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A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that a law calling for “minority-owned” companies to receive 5 percent of defense contract dollars is unconstitutional because there isn’t enough proof the Pentagon has been discriminating against such firms in awarding contracts.

Winning football and winning politics

We’re witnessing a disturbing trend for my political party of choice, and that trend manifested itself in a significant way this past Tuesday.

Paying more for their own health care

It’s a revealing measure of Nevada’s fiscal malaise that state workers will finally be asked to share in the sacrifice — and have offered little resistance.

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GOP reform

In the wake of Tuesday’s election, some will argue that voters have rejected Republican principles of limited government and fiscal conservatism.

More ‘bread and circuses’?

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she hopes Congress can return this month to stage another porkfest to “help” Americans hurt by the slumping economy as a down payment on a bigger porkfest and handout package next year.

Window of opportunity

You probably expect me to gloat today, to revel in the Democratic ascendancy and rejoice in the diminution of the Republican Party.

Foul-mouthed Big Bird?

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the First Amendment’s free-speech protections apply to television shows children might be watching.

A country moving left?

Tuesday’s Democratic tsunami represented a sweeping repudiation of the Republican Party. Some of the party’s ideas and policy priorities, on the other hand, fared much better.

A time of transition — political and personal

Four years ago, Democrats gathered at the Brasilia Ballroom in the Rio erupted in cheers halfway through Election Night when Pennsylvania went to John Kerry.