Year: 2004

What Conservatives Think #012304: Environment: Are Conservatives “Un-American” on Global Warming?

The Left Says: "[Global warming] is a real problem. You can say that it isn't. You can say it over and over again. It is a real problem, and it is a problem that is getting worse because we failed ...
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How Come They’re Allowed to Say This? Rush Limbaugh Wasn’t

The Washington Post comments favorably on how well the NFL is doing in its efforts to hire minority coaches. Is the media desirous that black coaches do well? ...
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Los Angeles Times: Cold Facts on Global Warming

Ni e article today in the Los Angeles Times on global warming. Not a long piece, but it covers the issue clearly and well. Author is James Schlesinger, who served in Cabinets for Nixon, Ford and Carter ...
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Websites Worth a Look

Two groups I really like, the National Legal and Policy Center and the Heartland Institute, have re-designed/updated websites. NLPC has had major success recently in its efforts to curtail corporate support for Jesse Jackson, and its work to make labor ...
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Interesting,Though Probably Useless, Information

A Gallup poll reports that Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to report that they are "very happy" with their lives ...
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France in Uproar over Cloth Strips

Despite public support, French legislators are beginning to reappraise the idea that Jews should not wear yarmulkes, Christians should not wear crosses, and Muslims should not wear veils in French public schools. According to the Guardian, most French people support ...
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What Conservatives Think #012004: Political Philosophy: Are Americans More Liberal Than They Realize?

The Left Says: "Whether they now describe themselves as liberal or not, most Americans remain strongly progressive in their views about taxation, health care, education spending, Social Security, environmental protection, and corporate regulation." Source: Joe Conason, "Big Lies: The Right-Wing ...
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Changing France: That is Impossible

Britain's Prospect Magazine has an article in the January 2004 edition exposing just how corrupt the French government is. Worth a read, unless you already know how bad it is over there, which I didn't. Thanks to David Frum's Diary ...
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Black Conservatives Repudiate Jesse Jackson at MLK Day Rally

CNSNews.com has a nice article on Project 21's involvement in a protest of Jesse Jackson's activities outside of Jackson's Los Angeles office today ...
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Stop Presses: Left Thinks Bush Lies, While NBC Blows Off Objectivity

Here is an unintentionally funny story claiming liberal reporters try really, really hard to be objective, while conservative reporters don't even bother. If you don't feel like reading the link 'cause it sounds like the story might be idiotic, I'll ...
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