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Andrew Sumereau
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January 3, 2019
A wall everybody will loveThe shutdown is worth it if only to delight in the spectacle of listening to Schumer and Pelosi decry the "waste of money" that Trump's wall will occasion. Chuck and Nancy love wasting money. It is what t...
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December 14, 2018
More offensive holiday songsThanks to the good people at Star102 FM in Cleveland, I have developed a new awareness of offensive holiday songs. May I suggest the following be removed from radio playlists, record collections, libraries, and cozy dens across the nation ...
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April 9, 2016
Bernie Sanders Defeats the Globetrotters?Forget Villanova – the biggest winners in basketball are, and always will be, the Harlem Globetrotters. Definitive statistics are elusive, but the latest ESPN tally I found has the Harlem Globetrotters beating their longtime rivals, the W...
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February 16, 2013
Of Carnival Triumph, Media, and LawyersDid you see all those body bags leaving the tortured Carnival Cruise ship Triumph in the news reports? No? How about the long lines of grieving family members lamenting the devastating loss of life? No? Never mind. The facts are plain. The Triumph di...
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August 9, 2012
Mitt's Cayman Island GiftMitt Romney seems to have reflexively winced with embarrassment at the questions about his perfectly logical finance and tax decisions. Understandable. Of course, the subject of his wealth precedes not-so-veiled attacks coming from an unf...
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February 28, 2012
Catholics Need Not Apply?Whether Rick Santorum survives the rest of the campaign or not, one fact has become abundantly clear: a presidential candidate may not display any degree of religious sincerity regarding the practice of his faith without a ferocious assault from the ...
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September 17, 2010
'Distaste for Popery' New York Times StyleWhere to find the "blunder-prone spiritual leader of rigid intellect and uncommunicative soul"? Why, in today's New York Times! Where a remarkable hit piece by someone named Roger Cohen appeared today. His commentary on Pope Benedict'...
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August 3, 2010
Neil Armstrong, Eighty This Week. An AppreciationFor over half of his life now, Neil Armstrong has gracefully enjoyed and endured the appellation "First Man on the Moon." And, although his popularity is currently way below the likes of Lady Gaga (whoever that is), it can be reasonably arg...
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September 29, 2009
Eisenhower and Afghanistan"I believe there is only one thing to do when you go into this kind of thing. It must be a success." So former President Dwight David Eisenhower admonished President Kennedy at Camp David after the Bay of Pigs fiasco. The time was spr...
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August 30, 2009
Kennedy Without TearsThe vast outpouring of Obama worship flowing from screen and press this past year should surely produce a feeling of unease if not disgust to a people and a country that boast of having kicked out royalty to gain independence. The nauseating output o...
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August 21, 2009
Introducing the Tenth AmendmentAs gratifying as the results of the popular uproar over Obama-Care have been, so too, distressing has been the level and substance of arguments used by a populace on the right side of things. Town Hall Meeting cries of "I want my country back!...
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May 24, 2009
Understanding BenedictJohn Paul II, aside from his legacy as religious leader, is largely and correctly considered one of the political giants of the twentieth century. It is not too much to say that the Polish Pope, together with Ronald Reagan, changed the political hist...
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April 11, 2009
The Cock Crows at Notre DameBetrayal is not too strong a word to describe the actions of Notre Dame in inviting President Barack Obama to speak and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from the university. This betrayal explains why normally docile Catholics have been stir...
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March 18, 2009
Barney Frank to Resign?Rarely has Representative Barney Frank made more sense. The clueless Frank made a strong case for his removal from office with self-damning remarks about "incompetence" and "human nature being what it is, people have more inrerest in c...
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February 23, 2009
Real RacismAnyone who has been awake for the last twenty-five years should know that the uniquely institutional American sin of racism has long been a thing of the past. From our new President's election, to the phenomenal success of Oprah Winfrey and Tiger Woo...
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January 21, 2009
Ponzi Needs A StimulusThere is little doubt that if Bernie Madoff had dropped dead in late November he would have been eulogized as a great man. A respected and successful businessman, a noted philanthropist, and generous benefactor of multiple charitable and education in...
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November 23, 2008
How the NYT Could Save ItselfIt is biased, elitist, and pretentious. It is filled with errors, omissions and distortions. Yes, The New York Times is all this and worse, and I fully understand the glee with which its critics view its coming demise. But like many things in this li...
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September 30, 2008
Pledging Allegiance to 'the Economy'Lost in the debate over "bailouts" and "rescue packages" and "infusions of liquidity" is any concern about the proper role of the federal government as delegated and enumerated by the law of the land, the Constitution. O...
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June 15, 2008
McCain and the Bitter ConservativesJohn McCain is clearly the preferable option for conservative voters come November. Although liberal in his views toward immigration, government intrusion in free speech, environmental issues, campaign finance reform, health care, education mandates,...
