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For a brief moment, all people, young and old, rich and poor, blended together to talk about music, the basketball game, or anything else that was on their mind. 2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZBill Tatro

Some of the responses to my column last week, titled "Immoral Beyond Redemption," prove that Americans have been hoodwinked by Congress. Some readers protested my counting Social Security among government handout programs that can be described as Congress' taking what belongs to one American and giving to another, to whom it doesn't belong -- legalized theft.2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZWalter E. Williams

Last week the voters decisively vindicated Gov. Scott Walker. America also saw overwhelming referenda victories over runaway public pension costs in San Diego and San Jose. America, finally, may be seeing daylight at the end of the tunnel of $3 trillion in unfunded state and local pension liabilities.2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZRalph Benko

The last thing the North wants is to provoke an exchange of fire when the US-South Korean forces are at high readiness. The North can do damage, but will lose every such encounter… by a large margin. 2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZNight Watch

Any day now, the U.S. Supreme will rule on whether the Obamacare insurance mandate is constitutional. Seems like a no-brainer to me. How can forcing me to engage in commerce be constitutional?2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZJohn Stossel

During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames.2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZMichelle Malkin

The nation's health care insurers are anxiously awaiting the Court's ruling. These firms tacitly agreed to caps on their profit margins in exchange for the chance to serve many more customers. 2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZDavid Sterman

Creepy atmospheric music aside, the federal government truly has crossed a threshold which in most people’s wildest dreams would never have appeared on the horizon, even in this administration.2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZLincoln Brown

This is a shift in the position of Europe's creditor nations, particularly Germany. Berlin has realized that it has no choice but to fund this and other bailouts.2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZGeorge Friedman

Vincent Gray, who is the mayor of Washington, D.C., which has some of the worst public schools in America, has an idea he believes will improve them: Keep children there longer.2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZTerry Jeffrey

Last month, when President Obama finally endorsed gay marriage after years of equivocation, he emphasized that he still thinks states should be free to address the issue as they see fit. Since many voters strongly oppose gay marriage, it is clear why Obama advocates a federalist approach to the question. But it is not clear that he logically can2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZJacob Sullum

If there are 27 million small business owners and 23% have not received any pay for a year, there are 6.21 million business owners who received no paycheck for at least a year. 2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZMike Shedlock

Art Laffer and Steve Moore investigate Obama’s claim in today’s Wall Street Journal. 2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZDaniel J. Mitchell

Parenting is tougher than it used to be. And if California is any indication, parents may soon have to fight for the right to exercise any influence--not to mention authority--over their children's sexual behaviors. 2012-06-13T00:01:00-04:002012-06-13T13:40:04ZRebecca Hagelin

WASHINGTON - President Obama's belief that "the private sector is doing fine" ranks as the most uninformed statement on the struggling American economy to date.2012-06-12T16:18:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZDonald Lambro

Every vote in Congress can be viewed as an opportunity to either increase liberty or increase government. Right now, the Senate appears poised to choose the latter as they prepare to vote on the 2012 Farm Bill.2012-06-12T14:23:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZTownhall.com Staff

The eyes of the nation are watching and waiting to see how the infamous George Zimmerman—Trayvon Martin “Stand Your Ground” case will play out in the courts. But hold on, this is not the only example of where Florida is in the “stand your ground” business. 2012-06-12T14:07:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZBill Bunkley

Twenty-five years after President Ronald Reagan delivered his Brandenburg Gate speech, debate persists over the meaning and true impact of his words that day. Conservatives, including former Secretary of State James Baker, described the June 17, 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate as a “historic challenge.” Its historical resonance has escaped Reagan’s detractors then and now.

The English-teacher son of a Pulitzer Prize winner gave a much-ballyhooed commencement speech recently to students graduating from an American high school that one might categorize as privileged. 2012-06-12T12:25:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZRachel Marsden

Every American high school student knows, or should know, that President Ronald Reagan went to the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on this date in 1987. The President said: “If you seek liberalization, open this gate…Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”2012-06-12T11:38:00-04:002012-06-12T22:40:02ZKen Blackwell