Social Issues Ignored at Freedom’s Peril
Candidates in televised debates usually find it hard to stay within the narrow time limits allowed for answers to questions from a moderator or panel member. But one question...
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Tolerance “Will Bury You”
Often the most enjoyable humor is the unintended kind, as in the oft-quoted Yogi Berra line about an overly popular restaurant: "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded." Or...
O’Donnell’s ‘Gaffe’ on the First Amendment
"There cannot be the slightest doubt that the First Amendment reflects the philosophy that Church and State should be separated," said Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in the...
Mildred Jefferson, Battler for the Right to Life
There were so many meritorious achievements in the life and career of Mildred Fay Jefferson that even the comprehensive New York Times obituary didn't mention all of them. But...
O’Donnell’s “Witchcraft” is Same Old “Voodoo”
Some of us may have thought politics in America couldn't get more absurd than it was in the 1970's, when we had a President of the United States proclaim:...
O’Donnell, Coons Spar Over Marxism, Evolution
Marxism and evolution were among the topics raised in a wide-ranging and frequently contentious nationally televised debate in Newark, Delaware, on Wednesday night, October 13, between Senate candidates Chris...
Candidates Trade Barbs Over China Trade
With the nation in a long and steep economic decline, few Americans are expected to base their votes this fall on international issues. Issues relating to diplomacy and the...
Sex “Ed” Still Hot Topic in Helena
By a 6-3 vote the School Board of Trustees in Helena Montana Tuesday night approved a modified version of a sex education plan that caused an uproar among parents...
DNC “Stealing Democracy” Ad Rips Chamber, Republicans
A YouTube ad that has generated a lot of attention in the major news media accuses the U.S. Chamber of conspiring with GOP operatives Karl Rove, former political adviser...
What’s So Bad About Paladino’s ‘Homophobia’?
Sometimes it's amazing to observe what is and is not controversial these days. Except in a few rare instances where parents organize to protest it, teaching children in public...
Joseph Sobran: God’s Satirical Soldier
Like most conservatives, Joseph Sobran, enjoyed being a contrarian, flatly contradicting the conventional wisdom, which he liked to describe as "what everybody thinks everybody else thinks." Joe Sobran wasn't...
Bush Left Budget Surplus — in Iraq
If you are still wondering what, besides endless wars and astronomical growth in federal spending, might be the legacy of President George W. Bush, the U.S. Government Accountability Office...
On Theologians as Blind Guides
Those who would cling to the kind of bliss ignorance brings would be well advised to continue not reading the things written and published by professors at the colleges...
Tyranny Triumphing
America is sliding into tyranny, and few Americans seem to recognize it. Before you dismiss this as alarmist propaganda, consider the following: ...
School District Pays for Strip Search for Marijuana
A New Hampshire school district agreed to pay $2,500 to a female former student who was forced to partially undress in front of two male teachers who were searching...
Romney, NH GOP declare war on Democrats
New Hampshire Republicans were on the warpath when they gathered at the Capital Center for the Arts in Concord on September 25 to rally their troops and vent their...
Is “Radical” Rand “Too Kooky for Kentucky”?
You might wonder if Dr. Rand Paul, Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Kentucky, will ever be plagued by what President Bush 41 (that's "Poppy" Bush for those of...
Where are the liberals? “Don’t ask, don’t tell.”
The morning news tells us those reactionary old Republicans managed to sustain a filibuster to defeat the repeal of the ban of homosexuals serving openly in the armed forces....
GOP Brass Is RGC: Republicans Gone Crackers
As Pat Buchanan pointed out in a recent column, it is time once again for the Revenge of the Rockefeller Republicans in Delaware, where the party establishment has gone...
Baseball Hero, Ted Williams
Ted Williams had just returned from a hunting trip in Minnesota, about 40 miles north of Minneapolis, when he heard the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor....