Ed Feulner

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  Jul 17, 2015

  Ronald Reagan's Tax-Cutting Legacy

  President Reagan had a gift for proving his critics wrong. Almost none of the leading economists of the late 1970s thought that his supply-side tax-cutting agenda, along with stable monetary policy and deregulation, could revive the U.S. economy.

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  May 5, 2015

  The Fallout of a Bad Deal With Iran

  Ever since 9/11, whenever Americans seem especially polarized over a controversial issue, you'll hear pundits recall how united we'd became in the aftermath of that vicious attack. Why, they ask, can't we be like that again?

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  Apr 10, 2015

  Getting the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Right

  "They won't go to Indiana, but they will go to Saudi Arabia." That's Carly Fiorina speaking about Apple CEO Tim Cook and his well-publicized opposition to Indiana's religious-freedom law.

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  Apr 1, 2015

  Protecting the First Amendment and Muzzling the Marketplace of Ideas

  "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech." The words of the First Amendment couldn't be plainer. Yet more than two centuries after the Bill of Rights was written, they remain the subject of fierce debate.

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  Dec 6, 2014

  Why Gasoline Prices Are Down and How to Keep Them Low

  If you're like most Americans, you haven't been questioning the welcome drop in gasoline prices. You just fill 'er up and feel grateful that you're spending less.

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  Oct 4, 2014

  Our Great Charter of Liberty

  When July 4 rolls around, there's no mistaking it. There are fireworks, parades and other patriotic tributes to our Declaration of Independence. But if you're like most Americans, September 17 comes and goes without any fanfare.

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  Sep 16, 2014

  Isolating the Islamic State

  It's good to see President Obama move beyond the "we don't have a strategy yet" phase in the fight against the Islamic State.

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  Aug 7, 2014

  Economic Indicators: Our National GPS Device

  You've no doubt seen those polls where Americans are asked if they think our country is heading in the right direction. Perhaps you've even been asked that yourself.

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  Jul 8, 2014

  Assessing the Great Society

  As ambitious government programs go, it's hard to top the "Great Society," which recently marked its 50th anniversary. President Lyndon Johnson, after all, vowed "to give every citizen an escape from the crushing weight of poverty."

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  Jun 12, 2014

  A Costly Way to Limit Free Speech

  Imagine if Congress passed and the president signed a law making it a crime to utter "false, scandalous and malicious" statements "against the government." Think that would violate your right to free speech?