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Enough people have offered enough broad analysis of Monday's Republican debate in South Carolina. I'll have further thoughts on one particular policy question which arose, but wanted to offer just a brief comment on the debate overall. The first few mi… more »

I'll be doing the work of two men today as I guest host the Caplis & Silverman show on Talk Radio 630 KHOW (in Denver) from 3 PM to 6 PM today (Monday, Jan 16.) Please listen in and feel free to join the conversation by calling the station at 303 7… more »

For the past week, it's been all the rage among pundits across the political spectrum. No, not wondering whether First Lady Michelle Obama is indeed an "angry black woman" but rather pontificating on whether former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is… more »

Late Tuesday night, after finishing fourth in the New Hampshire primary, former Speaker of the House and current Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich offered some remarks in which he tried, subtly, to say that he supports entrepreneurship and… more »

Don Boudreaux has written a couple of must-read notes aiming to quash common economic misconceptions: More Morici mistakes. Don http://www.cafehayek.com/ 5 January 2012 Prof. Peter Morici Smith School of Business University of Maryland College… more »

Over at the National Journal web site, experts in education have offered a range of opinions about the 10th anniversary of George W. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" law. They're quite interesting, but not surprisingly my favorite opinion is that of my fri… more »

Two new reports from Gallup have perhaps the best news for Mitt Romney of this campaign season. For the first time, Romney's support among Republicans nationwide has reached or exceeded 30 percent, breaking through the 25-percent "barrier" that has bee… more »

I've never seen a baseball player get three strikes on one pitch, but former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich just accomplished the political equivalent. During a Sunday morning Republican debate in New Hampshire, Gingrich suggested that a Super PAC s… more »

Some important political information and analysis from Quin Hillyer (and Jennifer Rubin), wondering aloud if Newt Gingrich recently admitted being in violation of federal election law: http://spectator.org/blog/2012/01/09/did-gingrich-break-the-law more »

In Saturday's Republican debate in New Hampshire, Texas Governor Rick Perry said, as he has in the past, that he would "send troops back into Iraq" to prevent Iranian dominance in Iraq from effectively wasting the blood and treasure which America sacrif… more »