Reading...

GOP: Time for an Open Senate Primary

Endorsing Steve Welch ---who voted for Obama --- would make the Party a national laughingstock

To say the Republican presidential primary has become interesting would be a gross understatement. With three different winners in the first three contests --- an ...

Posted on 24 January 2012 Keep Reading...

Contrition, Honesty Keys to Weathering Political Scandal

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – Only in modern American politics could a presidential candidate turn sordid details released by the second of his three wives into a positive, by going after the news media.

Exit polls showed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, won ...

Posted on 23 January 2012 Keep Reading...

Why Are Iowa, South Carolina Picking Our Presidents?

Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the nation have zero say ---yet again

Another election year is upon us, and there's good news and bad news. On the upside, Americans will again peacefully choose their next leader in November, a continuing miracle which we too often take for granted. ...

Posted on 23 January 2012 Keep Reading...

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