A Seattle police patrolman working by himself in the hours before dawn ended a massive and frantic manhunt for alleged cop killer Maurice Clemmons on Tuesday,
The officer shot and killed Clemmons, wanted for gunning down four Lakewood cops, as he fled [...]

The Patriot New ran in an article on property tax "relief" the day after Thanksgiving, giving homeowners a reason not to be thankful.
The governor's dream to make Pennsylvania a gambling state has come true, but it has failed to live up to its much-hyped solution to end the ever-burdensome [...]

In a breathtakingly tight argument, Chris Matthews corners Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin, who has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., from receiving Holy Communion due to his views on abortion.
Because here’s the moral hypocrisy at the heart of the Church’s abortion position: If it’s really and truly murder, you’re talking [...]
Bucks County Congressman Patrick Murphy will recieve his New Frontier Award from the Harvard University Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation this afternoon.
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ATR has a new report on state tax trends. In addition to a roundup of state tax changes, the new report highlights trends with policy implications.
While we pointed out previously that residents are fleeing high-tax states to low-tax states, ATR's analysis also finds [...]
Iran, technology, and revolution will Twitter and the Internet will be the 21st century version of the 19th century telegraph
Michael Rubin senior editor at the Middle East Forum offers some insights into the most formidable Iran.
Michael Rubin co-authored Eternal Iran with Patrick Clawson.
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Patrick Barron intuits a kind of FDR Keynesian influence in this WSJ article. I find Pat’s analysis to be original and stimulating and an antidote to mainstream media’s Big Government pseudo-Keynesian lockstep Group Think.
Drop in Natural Gas Prices Deflates South Texas (WSJ Online, 17Oct09)
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One man is in custody and another man is at large after a burglary in the North End over the weekend.
Ofc. Jeff Murray was on routine patrol along the 100 block of East Market Street at around 05:17 Sunday morning when he spotted two men, Joseph Dominic Sims, 20, [...]