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May 24, 2008
Hillary 'Pride of the Yankees'Much fun was had at the expense of Hillary Rodham Clinton when she pulled her New York Yankee cap out of her carpetbag on route to the office of Senator from New York. Besides looking silly in cap and pantsuit, the Illinois native had long bragged ab...
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May 9, 2008
Why Hillary Won't QuitAs the Clinton campaign ramps up for the battle in West Virginia it is amusing to see the chagrined liberal media questioning why. Doesn't she get it? It is pathetic. The new savior has arrived and the end of the Clinton years has come at last! Why d...
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February 10, 2008
Clinton AmnesiaA form of collective amnesia, powered by media bent on forgetting inconvenient truths, continues to shield the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. Despite setbacks and surprising obstacles to the cause of the inevitable one, the Clinton Teflon retained its...
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December 15, 2007
Sinatra: An American VoiceWASHINGTON - Ol' Blue Eyes will get his own postage stamp next spring. The stamp commemorating Frank Sinatra was announced Wednesday by Postmaster General John Potter, who called the crooner "an extraordinary entertainer whose life an...
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November 30, 2007
Reply to Matt MayWith all due respect to Matthew May, with whom I usually agree, his arguments in his interesting article of today, "You Play to Win the Game", must be answered."The prospect of Rudy Giuliani becoming the standard-bearer of the Republic...
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November 17, 2007
The LA Times instructs Benedict XVITestem Benevolentiae Nostrae is the name of a Papal encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, issued in 1899. The encyclical concerned the then burning issue of something called Americanism or American particularism, which grew from a movement of ninteenth centur...
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March 31, 2007
Vietnam and IraqBen Voth today makes some excellent points about the parallels between the current political situation and that of the Vietnam War over thirty years ago.But as I spelled out two years ago in 'Why Vietnam Was Lost" in these pages (AT: 5...
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March 9, 2007
Contra Rudy (updated with rejoinder)Some thoughts on Richard Baehr's article on the GOP presidential field today."On the Republican side, the race is still too early to call, though Giuliani would have to be considered the favorite." Glad to hear it is too early to...
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February 7, 2007
The $622 Billion AnswerWhy do the American people no longer support our efforts in Iraq? Why are the President's job approval ratings in the tank? How did "Mission Accomplished!" turn into "Quagmire, The Sequel?" And, more significantly, why is any futu...
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September 17, 2006
Of Popes and ApologiesThe world listens carefully to the words of any pope. And it is tragic and dangerous when one sows pain, either deliberately or carelessly. He needs to offer a deep and persuasive apology, demonstrating that words can heal. — New York Times ed...
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August 27, 2006
Lieberman and the GOP: The Last Straw?When the GOP gets clobbered in November with the angry and apathetic conservative base sitting on their hands, the Republican establishment will need to look for the stupid and self—defeating moves responsible no further than Connecticut to fin...
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July 13, 2006
Outrage, Apathy and ElectionsBush approval ratings are up! The Democrats are in disarray! The Republican leadership announces, happily, that they have been buoyed by recent events regarding their chances in the upcoming elections. They are kidding themsel...
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May 24, 2006
The 55 Mile Per Hour QuestionIn late summer of the year 1912, after much heated debate, Congress finally passed the comprehensive 'Aquatic Safety Law.' The legislation was developed in response to the horrific sinking of the British steamship Titanic after it collided with an i...
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April 25, 2006
Benedict's AnnumPope Benedict XVI began his second year in the Chair of Peter yesterday, and what a difference a year makes. Part of the press tarred him as the 'Hitler Youth' Pope, Cardinal 'Panzer' Ratzinger, John Paul II's 'orthodox enforcer,' feared by libe...
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March 1, 2006
Of Technology and AshesBecause many in the West regard religious faith with distaste, as the incoherent superstition and prejudice of backward peoples, religious illiteracy has become one of the most serious obstacles to success in the war on terror. In confronting the min...
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February 12, 2006
The Day Lincoln Was BornIt is February 11th 1809, and as a young woman in Kentucky goes into labor, in New York City, Robert Fulton is granted a patent for his invention of the steamboat. The next day the first lusty bellowings of a son born to the former Nancy Hanks can be...
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January 12, 2006
The Klan's Favorite NetworkAfter celebrating the 25th anniversary of the founding of BET, Black Entertainment Television, Robert L. Johnson has handed over the responsibilities of President and CEO to Debra L. Lee, reports The New York Times in a fawning piece in Tuesday's Art...
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December 10, 2005
The 'Christmas' WarsThe cry goes out to Target shoppers, 'Happy Holidays!' Walmart bans 'Merry Christmas' from employee lips. Government provides 'Holiday trees' for our 'winter' viewing in the public square. Even a cheery 'Happy Holidays' from the annual White House ho...
