Author: Amy Ridenour

Don’t Get Your Science News from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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Though really, what sane person would get his science news from This Week Tonight with John Oliver? But just in case some of you don't know any better, Oliver's recent skit, "Climate Change Debate," had a glaring error -- sadly, ...
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Think Progress is Wrong to Claim Protecting Lands for Future Generations is a “Uniquely American” Idea

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I've been writing about Think Progress' announcement Friday of a new series dedicated to convincing Americans that anyone who believes our federal government should own less than 28 percent of our national land area is a wild-eyed right-wing fringe radical ...
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Never Compliment a Liberal for Getting Something Right – It Just Makes Them Want to be Wrong Again

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Last week, I applauded Salon magazine for having the integrity to point out that its fellow liberal magazine, Slate, didn't know what it was talking about. Slate claimed conservative opposition to Common Core is solely based on the fact that ...
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Think Progress is Wrong to Equate Federal Ownership of Land with Public Access to Those Lands

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I wrote yesterday of the left-wing special interest group Think Progress' rather silly belief that in owning 28 percent of the nation's land area, the federal government owns exactly the right amount of land (or possibly not enough?) and that ...
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Think Progress is Wrong to Claim the Federal Government Should Own 28% or More of America’s Lands

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Ever fearful that someone other than our Washington overlords might have some power and influence, the ever-creative Think Progress announced today a new series intended to demonize anyone who believes it makes sense for the federal government to own less ...
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Holder Urged to Act Quickly on House Request for Criminal Contempt Probe in IRS Case

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A guest post by Horace Cooper, attorney, legal commentator and Project 21 co-chairman: Today the House of Representatives voted to hold Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress and to formally request that the DOJ begin a criminal probe of her ...
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Publisher of Local NY Paper that “Outed” Registered Gun Owners in Interactive Map Sends Tweet Denigrating NRA Chief to Her Twitter Followers

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If you were the president and publisher of the Journal News, the newspaper that a year ago published the names and home addresses of legally-registered handgun owners in two New York counties on an interactive map, would you send out ...
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The Left Agrees: Liberals Don’t Know What They are Talking About

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At least in this case, it's true. Turns out Salon, a left-wing website so rabid it routinely refers to conservatives as "wing-nuts" in headlines and prints opinions so bizarre I read it just to gawk, agrees with me on one ...
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Liberals Don’t Know What They are Talking About

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Liberals claim we conservatives pick our issues based on opposition to Obama, not on principle. They don't know what they are talking about. Take Slate writer Jamelle Bouie and his article, "Conservative tribalism: Mass transit. Common core. Light bulbs. Conservatives ...
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Video: Supreme Court Upholds Michigan’s Ban on Race Preferences; Video Explains the Issues Before the Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court today, in the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, upheld the state of Michigan's decision, made by referendum in 2006, prohibiting preferential treatment in public employment, education and contracting based on "race, sex, ...
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