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Matthew May
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January 24, 2022
Come on, manJoseph R. Biden is one of the strangest men in American political history.
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December 9, 2021
Governor Charlie Baker must ride alongFrom the shot heard 'round the world to get a shot or the state kills your civil liberty...this is Charlie Baker's Massachusetts.
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December 24, 2019
Dingell and civility in politicsThe next time some weepy Democrat appears whining about Trump's crassness and incivility with regard to John Dingell, think about who is doing the complaining and on whose behalf.
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June 26, 2015
You're Out, BarrySorry, Mr. President, but as your wife might declare "Let's move!" You must leave the White House immediately
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September 30, 2013
I Will Not ComplyIt's hard to be certain about anything in many-thousand-page-long ObamaCare. But I am certain about one particular thing: I will not comply.
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June 8, 2013
John Dingell: 20,997 Days in Congress, and CountingIn these days when the political class increases its grip exponentially, Dingell's hold on one district for nearly 60 years is not something to toast. It is a mark of decline.
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May 16, 2013
The Burden Is on UsThe Obama administration is drowning in the tsunami of its lawlessness. It is we who have to see to it that he and his ilk are held to account.
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April 26, 2013
Boston Demands That We Know Our EnemyThe Boston Marathon bombing was another act of war perpetrated against the United States by Islamic jihadists. It's past time our government recognized that.
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March 16, 2013
Coolidge: A Politician Uncannily Deserving of RespectWould 21st-century America have the patience for a man like Calvin Coolidge? The times may be changing.
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February 3, 2013
Review: The Caning: The Assault That Drove America to Civil WarIn the days when slavery was still an open question in the United States, the caning of Senator Charles Sumner made nearly every American choose sides.
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December 28, 2012
The Ambassador From MassachusettsPerhaps it is time for an independent voice from Massachusetts.
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October 25, 2012
RomnesiaThe term Romnesia is instructive and reflects Obama perfectly. It is not presidential. It is not statesmanlike. It is a cheap shot aimed at cheap laughs. It doesn't really make much sense. It is a gimmick based on a fiction and the opposite of witty.
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October 17, 2012
Journalists as ProfessionalsLast night's debate was merely the most recent iteration of the American press corps inserting themselves into a story and defining the story's narrative.
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October 12, 2012
A Rather Special WorldBiden so appealed to his leftist acolytes last night because they all live in the same delusion.
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October 11, 2012
Biden's BurdenAt a critical time for the Democratic Party as presently constituted, the party sees fit to present a fool, following a venerable tradition
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September 14, 2012
A Helpful Suggestion for The Late ShowPoor David Letterman. No matter what he does, from innuendo about Bristol Palin to his own sex scandal, he just can't seem to beat the even less amusing Jay Leno in the competition for pole position in the late night ratings.
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September 11, 2012
Time and Action Do Not Heal All WoundsHow can Democrats like Barack Obama and Joe Biden say that killing one man has closed and healed the wounds of 9/11?
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August 27, 2012
Neil Armstrong: 'There Was Work to Do'There is no American civilian more deserving of a state funeral than Neil Alden Armstrong. But to hold one, as some have suggested, would go against the modest ethic that Armstrong demonstrated his entire life.
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August 26, 2012
Review: 2016: Obama's AmericaExposing some uncomfortable truths about our president.
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August 13, 2012
The New Generation Offers a LeaderThe first "Gen X-er" on a national ticket is a seriously intelligent conservative grounded in the fiscal realities that have placed our nation in peril
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August 11, 2012
For Us or against UsA vote for incumbent president Barack Obama in November is a vote against the United States Constitution. Furthermore, it is a vote for one's own enslavement.
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June 30, 2012
Review: The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of IdeasJonah Goldberg shows how the left employs clichés in order to cloak its ruthless, ruinous ideological aims in the language of easy-listening rhetoric.
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May 2, 2012
Black Teen Run Off the Liberal PlantationHounded out of her school as the members of the early 21st century's protected class proved her criticisms true.
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March 13, 2012
Who Is the Leader of the Free World?Two heads of state delivered speeches last week in Washington, D.C. They spoke from the same podium on consecutive days. The subject was the right of a sovereign nation to defend itself.
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February 10, 2012
Obama's 'accommodation'Don't you just love the use of the word "accommodation" to describe Obama's action today concerning birth control and freedom of religion?
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February 3, 2012
Don't insult the Edsel by comparing it to the VoltThe Edsel had problems but nothing like the Volt.