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September 10, 2005
Reality TelevisionThe spectacle in New Orleans only confirms to many what has been apparent for a long time. One of the very few silver linings to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, (as well as other calamitous disasters like 9/11), is the profound reality it expose...
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August 17, 2005
Conservative Lament'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' Coming of age politically during the Reagan Revolution, the present leadership of the Republican Party fought the good fight in successfully overcoming the vast inertia of 20th Century Liberalism...
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July 26, 2005
Perfect, not a womanLeave it to Senator John McCain to get it exactly wrong once again. Since the announcement of Roberts nomination, the merits and demerits of his conservative credentials have been given wide discussion in Republican circles. The likes of David ...
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June 26, 2005
'Preening Moralists' and CAFTAGM is cutting 25,000 jobs, It's stock rises on the news. Ford announces new 'restructuring' plans to make itself more competitive, a 5% reduction in its U.S. salaried force. The balance of trade figures appall with each monthly release. Real manufact...
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June 4, 2005
Kennedy鋒ixonEven with all the discussion of media bias since the dawn of the cable revolution and the intense media scrutiny offered by the explosive growth of the blogosphere, the essential story of media bias is still best revealed by a trenchant example from ...
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May 5, 2005
Why Vietnam was lostRevisionism is a booming industry for historians. Columbus was once a hero, discoverer of a new world, carrying the glory of Christendom to savage and pagan lands. Today he is a villain, despoiler of paradise, carrying disease and slavery to utopian ...
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April 26, 2005
Buckley's blastThe most influential conservative of the last fifty years, the founder of National Review, and the intellectual inspiration of the Reagan Revolution, William F. Buckley Jr., threw a bomb the other day. A bomb delivered and detonated in the epicenter ...
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April 18, 2005
Amnesty[satire] The Bush Administration, today, announced its intention to offer amnesty to all undocumented drug traffickers beginning in the year 2006. The announcement came as pressure increased from vocal anti—drug lobbyists and beleaguered Congre...
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April 14, 2005
Infallible IgnoranceWith the passing of Pope John Paul II, the world rightly recognizes in a unique way the end of an era, and, like a sober reveler on New Year's Eve, pauses for a moment amid the sound and fury of the present age, to take stock, evaluate, and come to t...
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April 1, 2005
Media and the Pope{We re—publish Andrew Sumereau's article on the media and the Pope.] The relief seems somewhat tempered, doesn't it though? As the Pope goes through one physical crisis after another, the mainstream media goes on high alert, with breathle...
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March 15, 2005
Baseball in D.C.'First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.' Baseball has long had a troubled history with our nation's capital. Once home to the notorious perennial losers, the Washington Senators, abandoned by major league baseball altog...
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March 2, 2005
Media and the PopeThe relief seems somewhat tempered, doesn't it though? As the Pope goes through one physical crisis after another, the mainstream media goes on high alert, with breathless excitement and anticipation, only to be let down by the Pontiff's annoying dur...
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February 22, 2005
The First George.W.George Washington was born 273 years ago today in the British colony of Virginia. At his death in 1799, after an active life as soldier, surveyor, planter, politician, revolutionary, and first Chief Executive of the greatest republic since Rome, he w...
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February 8, 2005
Squandering CapitalAs President Bush prepares to send down his latest budget proposal, a gloomy realization dawns——— Republicans are blowing a rare opportunity. With control of the House and Senate, the Presidency, and with the Democrats in absolute d...
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January 27, 2005
Freedom's messiahWell now we know. The future and safety of the United States is dependent on the proliferation of freedom and liberty throughout the world. George Bush said so in his inaugural address. Thus the United States is now committed in some vague way ...
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January 12, 2005
Bush: too conservative?President Bush is constantly being attacked, second—guessed, and criticized. It comes with the job. As the importance of the Chief Executive in our Republic continues to grow, the attention focused on the Presidency and his policies grows with ...
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December 19, 2004
Secession reconsideredWe conservatives certainly missed a great opportunity back in November just after the election. Along with the usual liberal excuse—fest and tone—deaf mystification over values voters came something entirely new this year — talk of ...
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December 6, 2004
Yes Virginia, there Is A KwanzaaIt's that time of year again, the time when much of the grown—up world conspires in a fun game of 'let's pretend,' a time when normally serious people think, act, and behave as if something fantastic, something wonderful, something make—b...
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November 19, 2004
Taxing thoughtsGeorge Bush will, he says, be spending some political capital on revamping the tax code. Let us hope he pursues this goal with the same iron determination he has shown in transforming Iraq. Simply stated, the federal tax code is a scandal that puts t...
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November 15, 2004
Clinton's legacyThe Clinton Presidential Center and Library opens this week in Little Rock. Like him or not, we must admit that William Jefferson Clinton leaves a powerful legacy, one that vastly expands the ability of political leaders to misbehave and remain ...