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July 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton's speech with something for everyoneA call to save America from Trump and the Republicans.
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July 28, 2016
Hillary’s Philly speech agendaWill she fall back into her 2008 primary campaign mode?
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July 27, 2016
Excerpt from Hillary’s address to the Democratic National ConventionThese words come from Hillary Clinton’s speech, entitled “United We Can Build a Better America.”
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July 25, 2016
DNC Wikileaks Hack Outs Hillary Shill at Washington PostA Washington Post blog site joins the conga line of the busted.
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July 22, 2016
The RNC speech that made Texas proudIt was not a polished speech delivered by a politician.
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July 16, 2016
Have we muddled up the definition of Islamic radical terrorism?The minority of Muslims who support, and use, violence against infidels follow original, literal Islam. They’re not “Islamic terrorists” – they’re legacy, Koranic literalists.
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July 3, 2016
Has the U.S. Department of Justice violated the Hatch Act?Who will be the first Republican to publically suggest that the DoJ has violated the Hatch Act?
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June 29, 2016
Benghazi Committee’s Event HorizonSouth Carolina Republican Congressman "Trey" Gowdy (R. 4th Dist.) led the House Benghazi Committee into a black hole.
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June 28, 2016
Why Trump frightens the GOP IlluminatiBecause Trump threatens to destabilize the GOP’s status quo position as the junior political party, he presents an existential threat to the livelihoods of party apparatchiks.
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June 18, 2016
DHS’s plan for countering violent extremismAlthough written in English, it is not a dialect that ordinary citizens, who are not D.C. apparatchiks, will find generally clear, nor enlightening. That’s because, in part, the objective here is to squeeze more money out of Congress.
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June 10, 2016
Is the Hillmailgate FIX in?Josh Earnest came close to a tacit confession that the FIX is in.
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June 8, 2016
GOP luminaries bashing Trump thereby endorse La RazaBy any reasonable definition, La Raza and affiliates match the description of race-based and race-biased organizations.
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June 8, 2016
How McConnell and Gingrich reacted to Judge Sotomayor’s 'wise Latina' commentsMitch waffled, while Newt called Sonia a racist.
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June 5, 2016
Is a ‘Red Summer’ coming to Chicago?The first one happened in 1919. The second one, if it happens, will be blamed on the Trump campaign.
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June 1, 2016
Who helped Barack Obama avoid the taint of Chicago corruption?Some very familiar names of Department of Justice officials are on the short list.
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May 22, 2016
Testing the Planet Fitness open bathroom policy in West TexasI tested the Planet Fitness “gender identify policy” as it applies to their bathrooms, which double as shower rooms.
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May 19, 2016
The missing definition of ‘conservative’The cable news dueling talking-heads discussing POTUS candidates routinely say that Donald Trump is not a conservative, particularly compared to, say, Paul Ryan who is a rock-ribbed, true-blue conservative. Really?
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May 3, 2016
Louisville mayor and university president assault Confederate memorialBut both are silent concerning a local statue honoring a late businessman with a segregationist history.
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April 29, 2016
Obama fabricates a legacy of economic achievementWhy it’s likely that high school economics textbooks twenty years from now will report how President Obama saved America from another Great Depression.
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April 28, 2016
Lena Dunham’s threat to move to Canada if Trump electedHow would Lena Dunham adjust to working with more than just white people?
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April 21, 2016
Princeton professor explains the dark side of progressivismToday’s new progressives, neoprogs, appear to be rapidly abandoning the label of “liberal” and adopting “progressive” as a more favorable moniker. But the history of legacy American progressivism is less than worthy of praise.
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April 17, 2016
Gender diverse bathrooms, locker rooms, sports, and moreGiving the neoprogs what they want - good and hard.
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April 12, 2016
Is James Comey the new Eliot Ness?The media is pushing the notion that James Comey is the reincarnation of the original FBI Untouchable, Eliot Ness. A brief trip down Memory Lane may cause some to reserve judgment on that claim.
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April 11, 2016
An example of how Ann Coulter is right: Media hiding illegal immigrant crimeThe Dallas television affiliate of CBS – owned and operated by the network – may have confirmed Ann Coulter’s claim, in Adios America, that the liberal media hides the truth about illegal immigrant criminals.
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March 31, 2016
A hypocritical liberal media accuses Obama of hypocrisyAs President Obama begins his long goodbye from office, the media that made him begins reclaiming its credibility – too late.
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March 28, 2016
An appeal to Trump and Cruz supportersWe must resist the Socialist Democrats’ effort to forge, with the MSM’s aid, an irreparable split between us.
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March 16, 2016
The GOP Cavalry is LateThe Republican Cavalry may be coming from an unexpected direction.
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February 14, 2016
Trump's new ad is as devastating as Willie Horton wasTrump has smarter people designing his ads than Cruz, to date.
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January 24, 2016
Chris Matthews’s question on the difference between Democrat and Socialist answeredA distinguished scholar answered the Matthews Question about how Democrats and Socialists differ almost a century ago.
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December 10, 2015
Illiberal Reformers: The Racist, Sexist, and Elitist Roots of ProgressivismA Princeton University professor’s book could help frame an important political discussion as the 2016 election approaches and one likely nominee calls herself a “proud, modern American progressive.”
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October 19, 2015
Carly's Gender CardIt’s best not to throw stones, even if you have only a small glass window in your house.
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October 15, 2015
Unspeakable words in the Democrat candidates' debateWords of great national importance were unspoken in this week’s Democrat candidates’ debate, conspicuous by their absence.
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September 17, 2015
CNN's Jake Tapper stages a food fightShamelessly, that’s what CNN wanted to happen, so it did.
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September 16, 2015
Why the GOP won't fight to defund Planned ParenthoodMore and more, the emerging truth is that there are two parties, but only one ideology.
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September 13, 2015
Making sense of the GOP's cave-in on the Iran dealCould this be why the Republicans in Congress offered only token, perfunctory opposition to Obama’s Iran nuclear deal?
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July 16, 2015
Why do Democrats honor Confederate generals?It’s time the Democratic Party apologizes to African-Americans for naming U.S. Army forts after Confederate generals.
