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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, think tank in Washington, D.C
Policymakers Need to Know: What Is the True Cost of a Butch Lewis Act Pension Bailout?
What has been proclaimed as a mere $34 billion cure-all to multiemployer pension woes could cost 20 times that—upwards of $638 billion. The CBO’s prescribed scoring method excludes long-term costs and negative incentive effects, and it relies on a faulty accounting method. Policymakers need to know the true cost of taxpayer bailouts for private pensions, including damaging incentives and setting a precedent for pension bailouts.
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Heroes of Progress, Pt. 7: Ronald Ross
Our seventh Hero of Progress is Ronald Ross, the man who first discovered that malaria is spread via mosquitoes. Ross’ work laid the foundation for new methods of combatting the disease, thus saving untold millions of lives.
Policymakers Need to Know: What Is the True Cost of a Butch Lewis Act Pension Bailout?
What has been proclaimed as a mere $34 billion cure-all to multiemployer pension woes could cost 20 times that—upwards of $638 billion. The CBO’s prescribed scoring method excludes long-term costs and negative incentive effects, and it relies on a faulty accounting method. Policymakers need to know the true cost of taxpayer bailouts for private pensions, including damaging incentives and setting a precedent for pension bailouts.
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
Heroes of Progress, Pt. 7: Ronald Ross
Our seventh Hero of Progress is Ronald Ross, the man who first discovered that malaria is spread via mosquitoes. Ross’ work laid the foundation for new methods of combatting the disease, thus saving untold millions of lives.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Media/News Company in Washington, D. C.Four Outlandish Things Dems Said at the Google Hearing
There were accusations of right-wing 'fantasy,' even questions about getting pix of Trump when searching the word 'idiot'.
Both Sides Draw Battle Lines After Contentious Border Wall Meeting
Republican and Democratic parties leaders reaffirmed their positions on funding the border wall on Tuesday following a contentious meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders at the White House. Trump has threatened to use his veto powers to get $5 billion for a security wall along the southern border.
Students Oppose Clarence Thomas but Can’t Really Say Why
A recent college petition had some people scratching their heads — and then the entire thing was withdrawn. Radical liberals who preach tolerance are some of the most intolerant folks around — with academia serving as their primary training ground. Now, it appears, students at Savannah College of Arts and Design (SCAD) in Georgia are dragging this myopia down to new lows.
Radio Station Reinstates ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ After Outcry
Thousands of listeners weighed in — and over three quarters of them wanted to continue hearing the classic tune. A California radio station has decided to reverse its ban on the classic song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” after many of their listeners expressed outrage over the ban. “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has become quite controversial in the era of #MeToo, with some claiming the song is politically incorrect and promotes a rape culture.
Rand Paul Raises Doubts About the Campaign Finance Violation Against Trump
Judging by the earlier John Edwards case, Kentucky Republican suggests president ask for a ruling to clear up everything.
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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
A NEGLECTED GEM: THE SUNDAY FIRST LESSONS IN THE 1662 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
Anglicans have always read the Hebrew Bible in public worship. As Wesley Hill recently pointed out in this space, that reading of the Old Testament has been insistently theological. The Psalms and Lessons are framed and interpreted by the Gloria Patri and the Canticles. But there have been changes in how the Old Testament appears in Anglican public worship. One is quantity.
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from Rorate Caeli
International Traditional Catholic Web Log
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was born exactly years ago, on December 11, 1918, one year after the October Revolution, in a nation in civil war. In the end of the 20th century, and first decades of the new one, the same mistake that paved the way in the mighty Russian Empire in the end of the 19th century, and first decades of the new one: a rejection of good CONSERVATISM, a "slavery to Progressive quirks." Solzhenitsyn was a prophet for our times.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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