FreedomTalks

The editors at NRO point out that, although John McCain seems to have stated opposition to anything that resembles a mortgage bailout (in my view, correctly), it increasingly appears that he wants to effect a plan that is, well, a bailout.
[W]hat McCain said last week is disturbing. He proposed something he calls the HOME plan, […]

There have been a number of folks—not least the lawyers at Google—worrying that the potential Microsoft/Yahoo merger might reduce competition, or give consumers fewer choices, or just plan be bad for the internet (whatever that means). Basically, these are all code-words for antitrust concerns. Now, as a card-carrying antitrust skeptic (for more, see […]

We all knew what was coming, and we all gathered round next to the TV here at the end of Blogger’s Row to watch Romney bow out of the GOP race. I stood next to Julian Sanchez, who’s blogging the convention for The Economist, and in front of Flip Romney — the guy in […]

The New Hampshire presidential primary is today, and our own Dick Armey weighs in on one of the candidates, Mike Huckabee, at RealClearPolitics. Here’s a sample:
Fiscal conservatives have spilled gallons of ink decrying his record, and for good reason. Yet the social conservatives who support him should be concerned as well, for Huckabee undermines the […]

Our members in North Carolina gathered to ask three important questions about the death tax, retirement security and global warming. I will post the other two later today or next week.

The National Center for Policy Analysis recently began a new website about Michael Moore’s movie Sicko.
It details some of the inaccuracies in the movie.
Check it out!

Yesterday, the House overwhelmingly voted in favor of the Pence-Hensarling-Flake Amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill.
This amendment will rescind the right of the FCC to enforce the Fairness Doctrine, the inherently unfair, archaic legislation, whose reinstitution is being discussed by the left.
In a brief, sparkling moment in a life of dim-wittedness, […]

Today, Ohio’s House passed SB 117, the cable choice bill. Now, Ohioans will be able to benefit from cable compeititon. Also, similar legislation has been successful in other states, such as Indiana and Michigan.
Here is a story from the Aaron Marshall Plain Dealer Bureau:
Columbus - Giants in the pay-TV business could sell their video services […]

In a recent blog about Al Gore’s new book, “The Assault on Reason,” Brent Bozell III takes aim the former VP’s hypocrisy:
Time magazine highlighted Gore’s excerpt with this sentence: “The world of television … makes it virtually impossible for individuals to take part in what passes for a national conversation.” How ironic. Isn’t […]

FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey will be a guest on Fox’s Fox and Friends Wednesday morning at approximately 7:10 AM Eastern. Armey will discuss FreedomWorks, how to bring the GOP back, and take a quick look at the 2008 presidential field.