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June 30, 2015
Obergefell v. Hodges and Tax Exemption for ChurchesThose that worry about the fate of the Church without tax-exempt status do so without cause.
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June 27, 2015
The monuments to the framers of <em>The Southern Manifesto </em>of 1956If there is no honor in the memories evoked by the Confederate flag, then there is even less to be found in the statues depicting those prominent politicians who fought for segregation well into the 20th century.
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February 7, 2015
Brian Williams: It's all about himOne consistent characteristic of Williams’s reporting is emerging: he tends to exaggerate his personal reactions and experiences to make himself a pivotal part of the story.
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December 26, 2014
NYPD's strategy behind soft resistance to protestersNYC officials may have learned a lesson from the D.C. Police Department on handling ANSWER Coalition protestors.
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December 1, 2014
Leftist organizers are using Ferguson to rehearse the Big UglyMultiple far-left groups are using Ferguson as a pretext to rehearse widespread civil disobedience when the Welfare State taps the brakes.
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November 27, 2014
Hard-left drivers of the 'new civil rights movement' demonstrations on FergusonThe death of Brown was merely the pretext for protest. The groups sponsoring the protests are not shy about their ideologies.
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November 26, 2014
Just who is driving the 'new civil rights movement' demonstrations on Ferguson?The message is in the signs, which are basically advertising.
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November 15, 2014
A.N.S.W.E.R.Coalition and the Partnership for Civil JusticeThe “Justice Center” in D.C. is the center for the hydra-headed effort behind the A.N.S.W.E.R.Coalition.org signs in Ferguson, Missouri.
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November 14, 2014
A.N.S.W.E.R.Coalition is Marxist-Leninist Activism in FergusonThe Party for Socialism and Liberation marches along with the A.N.S.W.E.R.Coalition.org signs in Ferguson, Missouri.
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November 13, 2014
A.N.S.W.E.R.Coalition not letting Ferguson crisis go to wasteThe complex and shadowy organization whose signs showed up so prominently in the Ferguson, Missouri protests.
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November 12, 2014
Don't Shoot Coalition in Ferguson: a facade for progressive social activistsThe crisis ambulance chasers that have descended on Feguson, waiting for the grand jury report.
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November 11, 2014
Behind the Don't Shoot Coalition in FergusonThe groups, the people, and the ideologies.
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November 7, 2014
Group proposes 'Rules of Engagement' post-Grand Jury decisionA large group of community organizers are anticipating street demonstrations when the Grand Jury decision is announced on the shooting of Michael Brown.
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November 5, 2014
A post-election word on partiesA cautionary note in the inevitable frenzy of spinning the consequences of Tuesday’s elections
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October 20, 2014
Milking the State Department's cash cowThe liberal media are ignoring the developing story detailing the fiduciary incompetence of the Department of State (DOS) during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State.
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October 13, 2014
Crony ChristianityCrony Christianity is the collaborative arrangement between government and Christian faith-based organizations whereby government funds Christian organizations to deliver goods and services that advance the political agenda of the government.
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October 12, 2014
Hillary's reputation for competence as Secretary of State erodes from withinThe growing litany of “management alerts” dating back to her time as Secretary of State will weaken any claims Hillary makes concerning her achievements in that position.
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September 25, 2014
State Department won't say how missing records for $6 billion were storedThe fact that Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State for four of the six years covered by the missing files may explain the reluctance of the State Department to answer simple, factual inquiries about the missing records
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September 14, 2014
State Department can't account for $6 billion in last 6 yearsIt all depends on what the meaning of missing is.
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July 26, 2014
Hillary's not laughing any more, we trustHillary Clinton though it was funny when Kaddafi died. Who’s laughing now?
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July 25, 2014
Julia and Pajama Boy, a Millennials Love StoryHow many millennials realize they are the lost generation, Barack Obama’s political cannon fodder, used-up in the battle to fundamentally change America?
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July 12, 2014
The Democrats' War on ChildrenCentral American children are pawns in the Democratic Party’s pursuit of political advantage through an open Southern border.
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April 16, 2014
Vice President Clinton?Here’s a prediction, albeit a longshot. Crazy, you say? It’s exactly what I’d do if I were they.
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March 27, 2014
California State Sen. Yee's Arrest PartnerBack to the Clinton admininstration Chinese donation scandals
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January 6, 2014
The National Marriage Act of 2015 and ObamaMatch.comAll this is, of course, for the good of the nation.
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December 30, 2013
ObamaCore Public EducationWith the nationalizing of the American healthcare system well underway, nationalizing public education pre-K through 12 is the next big thing on the progressive agenda.
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December 28, 2013
After ObamaCare, Is ObamaVida Life Insurance Next?As we enter a New Year enjoying the ever-mounting success of ObamaCare, it's time we anticipate another federal sortie into the nation's insurance market: life insurance.
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December 21, 2013
After Obamacare, ObamaHaus Insurance?With the mounting successes of ObamaCare, it's time to anticipate the next federal frontier of statist intervention.
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December 5, 2013
Obamacare Conversations for the Christmas SeasonThe real nighmare before Christmas.
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November 23, 2013
Department of Education civil rights investigators descend on a West Texas schoolRecently, U.S. Department of Education officials visited a West Texas town to investigate discipline its public schools.
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November 22, 2013
Texas Navigators exposed in O'Keefe videos won't face government actionCaptured on videotape telling applicants to lie about their income and free as a bird.
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November 19, 2013
Texas State Senate candidate files complaint against NavigatorsA candidate for the Texas State Senate has filed a complaint against the Navigators with a state agency concerning with overseeing the insurance industry in Texas.
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November 18, 2013
Educator, Heal ThyselfWatch out, "genetic winners"! M.I.T. Economics Professor and Obamacare "architect" Jonathan Gruber offers American education a pathway to fairness, too.
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November 11, 2013
GOP's response if Obama delays the ACA individual mandateWhat will the GOP leadership do if Obama calls for a one year delay in the ACA individual mandate?
