The administration, as Corner readers are well aware, has decided to require religious institutions that offer insurance to cover contraception, sterilization, and abortifacients, whether or not they object to covering them. Churches would be exempt but not, for example, Catholic universities or hospitals. Earlier today Kathryn noted that Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.)...

But isn’t that what they all say? In one of my earliest posts here at Wizbang I speculated that it would greatly benefit the eventual nominee to tap Rubio or perhaps Allen West as a running mate. Today, in an interview with Fox News, Marco Rubio said that he’s not interested in being Vice...

  Last week, Mitt Romney told CNBC’s Larry Kudlow that he is drafting “phase two” of his tax-reform plan. “Phase two is to broaden the base,” Romney said. “That means get rid of deductions and exemptions and loopholes and bring down the rates, the way Bowles-Simpson did.” Keep reading this post . ....

Barack Obama’s avalanche of needless regulations on coal-fueled power plants are going into effect and the net result will be the closing of hundreds of power plants all across the country just when our need for power is increasing. This will absolutely necessitate the cost of our power to skyrocket. But, this is exactly...

The U.S. is starting to feel a lot like Europe, where the peasant mindset of a limited good (i.e., any dollar you create is a dollar taken from someone more deserving) reigns, and the technocracy struggles to manage the economy and keep funding its redistributive social services. We see plenty of reminders that...

Wait, now we're voting pragmatically? Oh and then you get to hear "Judge" Napolitano bloviate for Ron Paul. Let's listen to "the Judge." He's right on so many things. After all, he was a trial judge and stuff. Only a...

Is austerity about to catch up with the US economy just as the recovery is taking the hold.

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Mitt Romney will win Florida tonight. The victory is already locked in. Early voting, etc. have helped. Here’s what I’m looking for in Florida. The margin of victory by Romney. Polling has Romney between 10 and 12 points ahead. So if he is 9 points ahead or less, given that he has one...