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Obama’s Plan to Admit Mexican Trucks

It is amazing that, with unemployment unacceptably high, the Obama administration has endorsed a plan that will cost U.S. jobs and make highway driving for Americans more dangerous and less pleasant. Barack Obama wants to admit Mexican trucks to drive on all U.S. highways and roads. Todd Spencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent [...]

Pete Michaud: Is Your Face Real?

“Is your patch real?” My eye patch is a conversation piece. Many people ask about it, a lot assume it’s either fake or temporary (it’s neither). “Do I need it?” some ask. Some people reflexively yell “Yarrr!!” at the sight of me, like their ancestors evolved some pirate instinct that preserved their genes from pillaging [...]

Pete Michaud on Fear and Freedom

by Pete Michaud When I first moved to Jacksonville at 18 years old, I lived in a Riverside duplex shared with a woman who insisted on using 4-ply toilet paper. It would block the 80-year-old plumbing at least every two weeks. Mike, the landlord’s plumber, would make the trek from Baldwin every time it happened, [...]

Cheers for Repeal of ObamaCare

The U.S. House did what its candidates had promised and the voters expected: The House passed 245 to 189 a repeal of ObamaCare, the centerpiece of socialism. Three Democrats joined every single Republican, with Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Steve King, R-Iowa, spearheading the charge. According to public opinion polls, support for repeal remains strong among [...]