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November 9, 2013
Cuccinelli Only the Latest Conservative Candidate Targeted by G.O.P.The Republican establishment continues to undercut the campaigns of conservative candidates. Ken Cuccinelli was just the latest.
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November 1, 2013
Maybe Republicans Should Heed Harry ReidHarry Reid said we all want to pay more taxes, so the GOP should help make it happen, beginning with Reid's own "rich people."
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October 21, 2013
GOP Should Drop Norquist and Follow MaherRepublicans should forget the tax policies of Grover Norquist and embrace Bill Maher's California model for fiscal success. The devil is in the details.
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October 15, 2013
No Cavalry Is ComingFiscal conservatives wait in vain for the GOP Cavalry to rescue America from further growth in the federal debt, for there is no Cavalry coming.
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October 9, 2013
The Black Swan in the Perfect StormThe Black Swan is Arithmetic. She is coming and she is already here. In Detroit, you see her in the debris of a once great American city.
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September 14, 2013
Putin Set-up Obama and Kerry for the Spike in 2014A deal between a chess player and a tic-tac-toe player
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September 23, 2012
A true life simile for Obama's Middle East policyA New York man's encounter with a tiger illustrates President Obama's Middle East policies.
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September 21, 2012
'It's the Country, Stupid'There's a word that often describes too much of the inside-the-Beltway, northeast-corridor "conservative" punditry.
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September 18, 2012
The November Referendum on the Liberal MediaYou will not see the legacy media on the ballot in November. But it will, most assuredly, be there.
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September 18, 2012
Obama plays the Race Card in CincyThrows down the race card, saying Republicans want him to wash their cars.
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September 12, 2012
Bill Clinton plays the Obama hole card against RomneyWe predicted the Mormon card was coming, but didn't anticipate the player.
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September 12, 2012
Obama's Arab Spring becomes the Arab WinterThe horrific photo of Chris Stevens, who died in service to his country, is the new icon for Obama's naïve Arab Spring mantra.
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September 11, 2012
Obama's SloganForward. It's an order, not an appeal. A command, not a call. It has been, throughout history, the language of the dictator.
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September 8, 2012
The New Hermeneutics of Barack ObamaThe magic of Obama in 2008 was just a "language event."
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September 7, 2012
Is America's Dance with Utopian Socialism Ending?Since January 2009, America has been dancing with utopian socialism -- whether we wanted to or not. Many of us haven't liked it. Just how many remains to be seen.
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September 7, 2012
Busting the Democrat myth of the Koch brothersMerely mention the monstrous Koch brothers and Democrats go berserk.
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September 6, 2012
Democrat -style democracy, revealedThe sham vote on revising the Democrats' platform shows us how they rig elections.
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September 5, 2012
DNC ad touches the Unholy Grail of anti-Constitutional thoughtEven in jest, you cannot make up this level of stupidity espoused by a national political party.
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August 29, 2012
Presidential Debate Advice for Mitt RomneyFirst, when Mitt speaks, his eyes tend to quickly sweep across the audience. He scans. It's common behavior, but there's a more effective level of eye contact.
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August 25, 2012
Has the old media worm turned against Obama?"Hit the road, Barack" from Newsweek and a "President Teleprompter" photo from Reuters. Are we seeing a trend?
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August 24, 2012
Has the predicted play of the Mormon Card against Romney begun?And are all the mainstream media networks coordinating?
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August 23, 2012
Obama and the Asphalt PlantationPresident Obama has done nothing to address the problems of the black community. And by doing nothing, he's made the problems worse.
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August 23, 2012
Congressman Akin: A Rush to a Political ExecutionLet's try to keep things in perspective.
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August 19, 2012
Madison's cure to 'the dangerous violence of faction'Today, the Executive Branch of our government is presided over by someone who pins his hopes for re-election on pitting competing factions against one another. It is the political divide-and-conquer" strategy on audacious and transparent display.
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August 17, 2012
Obama's Impact on Race Relations in AmericaAmerica's first post-racial president has damaged race relations in the nation.
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August 14, 2012
Obama's sanitized history for Iftar dinnerPresident Obama showed off Jefferson's Koran at a recent White House Iftar Dinner, but ignored the book in its historical context.
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August 13, 2012
Obama's Three-Tiered Wealth Redistribution Plan: Individual, Regional, and GlobalRemember -- as a presidential candidate, Obama promised to "change the world."
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August 13, 2012
Another round of liberal debate moderatorsJim Lehrer, Candy Crowley, Bob Schieffer and Martha Raddatz. Really?
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August 12, 2012
A national media that retains its honourWhile the U.S. print media has lost most of its honor; British print outlets have retained some of theirs. Witness coverage of the president's brother in Nairobi.
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August 11, 2012
Awaiting the Obama PAC ad that jumps the sharkDon't be surprised when an Obama superPAC ad threatens urban disorder if Obama loses the election.
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August 10, 2012
The Chicago Tribune and reporter John Chase are leaking, againWhy is the Chicago Tribune quoting unreleased DoJ audio tapes of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's phone conversations? And how did Trib reporters get the transcripts?
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August 8, 2012
Did Senator Obama dodge taxes on a $400,000 gift from Tony Rezko?Now that the presidential candidates' tax histories are on the table, isn't it time that a White House correspondent ask a question about Frawley's accusation?
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August 6, 2012
The Morphing of the Tea PartyThe Tea Party movement morphed from protest signs to campaign signs. Progressives now see it as their greatest threat.
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August 1, 2012
In Texas, the Tea Party Hobbits Rehearse their November March (updated)Someone wake up James "The Raging Cajun" Carville, who recently declared the Tea Party as being "over." Ted Cruz, the Tea Party candidate, convincingly defeated the establishment GOP candidate for Senate in Texas.
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July 30, 2012
What Role Will White Guilt Play in the 2012 Election?The unintended consequence of the white guilt vote for Obama in '08 is in the impact it's had on those most hurt by the president's economic policies: poor urban blacks.
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July 10, 2012
Next on the Progressives' Marriage Agenda: Polygamous NuptialsPresident Obama's acceptance of same-sex marriage logically applies to polygamous relationships. For Progressives, the old Nike ad slogan applies: There is no finish line.
