Author: Amy Ridenour

Enron Convictions Tar Bush, Says Newsweek’s Howard Fineman

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Newsweek's Howard Fineman says: If you want a date to mark the beginning of the end of the Bush era in American life, you may as well make it this one: May 25, 2006. The Enron jury in Houston didn't ...
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Do it for Fido

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As a postscript to this post by Professor Bainbridge, which I agree with entirely, here's a thought. In the interest of protecting the lives of responders, who sometimes risk life and limb to rescue people who very often ought to ...
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Cannibalism

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Ed Haislmaier has pointed me toward a macabre story on the ABC News webpage. The photo of the cupcakes is bad enough, but the Hoffa steak salad has especially unappetizing connotations. The two photos of Brian Ross that appeared above ...
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General Peter Pace: “Grow Where You Are Planted,” And Other Advice

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Syndicated talk radio host Laura Ingraham recently played an excerpt from Joint Chief Chairman General Peter Pace's May 6 Commencement Address at the Citadel. Here's the text of the few seconds of the speech Laura excerpted on her show: I'll ...
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Global Warming Activists Fret: Why Aren’t We Winning?

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A little light reading this evening: "Americans and Climate Change: Closing the Gap Between Science and Action," a report describing the "findings and recommendations" of a conference of "extraordinary Americans [who] were asked why the robust and compelling body of ...
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Politics Before Policy: Weekly Standard Tells House GOP to Cave to Dems on Immigration

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Fred Barnes, writing for the editors of the Weekly Standard, tells House Republicans to bow to filibuster-threatening Senate Democrats on immigration. Reason? Politics. Concluding paragraph: This fall, there's no doubt Bush and Republicans will wage a strong negative campaign against ...
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A Sad Story

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Only read this blog post if you are prepared to read a real heartbreaker. If you are still with me, go here first and read the column. Then go here to find out what happened next. A short biography of ...
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Test Your Religious Knowledge Quiz

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The liturgy excerpted below was downloaded from a website. Celebrant: Blessed be the Lady who births, redeems and sanctifies us.People: And blessed be all of her creation forever. Amen Celebrant: Nurturing Mother, our hearts are open to you. You know ...
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CEI’s Global Warming Ad Campaign

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As you may have read elsewhere (go here, or here, or here, or here, for example), on Wednesday afternoon the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a D.C.-based think-tank, held a press conference to announce its release of two new commercials. National Center ...
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The Members are Pussycats, Compared to the Staffers

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In response to this good idea (as reported by the American Spectator's Quin Hillyer), I am reminded of one of the two most controversial ideas the National Center has ever put forward: More than a dozen years ago, my husband ...
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