Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Threatens to Veto Bill to Ban Dismemberment Abortions

(Hat tip: KimR) - Abortion activists in Pennsylvania are putting up a fight against a new bill to ban painful late-term abortions and gruesome dismemberment abortion procedures in the state. Pennsylvania House Bill 1948, sponsored by state Rep. Kathy Rapp, would ban brutal dismemberment abortions that tear unborn babies limb from limb and prohibit abortions after 20 weeks when unborn babies can feel pain. Read more at LifeNews Read More......

Barone: Free Market, Not Government Policy, Drives Energy Boom

MICHAEL BARONE: In contrast to the marginal effects of much ballyhooed public policies, there has been a huge breakthrough in energy production in the past couple of years. Read more at Townhall...

There is a lesson here for public policy generally, including health care. No centralized government expert predicted the vast expansion in energy supply from hydraulic fracking. It was produced by decentralized specialists in firms subject to market competition.

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Santorum's resurrection

WASHINGTON POST, 12/9/2009 by Kathleen Parker (Hat tip: John H. Detweiler) - Is Rick Santorum running for president of the United States, or isn't he? ∴ I caught him by phone on a people mover at Dulles Airport and posed the question: He's not running, then again, he's not NOT running. ∴ En route to South Carolina on Tuesday to stump for gubernatorial candidate and Republican Rep. Gresham Barrett, Santorum wasn't being cagey, just practical. Whether the former Pennsylvania senator can raise the millions needed for a presidential bid remains to be seen. ∴ In the meantime, he has some things to say. For starters: "I have no great burning desire to be president, but I have a burning desire to have a different president of the United States." ∴ Santorum doesn't see anyone in his party who energizes the three legs of the stool, as Ronald Reagan described the Republican issue clusters -- the economy, national security and social conservatism. Read more at the Washington Post... Read More......