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July 5, 2012
If the GOP Cavalry Doesn't ComeWhat if that cavalry doesn't come in November to kill ObamaCare? Or what if it arrives poorly armed, on lame horses, with dull leadership?
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June 29, 2012
Another $33 Mil Down The Federal Rat HoleThe costly failures of Obama's alternative energy policy continue to mount.
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June 25, 2012
Obama Campaign's Hole Card: Romney's ChurchDon't doubt for a minute that it's coming.
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June 1, 2012
Dallas' Al Sharpton Gets CaughtHalf a million bucks seized from race-baiting pol's home.
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March 25, 2012
President Washington's Forgotten Advice On National DebtFather (of our country) Knows Best
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March 25, 2012
Obama's 'strong minority perspective'Words from the past take on added significance today
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February 26, 2012
One Noteworthy Invocation of Divine Guidance in American HistoryAs religion plays its now nearly routine role in American politics during this silly season, we recall the words of the man who would become our first President, General George Washington.
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January 31, 2012
Alexander Hamilton and the TSAIn Federalist Paper No. 8, Alexander Hamilton writes about the Transportation Safety Administration, accidently.
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January 22, 2012
How Chief Justice John Marshall Described LeadershipJohn Marshall, who served in the Continental Army and went on to become Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, once described leadership in action
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January 22, 2012
Where is Frank Kent Today?A paper presented to journalism educators in 1986 featured Frank Kent, a Baltimore Sun reporter who dared to oppose President Roosevelt's New Deal policies.
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January 9, 2012
Chicago Political Turf War Heats UpA political turf war in Chicago, pitting the old Machine against Mayor Rahm Emanuel's new regime, is underway.
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December 22, 2011
Rezko Gets A Holiday Pass On A Multi-million Dollar ScamEssentially, Rezko gets a pass -- no extra jail time -- for "participating in a scheme to defraud and to obtain over $10 million dollars in loans from GE Capital Corporation."
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December 8, 2011
Chicago Tribune Federal Wiretap Leaker Stands By BlagoWhen former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich faced media microphones after he was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, the Chicago reporter who told Blago that the feds were bugging his phones stood beside his man.
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December 7, 2011
Obama Drafts the Tea Party into the Occupy Wall Street MobIn his Kansas speech Tuesday, President Obama linked the motives of the Tea Party movement to those of the Occupy Wall Street crowd. It was revisionist history on parade.
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December 5, 2011
The Chicago Tribune Reveals the Democrat 2012 Pitch to IndependentsIn a November 6 editorial that drew little attention, the Chicago Tribune revealed part of the Obama campaign strategy to attract independent voters in 2012.
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December 4, 2011
George Mason on How Governments Can Become OppressiveIn April 1775, founder George Mason (1725-1792) wrote how a government established by free people could, over time, become oppressive.
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December 2, 2011
The Chicago Tribune Stand by Their Man: Barack ObamaAccording to Bruce Dold, editorial page editor of the Chicago Tribune, the newspaper stands by its October 17, 2008 endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for the presidency. But how well did he meet the
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November 29, 2011
General Washington Writes to George Mason His Feelings on the WarIn a letter dated March 17, 1779, General George Washington, from his encampment at Middlebrook, wrote a return letter to his Virginia friend, George Mason.
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November 25, 2011
The Father of the Bill of Rights on 'Fundamental Principles'George Mason defined what it takes for us to preserve the blessing of liberty in his first draft of the Virginia Bill of Rights.
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November 20, 2011
Founder George Mason on the Arrogance of GovernmentOn June 6, 1766, George Mason (1725-1792) expressed a budding colonial attitude that would, a decade later, give rise to the American Revolution.
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October 24, 2011
The Hobbits March in One YearThe legacy media has declared the Tea Party irrelevant. It no longer matters. The hobbits, as John McCain called them, know that for all things there's a season.
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August 20, 2011
Media Matters vs. the Gateway Pundit on Obama as MLKKing united to overcome. Obama divides to conquer. One is the antithesis of the other.
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August 18, 2011
Arne Duncan's Glass School HouseSecretary of Education Arne Duncan, now hurling stones at Texas Governor Perry by attacking Texas schools, once lived in a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) glass school house.
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July 31, 2011
George Washington on CongressIt seems it's true that the more things change, the more they remain the same.
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July 29, 2011
Tim Geithner on the U.S. Debt Rating in February 2010If he were a physician predicting healing, we'd wonder about his medical education. Seriously wonder.
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July 24, 2011
A Forgotten Founder on Amending the ConstitutionOnce upon a time, one of the more brilliant Founders traced the power to control the conduct of the national legislature to its ultimate source
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July 15, 2011
A Forgotten Founder on the Tyranny of Legislative AuthorityJames Wilson (1742-1798) of Pennsylvania was one of six persons who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He's also the only Justice of the Supreme Court to be jailed for indebtedness
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July 5, 2011
Oops! A slight problem with Obama's planNow the New York Times is realizing what American Thinker posted back in 08
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July 5, 2011
The Case of the Missing U.S. Ambassador (Updated)The U.S. Ambassador was conspicuous by his absence at the recent unveiling of a Ronald Reagan statue in London.
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July 2, 2011
Sen. Mike Lee, another GOP Idealist Against the Ideologues?When political idealists battle political ideologues, the idealists usually lose.
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May 14, 2011
Charlie Chan and the Case of the Incredible Shrinking DollarAs the value of the dollar continues to decline, that legendary Honolulu police detective of yesteryear, Charlie Chan, is summoned to question several persons-of-interest.
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May 7, 2011
Charlie Chan and the Mystery of the Mansion HideoutAs the story of the death of Osama bin Laden grows more curious by the day, it's time we call in that legendary Honolulu police detective of yesteryear, Charlie Chan, to visit the scene.
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May 5, 2011
President Obama and the Masked Face of JusticePresident Obama, who aims to avoid offending the Arab Street by withholding the photo of a dead Osama bin Laden, seems to care little about offending the American Street.
