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April 19, 2010 by Byron York Back when Barack Obama was pushing for a public option in the new national healthcare system, he raised eyebrows with an out-of-nowhere remark about the U.S. Postal Service. It happened last August at a town hall in Colorado. Obama claimed Americans shouldn’t be afraid of a government insurance company [...]

April 20, 2010   by Mike Gallagher I just finished reading Frank Rich’s column in the New York Times. I don’t know why I read his weekly rants against conservatism in the Sunday Times. I mean, I often wonder why liberals who don’t like my radio show, or me keep listening and calling and writing [...]

By Cal Thomas (Archive) · Tuesday, April 20, 2010 “I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration, somehow you’re not patriotic, and we should stand up and say, ‘We are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration.’” Was [...]

By Michael Gerson (Archive) · Tuesday, April 20, 2010 WASHINGTON — When Arizona’s bitter Republican primary election arrives in August, it is likely to be 102 degrees in the shade, of which there is little. It is the kind of weather in which only the hearty and highly motivated venture outdoors — Gila monsters and [...]

Apr 20, 2010 By Steve McCann With the current and projected level of unsustainable spending and the determination to control the day-to-day activities of the American people, the Obama administration and the Democrats in Congress will do anything to expand revenue to the Treasury, the consequences (unintended or otherwise) be damned. The United States under [...]

By MERRILL MATTHEWS Posted 04/19/2010 06:46 PM ET Democrats claim their newly passed health insurance reform will eventually provide health coverage for more than 30 million uninsured people. Don’t bet on it. The key to achieving that goal, Democrats believe — along with expanding Medicaid and subsidies for buying coverage — is the individual mandate, which [...]

Posted 04/19/2010 06:58 PM ET Iran: A leaked memo from the defense secretary reveals the administration has no alternatives to stop Iran’s nuclear push if “soft power” fails. This should be a wake-up call, but we continue snoozing toward Armageddon. President Obama campaigned on the notion that not talking to tyrants was not an option [...]

Posted 04/19/2010 06:58 PM ET Financial Reform: It may well be that Goldman Sachs is guilty of what it’s been charged with. But no one will know until the law takes its course. We do think, however, that the timing of the charges is highly suspect. Was it just a fluke that SEC charges against [...]