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January 1, 2012
Constitutional Education at Your FingertipsIf you have access to a computer with an internet connection, you can rediscover a lost faith in academia this coming February.
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December 17, 2011
Review: Throw Them All Out by Peter SchweizerWant to get rich quick? Forget those insipid real estate infomercials that air in the dark hours of the early morning; just get yourself elected to Congress!
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November 12, 2011
The Rise and Fall of College Football in One TrophyIn another ham-fisted mess, the administration of the Big Ten Conference decided some time ago to call the winner's trophy for the inaugural championship game in Indianapolis later this year the Stagg-Paterno Trophy.
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September 30, 2011
American Citizens and the Drift from First PrinciplesEarlier this month I was present at a public appearance by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, who had just finished touring a thriving and growing business on the North Shore. What followed was an explicit demonstration of the corrosion of our political discourse.
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May 11, 2011
Citizen CainNow is the time to test whether the Tea Party means business because, judging by last week's Republican presidential debate, the Tea Party candidate for president in 2012 is self-evident.
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April 19, 2011
Leaving DetroitIf you leave on the freeway well before dawn, when the early morning is dark, you cannot see the burned out houses that stretch for miles.
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January 29, 2011
Colonel AmericaAn unceasing adventure of writing, wonder, discovery, physical courage, and the fortitude to overcome loss after devastating loss.
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January 20, 2011
Civility comes to basketball?It's been difficult, especially in my role as a youth basketball coach, eliminating violence-inducing language, as we are told we must. Good-bye, "shooting" baskets.
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December 24, 2010
Arlen Specter's ClubBuried in Senator Sepcter's farewell diatribe was a most revealing and interesting phrase
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November 20, 2010
George W. Bush: His Own ManGeorge W. Bush is no Ulysses S. Grant, but his new presidential memoir is deserving of the success it is meeting.
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November 8, 2010
Peace and Quiet for PresidentImproper adherence to the Constitution by presidents has weakened the system of checks and balances given us in the Constitution
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August 30, 2010
The Education of Glenn BeckDepending on where you get your news, I was one of about 87,000 -- or a number approaching 350,000 -- on the National Mall this past Saturday.
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August 3, 2010
Desperation and the Enemy We FaceA probable fake Klan mailing endorsing a tea party candidate against an establishment Republican in Michigan's 6th district.
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July 27, 2010
Primary TargetIn Michigan's 6th Congressional District, a true conservative challenges an entrenched incumbent Republican who behaves as if all blessings flow from Washington.
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June 19, 2010
The Right Hates Soccer? Really?Professional club soccer has been offered to the American public in almost every conceivable form since the 1960s.
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May 5, 2010
The Sound of Silence in TigertownErnie Harwell broadcast 42 seasons of Detroit Tiger baseball on radio and television....
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April 16, 2010
A conservative challenger in Michigan to a GOP congressmanRep. Upton gets a conservative primary foe courtesy of the tea party movement.
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April 4, 2010
Obama's narcissism knows no boundsDid we really need to see him at halfitme of the NCAA seminfinals shooting a game of Horse with a worshiping Clark Kellogg?
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January 11, 2010
Eric Holder, Dems Turn Their Bigoted Eyes to YouSince he appointed himself arbiter of cowardice relating to race in America, Eric Holder should immediately resign his position and facilitate what is obviously a desperately needed dialogue about race among Democrats.
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November 19, 2009
President Obama at GettysburgToday is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. I thought it might be fun to imagine how Obama would have altered Lincoln's prose for his own purposes had he the chance in 1863.
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November 17, 2009
Steve Schmidt: Sore loserThe former McCain campaign manager disses Palin's new book as "total fiction."
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October 1, 2009
Happy Birthday, Mr. PresidentJimmy Carter is 85 today. His birthday wish may be coming true.
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September 25, 2009
Irony, thy name is AyersWilliam Ayers took note of the throngs of protesters who greeted him at Purdue University last night, saying in essence that the protestors know not what they do
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September 22, 2009
The Few. The Proud. The Ayers Audience at Purdue.Fewer than 100 seats will be available to a specially selected group of faculty and students when William Ayers shows up at Purdue University Thursday night.
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September 7, 2009
Ayers to defile Purdue UniversityMay we Purdue graduates look forward down the road to Theodore Kaczynski giving a remote lecture on the dangers of TNT?
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August 17, 2009
Who Does John Dingell Think He Is?The dean of the United States House of Representatives has been much in the news lately.