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April 17, 2011
Ask George III if Demonizing the Tea Party WorksFuture historians will describe the Democratic Party's demonization of the Tea Party movement as a major political blunder that put them squarely on the wrong side of America's 21st Century financial crisis.
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April 15, 2011
Will It Take A New Political Party to Save America?It is painful to even consider the possibility that America is moving into its Sixth Party System, as a new, conservative political party emerges to, eventually, replace the Grand Old Party
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April 6, 2011
Is a 2012 Clinton 45 Win Unthinkable?Hillary Clinton would make a formidable 2012 presidential opponent running against any of the current crop of likely GOP candidates.
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April 4, 2011
Do Republicans Want the White House?We Americans live in a political era when it's reasonable, perhaps even prudent, to consider the unthinkable.
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December 30, 2010
Obama's Inaugural Address: Two Years of Broken PromisesThis time, the threats ride in on a slow tide.
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November 2, 2010
Palin v. Rove and the Battle for the GOP's FutureThe battle for the future of the Republican Party will fully engage tomorrow morning in the wake of today's election.
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October 25, 2010
A Tide in the Affairs of AmericaAs the once-heralded Summer of Recovery yields to a Fall of Failure, there is a tide in the affairs of America which, if taken at the flood, could lead to a reversal of misfortune brought to us by a socialist-ideologue president.
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September 24, 2010
The Pincer Movement against Christine O'DonnellDelaware GOP senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell is under attack from two directions by otherwise competing interests that, against her, share a common goal -- to damage the Tea Party movement.
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September 20, 2010
A Political Prisoner in Illinois?A voice from inside Chicago's Cook County Jail claims that the Save A Life Foundation (SALF) story implicates both Democrat and Republican pols in Illinois.
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September 18, 2010
The Krauthammer-Rove Axis of DisdainNow, sadly, Charles Krauthammer has joined Rove in essentially calling the Republican voters of Delaware stupid.
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September 13, 2010
We Are the Ones Who'll Show You the DoorObama's presidency and our national affairs are in a mess of historic proportions. And his once-celebrated rhetorical flourishes have turned strangely bland and flat, having gone from soar to bore in two years.
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September 10, 2010
Hillary Clinton's Campaign for '12 Is UnderwayThe signs are clear; the pieces are in place. Hillary is getting ready to make her move.
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September 7, 2010
The Most Profound Victims of the Obama HoaxStatistically, the most zealous believers in hope and change are the most profound victims of the Obama Hoax -- poor, young, unemployed blacks.
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September 2, 2010
The Joe Miller Lesson Applied to the GOP Congressional LeadershipOn the cusp of what is trending toward a significant Republican victory in November, the current GOP congressional leadership has yet to make a compelling case that they're ready to lead a majority party.
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August 12, 2010
How A GOP November Victory Could Bring Its DeathIf the GOP wins big in November and then retreats into a "moderate" stance, there is big trouble ahead.
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August 9, 2010
Harry Reid Plays the Religion Card Against Sharron AngleSenator Harry Reid can't play the race card in his race against Sharron Angle. He wouldn't dare play the gender card. So he's playing the only face card he holds -- the religion card.
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July 26, 2010
The Save A Life Foundation Story: Featuring $850K in Unreported Government GrantsThis is about what happens when governments pump money into a politically connected enterprise.
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July 6, 2010
Former Chicago Machine Player Issues Warning to Sharron Angle CampaignHow elections are stolen.
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June 9, 2010
The Save-A-Life Foundation Story: A Study in the Chicago WayWouldn't want to embarrass anyone with clout.
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December 9, 2009
The Libertarians' Chance to MatterMaybe it's time for Libertarians to shift their strategy and address the realpolitik of early 21st-century America.
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December 5, 2009
Social Democrats Versus a GOP in Search of an IdeologyIn the struggle between the two major political parties, the advantage goes to the one that can articulate that for which it stands. Democrats have the advantage.
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December 2, 2009
President's Speech Muddles Nation-Building and National DefenseAmericans look to their wartime leaders for clarity, not ambivalence.
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November 20, 2009
Americans Are Messaging Each Other 'S.O.S.'In many and varied ways, Americans are tapping out the international distress signal to each other since Washington, D.C. isn't listening.
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November 15, 2009
The AT Readers' Complete Lexicon of Political SpeechWords still mean things, despite the best efforts of politicians.
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November 4, 2009
The Genie's People Speak at the PollsThe peoples' Genie spoke yesterday. But will they keep speaking, or will the Genie ease back into the bottle?
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November 3, 2009
"Net Neutrality" Nets Out to Government ControlThere's nothing neutral about the Obama administration's push for net neutrality.
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November 2, 2009
Glenn Beck, FOX's 'Rodeo Clown'Much of what aggravates the Obama administration about FOX News is what Joe Biden would call a three-letter word: B-E-C-K.
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October 30, 2009
Dodging the Label 'Party of No'While Democrats threw out more healthcare reform plans than a pitching machine on steroids, the Republicans took a different approach.
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October 27, 2009
Does the Supreme Court Still Sit?Once upon a time a newly elected President, supported by an adoring media, claimed powers beyond the Constitution, and the Supreme Court acted.
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October 21, 2009
Obama's EEOC Nominee Would Redefine MarriageChai Feldblum, Obama's nominee for the EEOC, aims to fundamentally change America's definition of marriage.
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October 2, 2009
Czar seeks 'chilling effect' on internetRegulatory Czar Cass Sunstein's new book lays out a scary vision.
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September 30, 2009
The Patron in Chief's Copenhagen SurgeEurope leans right. The U.S. leans left. Afghanistan hangs in the balance. And Obama goes to Copenhagen. What's up with that?
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September 25, 2009
Czar wants parallel government broadcasting systemPresident Obama's diversity Czar at the Federal Communications Commission proposes adding a vast public broadcasting system to the growing list of Obama's parallel institutions.
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September 23, 2009
An Unwelcome Message for ObamaA recently released economics book will not likely be featured by the legacy media as a selection for the Obama Book of the Month Club.
