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Elizabeth Nolan Brown
| Sep 25, 2013
Renowned 19th-century frontiersman Davey Crockett is perhaps best remembered today for his heroic exploits in the Texas Revolution, a war in which he gave his life at the Battle of the Alamo. However, another less-remembered anecdote from his legendary life has…
For much of this year, the left has contended that America no longer has a spending problem, citing a shrinking deficit for 2013. However, in the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released last week, CBO Director Doug Elmendorf blew…
WASHINGTON — The clove cigarette has become something of a cliche. With its dark wrapper and strong, peculiar — and, to many, sickening — smell, it’s best known as the prop de rigueur of sullen, artistic-leaning college kids and people…