Author: Amy Ridenour

BeldarBlog: POTUS as the Great Defender of the Faith

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Beldar said it well: Has [President Obama] actually read his present job description, or the rest of the Constitution and its amendments? If he thinks fighting "against negative sterotypes of Islam wherever they appear" is what a U.S. President is ...
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The Religious Right Didn’t Kill George Tiller

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"The Religious Right Didn't Kill George Tiller," by James Kirchick in the June 3 Wall Street Journal, is a powerful piece. Kirchick is an assistant editor of the liberal New Republicmagazine and a contributing writer to The Advocate, which is ...
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Quote of Note: Obama on the Senate’s Advise and Consent Role

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"As we all know, there's been a lot of discussion in the country about how the Senate should approach this confirmation process. There are some who believe that the President, having won the election, should have the complete authority to ...
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Outrage of the Day: Obama’s Silence on the Murder of William Long

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Thanks to Michelle Malkin for the link to the Newsbusters version of my post on the lopsided news media coverage of the George Tiller and William Long murders. Kudos to Michelle for calling President Obama to account for the shameful ...
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On Sotomayor, Rumors of Conservative Hypocrisy are Overblown

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ScienceBlogs, which, despite the neutral and academic-sounding name, apparently is a left-wing political blog, has a curious attackon "the Right" today on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor. Since husband David and I are in it, mildly, and post author Ed ...
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Quote of Note: Obama on the Need for Justices to Have “Empathy”

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"...while adherence to legal precedent and rules of statutory or constitutional construction will dispose of 95 percent of the cases that come before a court, so that both a Scalia and a Ginsburg will arrive at the same place most ...
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On the Murder of Private William Long, Obama Finally Speaks

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I guess the White House noticed rising numbers of complaintsabout the President's failure to give the apparently-political murder of Private William Long the same level of concern he gave to the apparently-political murder of Dr. George Tiller. Michelle Malkin has ...
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Outrage of the Day: To the Media, Some Murders Matter More Than Others

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At the time of this writing, there are nearly 7,000 references to "George Tiller" in Google News. There are under 500 for "William Long." George Tiller, of course, was the Kansas abortion doctor murdered Sunday morning by a man who ...
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Michelle Malkin on New Black Panther Case

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Michelle Malkin has been covering (here and here) the Department of Justice's decision on the Philadelphia New Black Panther Party alleged voter intimidation case. She writes, "According to a legal source familiar with DOJ procedures, dismissing a lawsuit won by ...
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Outrage of the Day: Political Decisionmaking at Government Motors

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From "Lawmakers Seek to Influence Plant Locations" by Neil King, Jr. and Kate Linebaugh for the June 2 Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration has said repeatedly that it won't use its majority stake in General Motors Corp. to meddle ...
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