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Freedom Works’ Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe, who have been heavily involved in the Tea Party movement, issued a funny little rejoinder today to David Brooks’ contention last week that Tea Partyistas are a mirror version of New Left radicals of the ’60s. Here’s most of it: [T]his decentralized grass-roots network has little in common with the New Left. It is rooted in the American traditions of individual freedom and constitutional limits on government power, and looks “anti-establishment” only because the political establishment ignores these principles.

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Mr. Brooks, Meet Mr. Smith

Writing at The Daily Beast , Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Edmund Morris responds to the news that President Barack Obama is currently reading one of his books about Theodore Roosevelt. Love him or hate him, there’s no denying that Roosevelt was a man of action and a gifted political operator.

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Mr. President, You’re No Theodore Roosevelt

Earmark reform is all the rage for the minute in D.C.

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As Congress Gets Set to Yap & Maybe Even Ban Some Earmarks, Check Out Where DC Insiders Party on Your Dime

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Matt Welch and Steven Greenhut on Stossel, Talking About Public Sector Unions, Pensions, and California

From our April issue, Anthony Randazzo explains why the White House’s claims that the economy is on the mend don’t add up.

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New at Reason: Anthony Randazzo on the Myth of the Recovery

Climategate and glaciergate have set off a firestorm of criticism against the less-than-transparent Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change. Bowing to public pressure, the IPCC is now seeking an independent review of it procedures by the InterAcademy Council. The IAC is the umbrella organization for various national academies of science from countries around the world.

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Independent Review of U.N. Climate Panel Set

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Recently at Reason.tv: Pork Party House: Where DC insiders go for tax-subsidized fun!

The Sunshine Review, a wiki non-profit that promotes proactive disclosure from state and local governments on their websites, has posted its annual review of 5,000 state, city, county, and school district sites.

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Top Government Websites for Transparency

There seems to be growing optimism among some Republicans that if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finagles the votes to pass Obamacare, the GOP triumphantly will sweep into power and immediately repeal it.

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New at Reason: David Harsanyi on the GOP Repealing ObamaCare