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September 16, 2009
Obama Is Redefining the American PresidencyIt's time we question the popular assumption that the power of the Presidency should "bring relief and prosperity" to the American people
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September 10, 2009
Obama's 'Gift' Has Stopped GivingPresident Obama's healthcare address to Congress displayed the oratorical gift he once revealed to Harry Reid. But the gift has stopped giving.
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September 1, 2009
Obama's Next Big PushRegardless of the outcome of ObamaCare, if past behavior signals the future, the Obama administration's next big push will be to mute its most successful critics.
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August 24, 2009
A Presidential Learning MomentPresident Obama continues to act like the powerless community organizer he once was. He knows how to push. That's what community organizers do. But he doesn't know how to lead.
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August 17, 2009
The Array of WH ObamaCare Tactics GrowsThe White House is deploying an array of tactics to promote ObamaCare. Here's the list to date.
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August 14, 2009
The People's Genie Is out of the BottleObama and Democrat Congressional leaders uncorked the bottle and the peoples' Genie is out.
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August 5, 2009
The Obama Resistance GrowsSpontaneous, uncoordinated, passionate -- citizen resistance to Obama socialism grows by the day.
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August 3, 2009
The Obamacare Strategy: Rush, Muddle & MalignRush, Muddle & Malign isn't a law firm. It's a series of tactics the Democrat leadership is using to promote Obamacare
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July 18, 2009
Walter Cronkite, Vietnam, and the Decline of Media CredibilityFrom early 2008: reposting an assessment of the real historical impact of Walter Cronkite
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June 11, 2009
Nationalizing Public Education Comes After Health CareAfter Congress passes a national health care plan, nationalizing public education will be next.
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June 3, 2009
Cindy Sheehan on Media BiasMedia bias cuts not just against the Right, but against those on the Left who don't fit their template of the right Left. Cindy Sheehan found this out when she ran for Nancy Pelosi's Congressional seat.
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June 1, 2009
Chrysler, GM, and the Law of Unintended ConsequencesEntirely predictable, the unintended consequences of nationalization will still come as a surprise to Obama partisans and the media.
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May 22, 2009
Corporatism comes to AmericaThe best name for what Obama is creating isn't socialism, communism, or even fascism.
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May 13, 2009
Animal Spirits, An Obama Book Club SelectionA book by two economics professors has the attention of the White House. It implies we're irrational economic animals and the government is the wise zookeeper.
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May 8, 2009
Obama's Self-Actualizing LanguageIn the minds of his believers, Barack Obama has only to utter words and they become so. It is a phenomenon somewhere on the border between politics and religion.
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May 4, 2009
A Wind Blows Against The Political SpectrumThose who plot people and issues along the political spectrum of left, right, and in-between may be late to perceive a new wind blowing from outside their perspective.
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April 28, 2009
Obama's Good Cop-Bad Cop ScamPresident Obama may deplore enhanced interrogation techniques, but he's learned a few things from cops and criminals.
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April 27, 2009
In Search of the Ultimate Oxymoron: Humane WarThe renewed debate over enhanced interrogation techniques is just another episode in the hopelessly naive search for the ultimate oxymoron -- humane war.
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April 20, 2009
What Releasing the CIA Memos is Really AboutIt's realistic, not cynical, to assume political entities generally act out of their own self-interests. And political self-interests are what the CIA memos are really about.
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April 15, 2009
The Politicization of the Department of Homeland SecurityThe recently released Department of Homeland Security assessment of rightwing extremism represents an alarming politicization of that huge federal agency.
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March 27, 2009
Slicing and dicing the RecessionExplanations of the current recession are often bent by biased analysis, making truth as elusive as it is complex.
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March 23, 2009
NYT's David Brooks and 'Moderate Conservative' JournalismDavid Brooks, a self-described "moderate conservative," illustrates the intellectual schizophrenia that conflicts that breed of thinkers.
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March 22, 2009
The GOP and the Midterm ElectionsAlthough it may be too soon for the party to evidence preparation for the '10 midterm elections, it isn't too soon to suggest what it will take for the GOP to regain seats in the House and Senate.
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March 13, 2009
Obama Administration's Midterm Campaign ThemesIt's not too soon to anticipate the major campaign themes for the Obama administration during the 2010 midterm elections.
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February 23, 2009
Clinton Grovels at the Panda's DoorWhile visiting China recently, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton groveled for more money at the Panda's door, and got it.
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February 18, 2009
Awaiting the Awakening of the Forgotten ManIt took less than a month for the default leadership style of President Obama to appear. How long will it take for the forgotten man who believed in him to awaken to the consequences?
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February 3, 2009
Our Indentured Servanthood ReturnethThe 111th Congress is poised to extend the timeline of America's debt bondage to firmly indeterminate, as we return to our past and become ever more a nation of indentured servants
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February 2, 2009
H.R.1: The House's Pig PenThe pork-laden American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 passed by Democrats in the House is a huge pig pen.
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January 27, 2009
Why I Like BlagoIn a political environment these days without humor, I like Blago. He's the political bad boy of our age.
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January 22, 2009
President Obama's First Message To The NationGeorge Orwell's concept of doublethink explains the new President's conceptual framework.
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October 6, 2008
Gwen Ifill's VP Debate BiasA careful reading of the questions Gwen Ifill asked during the VP debate reveals several that displayed her bias.
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September 23, 2008
Obama and Daley's Public Housing PlanWhen faced with the choice of supporting his well-connected developer friends making millions in Chicago's Plan for Transformation, or his district's poorest public housing residents, the former community organizer was an expedient politician. He followed the money.
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September 16, 2008
Obama 's Friends and Chicago's New SlumsIn 1993, Barack Obama joined a Chicago law firm that specialized in helping develop low-income housing. In time, the job would bring him political support from slum landlords who make Clinton's shady Arkansas associates look like teenage shoplifters.
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September 12, 2008
Obama and South Chicago Slum DevelopersBarack Obama's friends, allies, and donors in the Chicago housing industry have done well, unlike the Senator's constuents stuck in their failed projects.
