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House, Senate at Odds on NCLB Rewrite

Mary Petrides Tillotson
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June 19, 2013
Although Democrats and Republicans largely agree that No Child Left Behind, the largest federal education law, is a shambles, House Republicans and Senate Democrats have different ideas about how t

Median House Size in U.S. Hits Record High

Wendell Cox
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June 19, 2013
There have been numerous press reports about the expansion of micro housing, and expectations that Americans will be reducing the size of their houses.

Climate Alarmists Caught Doctoring ‘97 Percent Consensus’ Claims

James M. Taylor, J.D.
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June 18, 2013
Global warming alarmists have been caught doctoring the results of a widely cited paper asserting there is a 97 percent scientific consensus regarding human-caused global warming.

Detroit Offers Creditors Pennies on the Dollar

Steve Stanek
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June 18, 2013
Less than one month after Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr issued a report declaring the city’s finances to be in worse shape than nearly anyone suspected when he assumed the job in March, Detro

Kansas Common Core Opponents Look to 2014

Jenni White
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June 18, 2013
Although frustrated by this month’s three-vote defeat of a bill to reconsider Common Core national educa

Just Drop the Tacos and Step Away from the Counter …

David L. Applegate
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June 18, 2013
Taco Bell®, long a young person’s favorite place for inexpensive and tasty late-night snacks and likely an occasional target of late-night robberies, now finds itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit

If 6 Was 9

David L. Applegate
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June 17, 2013
Also on the food front, you just knew this was going to happen back when Budweiser®, Schlitz®, and Pabst Blue Ribbon® brand beers became no longer good enough for the cognoscenti and everybody star

Debate Highlights Obstacles for a 'Conservative' Carbon Tax

James M. Taylor, J.D.
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June 17, 2013
A much-anticipated carbon tax debate in Washington D.C. last Thursday brought some much needed clarity to assertions that conservatives should or indeed do support a carbon tax.

The Obamacare Propaganda Boom

Benjamin Domenech
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June 17, 2013
The latest polling on Obamacare is the worst it has ever been, with majorities of Americans saying they expect their family will be worse off under it and

A Don’t-Miss Science Conference July 13-14

Jay Lehr, Ph.D.
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June 17, 2013
An energetic group of medical doctors, nuclear physicists, astrophysicists, climate scientists, and just plain folks desiring to get up close and personal with some of our nation's greatest scienti
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