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Those Super Heroes Thu Nov 10Jackie Gingrich CushmanI'm going to take the opportunity this week to write a letter of thanks, to our veterans. ... more
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Larry Elder"He's got it coming to him," said Ben Bradlee, former editor of The Washington Post. "You can't do that in this town anymore. Probably could do it 50 years ago, but you can't do it now." ... more
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Poltics of Personal Destruction II Tue Nov 8Cal ThomasThe politics of personal destruction is nothing new. It has been around from the beginning of the country when worse things were said about presidents and presidential candidates than have been alleged against Herman Cain. ... more
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Michael BaroneWashington was all a-Twitter (literally) Monday over Politico's story about the sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain -- and about Cain's serial self-contradictions. ... more
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Drop the Immigration Distraction Wed Nov 2Michael MedvedWith Rick Perry suddenly pushing a flat tax and Herman Cain substantively revising his popular 9-9-9 revenue plan, GOP candidates may finally refocus their feverish, fatuous immigration obsession, dropping an issue emphasis that’s destructive, distracting, demented and downright dumb. ... more
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Another 'Borking?' Tue Nov 1Mona CharenIt has the feel of an ambush -- this sexual harassment story involving Herman Cain. ... more
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Massaging the News for the Masses Tue Nov 1Robert KnightLiberal press bias has been so stark and the lying by omission so blatant that it's time to take stock again. ... more
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David CortmanNearly every week, I come across an article where parents in some community are in an uproar over school districts promoting inappropriate sexual materials to our kids. Whether it’s related to homosexual behavior or other age-inappropriate sexual issues, there seem be school districts across the land intent on sexualizing our kids. ... more
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Christians Need Not Apply Wed Oct 26David CortmanSo how exactly do we move from a nation whose founders and first public servants included many Christians, to a place where Christians are no longer fit to participate in public life? Because if the “Freedom From Religion Foundation” (FFRF) has their way, that’s exactly what our country will look like. ... more
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Is Collectivism Moral Wed Oct 26Susan BrownBritish author Graham Greene so aptly wrote in his novel "The Power and the Glory," "There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in." Rather than one moment, for me, it was a collection of moments growing up in a home in which my folks did not divvy out weekly allowances unless they were earned, and encouraged us to attend college but did not pay the bill. ... more
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School Competition Rescues Kids Wed Oct 26John StosselFor years, American education from kindergarten through high school has been a virtual government monopoly. ... more
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The Media and 'Bullying' Tue Oct 25Thomas SowellThe current media and political crusade against "bullying" in schools seems likewise to be based on what groups are in vogue at the moment. ... more
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The High Costs of Marriage Absence Tue Oct 25Phyllis SchlaflyMost Americans are unaware that about $700 billion a year of federal taxpayers' money is handed out to non-taxpayers who are allegedly below the poverty line (in addition to $250 billion a year given out by the states). ... more
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Bow to god of 'tolerance' or else Mon Oct 24Byron BabioneIn New Jersey, the Township of Union Public School District has suspended a special education teacher named Vicki Knox because she sat in her own home, on her own computer, and expressed her Christian faith on her personal Facebook page. ... more
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Occupy Hollywood Not Wall Street Mon Oct 24Lurita DoanAs Americans watch the misguided Occupy Wall Street protesters continue to press their disjointed, anti-capitalist, anti-American message, it seems that it might be time for a counter effort aimed at Hollywood. ... more
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Doug GilesBlameshifting, according to success expert Stephen Covey, is a key habit to being a hobbled and broke Occupy Occupuss. The other day I saw a trust fund baby Columbia grad at an OWS rally blathering about how Wall Street was “oppressing” him, and I’m sitting there thinking, “Yeah, sure. It’s Wall Street’s fault you can’t find gainful employment. ... more
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Michael YoussefThe clearest answer comes from a statement reputedly made by President Harry Truman during his 1948 Presidential election campaign. ... more
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#OccupyOakland Protestors Threaten Reporters Thu Oct 20OaklandYou see - corporations should be transparent but not their protest. ... more
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Too steep a price for Shalit's release Wed Oct 19Jeff JacobyMANY ISRAELIS, and many friends of Israel in the West, think there is something to be admired in thelopsided deal that will free more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners -- including hundreds of terrorists serving life sentences for murder -- in exchange for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier abducted by Hamas in 2006 and held virtually incommunicado ever since. ... more
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A Green Whitewash Wed Oct 19Brent BozellWalter Cronkite's longtime producer Leslie Midgley once wrote that, "News is what an editor decides it is." News today is what TV producers decide can help President Obama. News that hurts isn't news at all. ... more
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America's Orwellian Liberalism Tue Oct 18Marvin FolkertsmaThe ink was barely dry on the asterisk in Jimmy Hoffa Jr.’s rant about taking out those “sons-of-b*tches”—referring to Tea Party members—when the vice president made his own contribution at a Labor Day rally. “This is a fight for the existence of organized labor,” the veep shouted. “You are the only ones who can stop the barbarians at the gate!” And the diatribes have continued, with the establishment of a website designed to track unfair comments made by those who, in President Obama’s words, want to “cripple” America. Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ snippet about telling the Tea Party to “Go to H*ll!” (that pesky asterisk again ... more
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Playing the 'Greed' Card Tue Oct 18Bill Murchison"The protest against corporate greed born last month on New York's Wall Street spread across the world Saturday," according to The Los Angeles Times. But hold on! The Times is engaged in a question-begging exercise -- one with tendencies that deserve to be, but certainly won't be, shut down promptly. ... more
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What Makes a Great Teacher? Mon Oct 17Paul GreenbergWhat makes a great teacher? You might as well ask what makes a great artist. ... more
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Janet MefferdMichele Bachmann was the Christian “bigot” of July, and now it’s October. So evidently, we now need the media to be outraged about another Christian position that isn’t news and was perpetrated by the newest “bigot” – Dr. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas. ... more
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How America Fell Mon Oct 10Mike AdamsI suppose the fall of America could best be traced to a failure to grasp one simple idea; namely, that ideas have consequences. Of course, that also means that bad ideas have very bad consequences. ... more
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