As soon as the elections are over, Congressional leaders are planning to have a “break the bank” party. On top of the $700 billion bailout that unfortunately both Republicans and Democrats supported, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plan to call Congress back into a “lame duck” session in mid-November to pass a $300 billion “stimulus” package. The attitude seems to be, what’s $300 billion for “Main Street” after we just approved $700 billion for Wall…

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Today in the WaPo we see that plans by the University of Chicago to establish a research institute named after the late Nobel prize-winning economist (and U. of Chicago alum) Milton Friedman has caused a bit of an outcry from the leftist professor crowd that typically congregates at exclusive and elite universities like U. of Chicago.  That in itself is not a surprise, nor is it as absurd as statements made by some of the folks who helped draft and circulate a petition…

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