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August 11, 2009
Kenneth Gladney: 21st century Crispus AttucksService Employees International Union (SEIU) thugs beat Mr. Gladney during a recent St. Louis town hall meeting.
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August 3, 2009
The Heat is OnAugust is the best month of the entire year. Congress adjourns for a month-long recess in August and our representatives have the chance to spend the month in their home districts and states, unable to pass legislation.
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July 19, 2009
Where is the United Methodist Church on Iran?Some conspicuous blind spots in an activist denomination.
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July 16, 2009
Monica Conyers, Shakedown Artist?The indictment of the wife of one of the most powerful members of Congress reveals colorful details of the way business is done in Motown.
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June 26, 2009
Monica Conyers pleads guilty (updated)Few "public servants" have been as arrogant and prideful without merit as Monica Conyers, member of the Detroit City Council. Today she has finally reaped a bit of what she sowed.
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May 30, 2009
Judge Sotomayor, Empathize This!What exactly is so rich about her experience? A cursory look at her biography and resume reveals a conceit that seems quite common to the elite left
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April 4, 2009
Carl Levin and the ruins of DetroitA monument to ruination, thanks to the Stimulus Bill.
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February 20, 2009
A Nation of Cowards?Of course, Eric Holder is correct. The cowardice of Americans was on full display during the most recent presidential election and continues today.
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February 7, 2009
The (Peripatetic) OneThe public spotlight can be a dangerous addiction in a president.
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January 15, 2009
A Great and Good Man bids AdieuTonight President George W. Bush bids the nation his official farewell, the final address he will deliver from behind the Resolute desk in the Oval Office.
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January 10, 2009
Get to Work, Big ManIt's time to hold Michael Moore to an awkward promise he made.
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January 4, 2009
The Case for The American CauseIt is no exaggeration to conclude that the political landscape of the United States is one of chaos borne of ignorance and outright disdain for our nation's founding principles and values.
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December 17, 2008
Fate of the Free PressYesterday the Detroit Free Press announced that come next year, the paper will be delivered to home subscribers only three days a week (Thursday, Friday, and Sunday).
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November 15, 2008
The United Methodist Church vs. George W. BushFew individuals or groups have matched the slurs, lies, and outright hatred toward President Bush that have come from officials of the United Methodist Church (UMC),
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November 1, 2008
Notre Dame stands vindicatedWhere does the University of Notre Dame go for its apology?
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October 3, 2008
Radio reporter fired for wearing Obama tee-shirtIt is refreshing to hear of at least one news organization taking seriously the code of ethics about which most journalists prattle incessantly
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September 20, 2008
Antiwar protesters: Permission not grantedAntimaw protestors appropriate the names or images of American soldiers who have died in service without explicit permission from -- or tacit approval of -- the families of those soldiers. This got personal for me yesterday.
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September 4, 2008
Just so we're clearHere's exactly what the dying media expect us to buy-into, if we really believe them.
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August 9, 2008
Olympic PauseThe Olympics have long been a joke. But hosting the games in a police state is even worse.
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August 3, 2008
Obama is 'like Reagan'?A story by Chuck Raasch of Gannett News Service found on the website of the Detroit Free Press is but the latest example of the old media's slow recognition that their guy is slipping.
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July 26, 2008
The Racism Cry ReturnsHaving begun softly during the primary season, an incessant drumbeat has steadily gained strength and will soon reach its deafening crescendo as we march toward November:
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July 19, 2008
Methodists Endorse Bush Library at Southern Methodist UniversityWhile the library and public policy institute's eventual at SMU was a foregone conclusion, this vote is a further repudiation of the bankrupt arguments that have been trotted out by opponents of the library.
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July 9, 2008
Obama's string of surprisesWhy is a would-be chief executive officer surprised so often by events?
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July 7, 2008
Voice of reason in DetroitA small ray of hope in a city and profession with precious little.
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July 1, 2008
Unfailing classMaking one's way across the country via airplane can be a hectic experience. But one experience makes up for it.
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June 24, 2008
Another first for WIf Hillary Clinton made "18 million" cracks in the glass ceiling during her campaign for the presidency, how much glass has George W. Bush shattered during his administration?
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June 17, 2008
Another Obama falsehoodHere is the latest item to add to the ever-growing file labeled "Obama Misstatements, Gaffes and Outright Lies"
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April 2, 2008
Obama's White House courtBarack Obama's predictions about the NCAA basketball tournament have a slight problem.
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January 31, 2008
WWJ(ack)D?The unstated - yet obvious - conclusion the breathless coverage of Sen. Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy conferring their endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for the presidency is that their endorsement also has the imprimatur of the late John F. Kennedy.
