If you're a Republican in New York or another big city, you may be anxious or even terrified at the prospect that Rick Santorum, the supposedly unelectable social conservative, may win the GOP presidential nomination. Jeffrey Bell would like to set your

When she attended a YR meeting in her home county she found that the group had been taken over by Rat Finks, many of whom were tied to the John Birch Society. She was taken aback when one of the Rat Finks 'stood up, looking straight at me, warned that th

If the last ten years of debt and jobs destruction have taught us anything, it’s that we must change our tax system and soon, or face economic disaster. Instead of maintaining our infrastructure, we are consuming it. Instead of investing in education and

The article talks about Congressman Ryan’s criticism of the interest rate policy announced by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Question: Who’s more qualified to set interest rate policy, Bernanke or Ryan? •BA, summa cum laud, Harvard 1975; PhD in E

WASHINGTON -- Conservatives begin their annual jamboree here Thursday certain of two things, although they don't say them out loud. They need another Ronald Reagan. They don't have another Ronald Reagan. Invoking the Gipper is almost a religious requirem

In his 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama told the nation: Immediately after the speech, Treasury started work on a corporate tax reform plan. The staff gave a boost to the lobbying industry by meeting with all interested parties. The rumor

Bruce Bartlett held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and served on the staffs of Representatives Jack Kemp and Ron Paul. He is the author of “ The Benefit and the Burden: Tax Reform – Why We Need It and What It Will

When the Romney campaign disclosed in December that the couple’s five sons had a $100 million trust fund, I suspected that, in setting up the fund, the Romneys used a tax strategy that allows some very rich people to avoid... more » Message to Mitt: A ri

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Politico’s John Harris has a must-read column on the manufacture of outrage, a staple of modern campaigns, over Mitt Romney’s comments on the “very poor.” He writes: It was a vivid example of the indignation industry that drives the modern political-medi

Closter, NJ - Most in the US won't need a justification to watch Sunday's game, but if you're a regular reader of these pages you might think, even in passing, that celebrating the holiest day of violence, consumerism, and class warfare on your couch is

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In their debates, ads and speeches, the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are vying for the label of most Reagan-esque. On taxes, “I take the Reagan approach,” former senator Rick Santorum said at a recent Florida debate. On the econo

Jack Kemp believed in the wonder-working power of entrepreneurial capitalism to make all Americans more prosperous and more capable of achieving their dreams. I cannot imagine Kemp talking about “the poor” the way Mitt Romney did the other day. Recall wh

[Note for TomDispatch Readers: Just to let those of you in New York City know, I’ll be appearing with the remarkable journalist Jeremy Scahill, just back from the frontlines in the Global War on Terror and author of the bestselling book Blackwater, on Fr

You would think that with one of the weakest economic recoveries on record, President Barack Obama would be searching desperately for ways to promote economic growth. It is, after all, an election year. Most pundits and pollsters agree that it’s the econ

A best-selling author and prominent Ronald Reagan expert said Tuesday that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is only the third GOP presidential candidate since the Barry Goldwater era who truly understands conservatism. Political science professor Paul

Alan Reynolds is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author of Income and Wealth (Greenwood Press 2006). Share with your friends: Whenever Newt Gingrich has been asked to explain why he is supposedly more "conservative" than other Republican pr

Bruce Bartlett held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and served on the staffs of Representatives Jack Kemp and Ron Paul. He is the author of “ The Benefit and the Burden: Tax Reform — Why We Need It and What It Will