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September 10, 2008
The Phantom Foursome: Obama, Rezko, Biden & CariWhile media bloodhounds examine the circumstances surrounding the birth of a Down syndrome baby and Palin family traffic tickets, we're getting only bits and pieces of a much bigger story involving the Phantom Foursome
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September 5, 2008
A Week Since Invesco: Was It A Symphony or Playing Scales?How will history compare the sizzle surrounding Obama's acceptance speech with the steak of its content?
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August 28, 2008
Whose Voice Will Obama Use Thursday?Will Obama deliver his acceptance speech with his own voice, or return to the oratorical style that permeated his primary victory speeches when he used the voice of Martin Luther King?
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August 25, 2008
Where Did Obama's Mo Go?Barack Obama's big shiny campaign bus rolled into Denver with more money in the bank than air in the tires. So, where'd his Mo go?
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August 21, 2008
Tales From The 57 States: John Wins in Shaman Rick's HouseIt came to pass in the eighth year of the third millennium that a long race decided who became Leader of the Realm of the Fifty-seven States. A position many called The Potus.
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July 25, 2008
Obama's Berlin Transfiguration SpeechObama's Berlin speech was the platform for his transfiguration into the presumptive victorious candidate for global leadership.
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July 20, 2008
Obama's Civilian National Security ForceBarack Obama's recent words to promote his image as Community Organizer in Chief were not about forming a paramilitary force of volunteer brown shirts. They were about turning America into one, giant, community organizer's sandbox
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July 16, 2008
Obama and the Independent School DistrictThe signature initiative of an Obama campaign for a second term would be nationalizing public education, kindergarten through grade 12. If it happens, say goodbye to the Independent School District (I.S.D.) as we've known it.
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July 11, 2008
Seven Steps to McCain Narrowing The Speech GapMcCain can narrow, not eliminate, the speech gap between him and Obama and thereby improve his chances for victory in November. But it won't happen around a teleprompter.
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July 9, 2008
Axelrod's Fall Riefenstahl StrategyThis fall, watch for David Axelrod, Obama's campaign manager, to choreograph at least two post-convention mass events at least slightly reminiscent of the stagecraft of Leni Reifenstahl
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July 4, 2008
The Thin Margin of Freedom's VictoryIn 1776, as today, the triumph of freedom was by no means assured.
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July 2, 2008
The Meta-Messages in Obama's Patriotism SpeechSenator Obama's "The America We Love" speech, delivered in Independence, Missouri on June 30, might be more accurately entitled, "My Definition of Patriotism." It was as much about him as America.
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June 29, 2008
Old Media News In The TankThe old broadcast and print media outlets have abandoned any pretense of objectivity and impartiality in this year's general election, further eroding their credibility.
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June 26, 2008
James Dobson and Obama's Theory of Abortion RelativityIn his confrontation with James Dobson, Senator Obama faces a degree of absolutism that pales in belligerent intensity compared to what he could, as President, face from America's most hostile adversaries.
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June 25, 2008
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June 19, 2008
McCain's Elevator Speech Needs WorkElevator speech: A succinct monologue promoting a business concept or action delivered by an advocate to a decision-maker during the elevator ride up to the executive offices.
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June 10, 2008
A Third Option For McCainWhen both options available are problematic, create a third one. That's what the McCain campaign can do to find a way for him to communicate without delivering a prepared speech.
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June 6, 2008
Obama's Oratory and McCain's ProblemBarack Obama's oratorical skills will always exceed John McCain's. But McCain could do much more to close the gap.
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June 5, 2008
Obama's Conflicted Message On AmericaSenator Barack Obama cannot keep bottled up the clashing visions of America he has on offer for his presidency.
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June 2, 2008
One For The Money, Two For The VotesLast week we witnessed two markedly different exercises of political expediency.
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May 26, 2008
Beneath Every Flag Lies A StoryMemorial Day comes every time I drive across the bridge near my home over one of the reservoir lakes made by the Army Corps of Engineers to store water for the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
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May 16, 2008
Hawking Retro-Change and Misplaced HopeThe old media is warming up to fully engage its next new storyline featuring Barack Obama, slayer of the Clinton Dragons, soon to become America's Post-Modern Uberpolitician.
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May 8, 2008
A Fight Strategy for McCainMcCain's three-legged campaign strategy may be emerging. It's one that can lead him to victory in November.
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May 5, 2008
Jeremiah Wright's ApprenticeTrinity United Church of Christ looks to be following a steady course in the wake of the retirement of Pastor Jeremiah Wright.
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May 1, 2008
Thus Endeth the Lesson From JeremiahThe Jeremiah Wright story will have a dead cat bounce, but the political lesson from Obama's pastor is, for all intents and purposes, over.
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April 28, 2008
Barack Obama: The Community Organizer in ChiefBarack Obama's national plan for voluntary community service clearly illustrates his audacious goal to become the Nation's Community Organizer.
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April 22, 2008
Obama's Plan for NASAAlthough the MSM has largely ignored Barack Obama's plans for NASA, the issue is likely to bubble up during the general election campaign, if he's the Democratic nominee. Here's why.
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April 21, 2008
Barack Obama & the Wisdom of Forrest GumpThe simple yet profound wisdom of the movie character Forrest Gump has entered the Democratic race for the nomination. This time, though, the lesson is: arrogance is as arrogance does.
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April 16, 2008
Obama, CEO Pay, and the Politics of Class EnvyPopulism uses the politics of discontent. Barack Obama's recurring comparisons between CEO and average worker salaries is a class-warfare play on resentment
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April 14, 2008
Norman Hsu Who?If and when the time comes to perform the autopsy on Hillary Clinton's campaign, some will trace the start of its demise back to the Norman Hsu episode. Others will ask, "What's a Norman shoe?"
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April 10, 2008
Obama's Linguistic TrapSenator Barack Obama set a trap during Tuesday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker unwittingly stepped into it.
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April 8, 2008
The Siren Song of PopulismHe took possession of the Democratic Party with the mesmerizing power of his oratory as his followers screamed, waved their arms, threw their coats in the air, and rallied to his call that, "This community is ready for healing."