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November 30, 2007
'You Play to Win the Game'So said then-New York Jets coach Herman Edwards in a press conference a few years ago. Yet William Rusher, one of conservatism's grey eminences, concludes that it would be better to elect Hillary than nominate a social liberal like Rudy Giuliani.
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October 20, 2007
Part of the Job of Congressional StaffersHere in southeastern Michigan, Republican Congressmen Joe Knollenberg and his staff are under the constant harassment of one Bruce Fealk, an individual described by The Hill as a "MoveOn foot soldier,"
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June 2, 2007
Who's Afraid of Brit Hume?Sen. Christopher Dodd and Gov. Bill Richardson are the latest to decline an invitation to attend and participate in a debate among Democrat presidential hopefuls in September at Detroit.
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March 16, 2007
A speech for the Libby pardonThe following is a speech that should be delivered by the President of the United States from the Oval Office and televised live to the nation
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February 10, 2007
No need for Air Force ThreeForget Speaker Nancy Pelosi's arrogance in voting to raise the gas tax on Americans five times while she is squired around the Federal City in a government SUV that is exempt from such a tariff.
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February 3, 2007
Academic Separation and Jimmy CarterRecently, a small band of bishops and clergy of the United Methodist Church began circulating a petition urging Southern Methodist University to reject a proposed plan to affiliate the school with what will be the George W. Bush presidential library. When will these bishops and clergy circulate and/or support a similar petition urging Emory University to cease its relationship with the Carter Center?
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January 21, 2007
A Mighty Weapon"Scholarly" is sometimes a term used to describe academic work or even mainstream trade books on history and politics that are boring. But the latest effort from Dr. Douglas Wilson entitled Lincoln's Sword is a scholarly work that illuminates a topic of fascination.
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June 18, 2006
A Very Dark Horse -
May 30, 2006
Shameful resolutions -
May 7, 2006
Taking care of his own -
March 15, 2006
Russell in Wonderland -
January 26, 2006
'The Spirit of Cabal and Intrigue' -
January 9, 2006
Send in the Clowns -
December 21, 2005
Bring it on -
December 16, 2005
Freedom's Retort -
November 28, 2005
Attorney General for the defense -
November 16, 2005
Censure Rockefeller – for starters -
November 3, 2005
O'Connor's Seat -
October 21, 2005
Decline and fall -
October 9, 2005
Lincoln's Faith -
August 27, 2005
Camp Arnold -
July 23, 2005
The tender arms of a tyrant -
July 12, 2005
Schumer's advice to the President -
June 22, 2005
Apology not accepted -
April 21, 2005
The importance of being nice to other UN members -
April 19, 2005
Shall not perish from the earth -
April 8, 2005
Schadenfreude -
March 30, 2005
He told us so -
March 2, 2005
The undeniable truth of life -
February 27, 2005
Farewell, Coach Keady -
February 16, 2005
The Bandwagon -
February 9, 2005
The steady climb up Rushmore -
January 30, 2005
A life well lived -
January 26, 2005
A grand old wizard -
January 25, 2005
Pity Laura Bush -
January 21, 2005
Biden should follow Kerry's example -
January 13, 2005
Religion and the presidency -
January 11, 2005
Uppity -
January 5, 2005
An excellent foundation -
December 3, 2004
Race has nothing to do with Notre Dame football -
December 1, 2004
Triumph of the American spirit -
November 23, 2004
Not Enough -
November 18, 2004
Ninety miles south of Jesusland -
November 10, 2004
MoDo's excellent adventure -
November 9, 2004
Dream woman -
November 4, 2004
Goodbye to all that -
November 2, 2004
A plea to reasonable Democrats -
October 23, 2004
Something completely different -
October 21, 2004
Al's Legacy -
October 15, 2004
Senator, you're no Dan Quayle -
October 5, 2004
The neo-copperheads -
September 30, 2004
Winning time -
September 12, 2004
For the girls -
September 3, 2004
Follow Through -
August 25, 2004
It's Never Good Enough for the Left -
August 21, 2004
A Peek into Kerry's Soul -
August 12, 2004
Reality TV -
August 9, 2004
Politics of Hate -
July 30, 2004
Image is Everything -
July 27, 2004
In a nutshell -
July 23, 2004
Fortitude -
July 13, 2004
Outside Agitators -
June 30, 2004
Beneath Contempt -
June 25, 2004
The Beginning of the End of the Democratic Party