Nathan W Tucker
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A RENDEZVOUS WITH REALITY
Though the media constantly refers to the looming tax hikes and spending cuts at the end of the year as the fiscal cliff, the reality...
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BRANSTAD’S SOLYNDRAS
Central planning is no more successful when practiced by democratic elites managing a mixed economy than by socialists in a communist dictatorship. At least...
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A FAIR-WEATHERED KING
In what can only be described as an act of political cowardice, Iowa’s most conservative member of Congress embraced an activist decision by the U.S....
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LET DETROIT GO BANKRUPT
President Obama gives businesses federal loan guarantees before they declare bankruptcy, while Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney wants to give them the loans after they’ve...
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A CAREER OF ACTIVISM
In the debate over the upcoming judicial retention vote in Iowa, defenders of Justice Wiggins argue that his judicial career shouldn’t be decided solely by...
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GETTING A FAIR SHARE
In his closing remarks during last week’s presidential debate, President Obama candidly described America as a place where “everybody’s getting a fair shot. And...
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JUDICIAL RANTS
In its 2009 Varnum decision, a unanimous Iowa Supreme Court discovered a right to gay marriage in the state’s constitution. Disgusted, two years ago Iowa...
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ELECTIVE MONARCHY
“The contest, for all ages, has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power,” warned Daniel Webster. “Through all this history of the...
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No You Can’t
The government born of that Constitution was one of limited, enumerated powers, almost none of which concerned domestic policies. Having just fought a revolutionary...
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ELECTING SANTA CLAUS
Political elections are like picking Santa Claus, except that politicians, unlike St. Nick, only give away other people’s toys. We all get in line...
