Katie Kieffer, Townhall: Renowned economist Henry Hazlitt writes in Economics in One Lesson: “The most frequent [economic] fallacy by far today … is to concentrate on the short-run effects of policies on special groups and to ignore or belittle the long-run effects on the community as a whole.” He continues: “In the eyes of most congressmen the farmers simply cannot get enough credit.” But this ends up hurting the society

Okay.  Let’s work through this: “It’s a problem. There is no doubt about that,” [Senator John] McCain [R-failed presidential candidate and megalomaniac] said on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” when asked about the impact of  [Todd] Akin’s remarks on the Republican presidential ticket. “Mr. Akin should recognize having the nomination of your party is a privilege and if you abuse that then you are not eligible to keep it. What he

CNS: The federal government’s debt could hit an unprecedented $16 trillion this week while the Republican Party is holding its national convention in Tampa, Fla. On Monday afternoon, at the opening of the convention. the Republicans will try to draw attention to the mounting debt by unveiling a debt clock in the Tampa Bay Times Forum, where the convention will be held. At an event in Waterloo, Iowa, earlier this