Posts Tagged ‘ United States ’

George Washington University was ranked 151st in an assessment of top colleges in the United States by Forbes, a bi-weekly business magazine.
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It seems the DC Statehood movement took a pretty interesting turn yesterday. Rep. Louis Gohmert (TX-1) introduced legislation that would exempt D.C. residents from federal income taxes. “This solution keeps with the early history and democratic traditions of the United States as well as the principles established in the Constitution,” Gohmert said in a...
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It would take too much effort to catalogue the large number of stupid errors that Andrew Clark makes in his recent Hatchet op-ed on California’s Proposition Eight. In the comments discussing the article there are a few decent posts that do that well enough (in addition to the vast majority, which do little but...
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“But I do tell you that if the Democrats win, and have substantial majorities, Congress of the United States will be more bipartisan,” said Pelosi.
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I want to open this question up to answers in the comments section, because maybe I am just not that smart and can’t figure it out: I was watching Bill Maher’s show just now and Bernie Sanders kept going on and on about how the top 1% controls so much of the wealth in...
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You can pay somebody to do just about anything for you: We provide persons to stand in line anywhere in the greater Washington DC area, and specialize in United States Congressional hearings and their respective committees.
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It’s been a while since I contributed to the Patriot Blog so I’ll regal you with some shorter items of interest. The United States government may be taking ownership stakes in banks in exchange for bailout money. Something that has always confused me is how things would be different if America had kept re-chartering...
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An anonymous adjunct professor of English explains why society is demanding that too many people attend too much college, when they just aren’t prepared for it: No one is thinking about the larger implications, let alone the morality, of admitting so many students to classes they cannot possibly pass. The colleges and the students...
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So I was interested in the Manhattan Institute report that Pat blogged about on TAC’s blog (congratulations be to him about the job, by the way). I also read Dave Weigel’s short blurb on the subject at Reason. I have a few comments to make, but I won’t make them until I’ve cleared up...
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McCain has begun to court the Hispanic vote by, among other things (ex: opening our borders to invasion), starting a Spanish website. “I am confident that I will do very well,” he said. “I know their patriotism, I know the respect for the family, the advocacy for pro-life, I know the small business aspect...
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