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Monday, 19 December 2011 15:19 Jeb Bush - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Congressman Paul Ryan recently coined a smart phrase to describe the core concept of economic freedom: "The right to rise."

Think about it. We talk about the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, the right to assembly. The right to rise doesn't seem like something we should have to protect.

But we do. We have to make it easier for people to do the things that allow them to rise. We have to let them compete. We need to let people fight for business. We need to let people take risks. We need to let people fail. We need to let people suffer the consequences of bad decisions. And we need to let people enjoy the fruits of good decisions, even good luck.

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Last Updated on Monday, 19 December 2011 15:29

Washington politicians keep kicking the can on spending

Friday, 30 December 2011 05:00 WASHINGTON EXAMINER EDITORIAL

Sen. Tom Coburn (left photo), R-Okla., said our tax dollars were frittered away on many things including video games, Christmas trees, snow cone machines and robot dragons.

Sometime early next month, the United States' national debt will exceed $15.18 trillion. According to the Commerce Department, the nation's gross domestic product (the market value of all goods and services produced) is only $15.17 trillion. In other words, not soon after the ball drops in Times Square, the U.S. will join Greece and Italy in the ranks of countries whose total debt obligations are larger than their entire economies.

WEDGING BOTH WAYS

Monday, 19 December 2011 05:00 Jonah Goldberg - NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE

Republicans force Obama’s hand on the Keystone pipeline.

WEDGING?

What are wedge issues? Well, a lot depends on whom you ask. Political consultants usually define them as issues that unite the base but split the opposition. The most familiar examples are guns, God, and gays. But they can include everything from the Pledge of Allegiance to crime.Traditionally, conservatives are cast as the villains in the wedge-issue story. And there’s some truth to the tale.