Year: 2006

Daschle Wrong on Health Care

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From David Hogberg: The Missoulian reports on a visit by former Senator Tom Daschle to Missoula: Daschle had come to town as part of his "Naked Truth" campaign to raise awareness about America's health care crisis. And what is that ...
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Where Do We Go From Here? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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There are many black Americans today who yearn for a more complete connection with their African ancestry. Many believe this link is necessary to complete their cultural identity. For some, this effort goes no further than wearing African attire. For ...
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The Folly and Tragedy of Section 8, by Mychal Massie

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While traveling through a part of my community dominated by "Section 8" government-subsidized housing, I came across a group of seemingly out-of-place college students. Approaching them, I discovered they were performing community service by picking up trash in front of ...
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Michigan Voters Quit Quotas, by Deneen Moore

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Government often discriminates by basing hiring practices, the awarding of contracts and college admissions on racial criteria. Given an opportunity to put a stop to it, Michigan voters overwhelmingly passed the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) ballot referendum. The MCRI, ...
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Hutchinson Down About Emerging Black GOP Majority, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

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It's no secret that the relationship between black Americans and the Republican Party is rocky. Despite the Party's history of helping end slavery and passing civil rights legislation, the GOP's standing among blacks has fallen dramatically over the past 40 ...
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“The Thing I Am Most Proud of In My Life is Having Served in Iraq”

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Many of our long-time blog readers recall the 2004 blog entry "A Soldier Assures Us: Our Progress is Amazing," by my old friend Joe Roche, then on active duty with the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division in Baghdad. For those ...
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Continuing the Health Care Overview

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David Hogberg now has his second part of his two-part series examining the major health care reform proposals introduced by Democrats over the past Congress online at the American Specator. This time, David takes at look at Rep. Fortney "Pete" ...
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Halloween History and Traditions

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Halloween's history and traditions are covered in an interesting essay in the Lighthouse Patriot Journal blog. Some things I learned I hadn't known: The transatlantic migration of almost two million Irish during the Irish Potato Famine in the mis-1800s played ...
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On Confidential Sources

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I happened to be reading some of the contemporaneous news coverage of the censure of the late Rep. Gerry Studds, and noticed this passage in a July 21, 1983 New York Times article, "House Censures Crane and Studds for Sexual ...
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Footnoting the News: A Response

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In response to blogger/newspaper editor Mark Tapscott's take on my idea that online versions of MSM articles (news, features, editorials, etc.) should have footnotes: 1) Mark says: "...reporting assertions of the "most right-thinking people are liberals on this issue" sort ...
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