Author: Amy Ridenour

Quote of Note

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"For liberal elites, belief in gun control and global warming has taken on the character of religious faith. We have sinned (by hoarding guns or driving sport utility vehicles), we must atone (by turning in our guns or recycling), we ...
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Boneless Goose

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The "central activity" of the Obama Administration "is corruption," says George Will today. The column begins: Anyone, said T.S. Eliot, could carve a goose, were it not for the bones. And anyone could govern as boldly as his whims decreed, ...
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Outrage of the Day: The Max Baucus Proposal to Tax Our Health Insurance Benefits

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The left says its move to expand the federal government's role in health care is spurred by a desire to make sure all Americans have health insurance coverage. But Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is ...
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Open Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer

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Dear Senator Boxer: I read with interest your letter urging people to send an e-mail to President Obama urging him to select a woman for the U.S. Supreme Court. I don't often agree with you, but I think you are ...
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Misbehaving for Money: Something Wanda Sykes, Perez Hilton and Donald Trump Have in Common

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When comedian Wanda Sykes, heretofore largely anonymous, got the gig to be the professional funny person at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, she could have been funny (she knows how). Everyone would have laughed (it was an easy crowd), she ...
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Outrage of the Day: Lobbying the President to Ignore His Oath of Office

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Elaine Donnelly of the Center for Military Readiness reports that anti-Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell activists are pressuring President Barack Obama to issue an order telling the Defense Department to stop enforcing that law. The oath of office President Obama, and all U.S. Presidents, ...
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Harry Reid’s Dumb Move

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I was amazed to see that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apparently has reneged on his pledge to Arlen Specter that Specter could keep his seniority if he switched from Republican to Democrat, which Specter has, of course, since done ...
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George McGovern and George Meany Are Right

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Writing in the Wall Street Journal, former Senator George McGovern comes out against the mandatory arbitration provisions in the card check bill. He says, "George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO for nearly 30 years before retiring in 1979, had it ...
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Outrage of the Day: Erasing England’s Religion and Culture

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Between 1291 and 1294, twelve "Eleanor Crosses" were erected by the government of England to mark the spot where the funeral cortege of the queen of England, ueen Eleanor of Castile, stopped for each night of its 12-day trip from ...
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GE Apparently Concludes ObamaCare Would Spend Less on Diagnostic Health Care Equipment Than Private Insurers Do

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In "Is GE Dancing to the White House Piper?," Washington Examiner writer Timothy Carney says GE is altering its business strategy to take into account President Obama's government-run health care plan: President Obama is calling for a greater government role ...
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