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March 31, 2008
Today Is Obama's Iraq Withdrawal DayOn January 30, 2007, Senator Barack Obama introduced the Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007. In describing the proposed legislation he annouced the goal of removing ALL U.S. combat forces from Iraq by March 31, 2008."
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March 30, 2008
McCain's Gauntlet SpeechJohn McCain has thrown down the gauntlet to both election opponents and those overseas.
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March 27, 2008
Obama's National Public Education PlansWhile Clinton's and Obama's health care plans attract attention, Obama's plan for public education largely goes unnoticed.
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March 24, 2008
The Clinton Campaign's OpportunityClinton's and Obama 's policy proposals are virtually identical, except got one important area that the Clinton campaign still has time to exploit: Obama's dramatic increase in foreign aid.
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March 21, 2008
Hate Preach: Brite Divinity School To Honor WrightOn March 29, 2008, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright is scheduled to receive Brite Divinity School's Black Church Leader Award.
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March 19, 2008
Obama's Coming-Out SpeechThe candidacy of the man some have said transcends race turns out, after all, to be all about race. The light that forms his world view is refracted through a prism that splits into two colors -- black and white.
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March 17, 2008
William Jefferson ObamaI now have reason to suspect that Barack Obama has a skill of proven value to a U.S. President: the ability to look straight into the camera and not tell the truth, without lying.
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March 16, 2008
A President Obama's Neoliberal TheocracyBarack Obama's first vocational choice was to help people in a poor African-American community. Later, he joined a church founded on black liberation theology. This combination could result in an Obama presidency that embodies something new in American history -- a Neoliberal Theocracy.
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March 3, 2008
Obama's Language GamesBarack Obama, the candidate, has used nuanced language to evade and deflect in order to avoid being candid.
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February 28, 2008
When Illegal Immigration Trends ConvergeWhat happens if trends concerning (1) public school growth driven by illegal immigration, (2) the dropout rate for Hispanic students and (3) the projected U.S. demand for unskilled labor all converge?
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February 27, 2008
Walter Cronkite, Vietnam, and the Decline of Media CredibilityWalter Cronkite's remarks at the end of his February 27, 1968 evening news broadcast, four decades ago today, were a watershed in the history of the MSM's credibility.
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February 22, 2008
Obama's Mentor's MentorThe influence of the black liberation theology of James H. Cone appears in the political philosophy of Barack Obama as well as in the recent controversial statement about national pride made by Michelle Obama.
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February 19, 2008
Obama's Global TaxSenator Barack Obama's sponsorship of Senate Bill 2433 aligns with the emerging core theme of his general election campaign. The change he promises will bring much-needed relief, not just to America's victims of economic injustice, but to victims worldwide.
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February 13, 2008
Obama, The Global CandidateIf Barack Obama fulfills the MSM's storyline of Obama the Dragon Slayer, a new theme will surface - Obama the Global Candidate.
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February 6, 2008
Illegal Immigration and Low Wage LaborLeprechauns, unicorns, and the assertion that illegal immigrants take jobs Americans won't do -- they're all myths.
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February 3, 2008
The Elephant In the Immigration RoomThe ignored elephant in the immigration debate is the negative impact of illegal immigration on job opportunities for unskilled, uneducated, native-born U.S. workers
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January 25, 2008
Can the GOP Reframe the Illegal Immigration Issue?One major task facing the eventual Republican presidential nominee will be to reframe the debate toward the real issue: the negative ramifications, to both illegal immigrants and U.S. citizens, that stem from mass uncontrolled immigration from Mexico.
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January 20, 2008
Barack, Hillary, Language, and VictoryPolitical campaigns are fought with the weapon of language. Barack's campaign uses it as a subtle and surgically-applied force. Hillary's uses it as a blunt instrument
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January 16, 2008
Obama's Oratorical MotifSenator Barak Obama's default oratorical motif imitates the speech patterns of Martin Luther King. While imitation is a form of flattery, it can also be a tool of self-promotion
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January 9, 2008
Obama's Glaring AmbiguitiesWhen infatuation with Barak Obama transitions to examination of his positions, how will he reconcile the racial exclusiveness of his religious environment with the racial inclusiveness of his political speech?
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January 3, 2008
Bloomberg: Perot With Smaller EarsDo we need another diminutive, entrepreneurial, big-ego billionaire promising us relief from partisan bickering?
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January 1, 2008
Obama's Oblique Race CardBarack Obama's new stump speech employs the homiletically lyrical style of his well-received Jefferson-Jackson Day delivery, while making oblique reference to the race card.
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December 29, 2007
The Context of Huck's Devilish QuestionMike Huckabee's rhetorical question -- "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"-- was aimed around evangelical Christian leaders and toward conservative Christian voters.
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December 24, 2007
Dear Santa, Send the Dream TeamDear Santa, This Christmas please send me the Dream Team of Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul running together on a new 3rd party ticket -- the Contrarian Party.
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December 18, 2007
Huckabee's Middle East PolicyMike Huckabee's recently published foreign policy approach toward the Middle East is an advance to the past.
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December 13, 2007
A Debate on Fast-ForwardCarolyn Washburn, editor of the Des Moines Register, re-enacted the role of a kinder and gentler version of the nun in the movie The Blues Brothers, minus the habit, as she moderated yesterday's Republican Presidential debate in Iowa.
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December 7, 2007
How Romney's Speech WorkedThe setting for Mitt Romney's "Faith In America" speech was staged to answer the elementary question of his candidacy: Can we imagine this man as the President of the United States?
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December 3, 2007
If Obama Beats Clinton to the NominationIf Barack Obama beats Hillary Clinton for the Democrat nomination, will Republicans be ready?
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November 27, 2007
Hillary's Texas Money BundlerHas the Clinton Campaign cloned another Ms. Chung Seto of NYC Chinatown bundling fame, or a Boss Parr from a long-past Texas Senatorial race?
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November 24, 2007
Tom Brokaw's Glass HouseThe newspaper industry got a cold dose of impending reality from former NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw
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November 15, 2007
Obama's Card Trumps Clinton'sBoth Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama have played their respective cards from the deck of protected classes under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- gender and race