Author: Amy Ridenour

White-Hating Segregationists Master Photoshop and a Few Big Words — Will Other Skills Follow?

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BACKGROUND: Both the U.S. House and Senate budget bills included a provision that would allow for oil drilling in a small fraction of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  The Senate passed its budget bill last week, but leaders in the ...
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House Moderates Block New Oil Drilling, Then Drive Home

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The Senate blamed oil executives for oil supply shortages Wednesday, while the House, finding its budget-saving measure held hostage by a tiny group of anti-drilling Republican moderates, decided to drop an effort to permit drilling for oil. From the Washington ...
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Does He Wear Croc Dentures?

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A headline from Reuters: 135-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Found in Argentina I'll never complain that I feel old again! ...
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Horace Cooper: The First Borking

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Quiz: What judicial nominee was the first victim of a "borking," as described in this paragraph: Led by Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana, a cadre of Senate Democrats worked hand in glove with special interest groups to organize the first ...
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Trial by Jury Beats Incarceration by Fiat

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Rusty Yates, husband of the woman who drowned her five small children, claims the United States is "barbaric" for even putting the killer on trial: Rusty is no fan of the treatment of mentally ill patients in the United States ...
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WSJ: DDT Saves Lives

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The Wall Street Journal says DDT saves lives: It's horrifying enough that malaria -- a preventable and curable disease -- claims one million lives every year and that most victims are Africa's pregnant women and children under five. Compounding this ...
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Historic Preservation v. Property Rights?

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Peyton Knight has written a critique of the Trust for Historic Preservation, "Historically Untrustworthy: How the Trust for Historic Preservation Works Against Property Rights," for the Capital Research Center: "The National Park Service and others will use the National Register ...
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New on Blogroll Today

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New on blogroll today: The Liberty Zone Ragged Thots Judicial Philosophy Foundational Patriot Punch If you have this blog on your blogroll and I don't have yours, drop me a note. It might not happen immediately, but I try to ...
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Easy Way to Reduce Gas Prices

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Dan Mitchell notes there is an easy way to reduce gas prices (but he also says Congress won't do it): Reduce the federal gas tax ...
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Phyllis Schlafly v. Pentagon Feminists, with Rumsfeld as Arbiter

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Men in the military -- and fair-minded Americans generally -- should read Phyllis Schlafly's latest column. Some excerpts: The feminists have launched a devious attack on the U.S. Armed Services that could have a very detrimental effect on morale, retention, ...
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