Shamelessness, Not Forgiveness: Americans and “Fallen” Celebrities
A warning against confusing forgiveness with shamelessness ...
Opinion
Politics and Emoting
President Obama’s decision to have himself surrounded with school children as he announced his “proposals” to deal with “gun violence” on Wednesday caused...
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“Gun Control” and “Fairness”
If "gun control" enthusiasts were really for fairness, then they would have to be willing to either give up their guns or make...
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Are Guns the Problem?
When I attended primary and secondary school — during the 1940s and '50s — one didn't hear of the kind of shooting mayhem...
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Debt Crisis and Candy Cigarettes
By official projections, President Obama for eight years is firmly on track to more than double the amount of federal debt incurred during...
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A Story of Life: Conklin’s Book “Don’t Thank Me, Thank Your Recruiter”
As he reveals in his recently published Don’t Thank Me, Thank Your Recruiter, Army veteran Ken Conklin is one person who knows the...
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What’s Behind the Fight Over Hagel for Defense?
Okay, so what's behind the battle over the Hagel nomination? With all the talk we have heard and all that has been written...
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Liberalism Versus Blacks
There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words...
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Gold Standard Arguments Being Promoted Again
Two years ago Steve Forbes, two-time candidate for nomination for president by the Republican Party and editor of Forbes magazine, predicted “a return to the...
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VA Hospitals: Everything That’s Wrong With Government Healthcare
Recently, more than 570 veterans in upstate New York received some dire news that could be classified as tragic irony: After they have...
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The Real Root of School Violence
In the brave new world of the very near future, children will enter their public schools passing police checkpoints, surveillance cameras, metal detectors,...
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The Hagel Brouhaha
The anti-Hagel hysteria carries a message different from the one getting all the attention: If Hagel is “out of the mainstream” of foreign-policy...
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Ten Piers Morgan Gun Lies, Untruths, and Deceptions
It’s probably not quite true that gun-control advocate Piers Morgan has been “standing on the graves of the children of Sandy Hook,” as...
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Letter to a Lost Unitarian
I e-mail back to an old schoolmate who has said she's a Unitarian atheist, explaining why her Godless doctrines are potentially cruel, tyrannical,...
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Marco Rubio: No Conservative
It is shown that from his positions on various issues, Marco Rubio is just as much a proponent of Big Government as any...
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