Author: Amy Ridenour

Katrina Rescues: A Military Perspective

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I'm posting a letter from Joe Roche, whose wife is doing helicopter rescue missions in hurricane-affected areas, "24/7, very tired, sometimes being shot at, facing intense heat and humidity, having spartan-to-bare sleeping conditions, with sickness and disease spreading." Amy, I ...
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Tidbits on Rehnquist

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A few tidbits I saw this night while reading about the late Chief Justice: Comedian/actor Robin Williams, doing a supposed imitation of Rehnquist soon after he became Chief Justice in 1986, as quoted in People magazine's September 22, 1986 edition: ...
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Reviewing Anne Rice

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Judging from her screed in the New York Times today, the writer Anne Rice apparently doesn't know the simple word "thanks." But to my country I want to say this: During this crisis you failed us. You looked down on ...
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Ex-Liberal in Hollywood: New Orleans: Where Laid Back is Laid Bare

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Clark Baker sent me a copy of a post in his new blog "Ex-Liberal in Hollywood" in response to my post about Anne Rice complaining about America. After I read the post he sent me I went to his blog ...
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Hurricane Relief Suggestion Box

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I've not blogged the Katrina aftermath much, partly because I'm so disgusted I don't trust myself around a keyboard when I'm thinking about it, and partly because I have been assuming that most decent, clear-thinking people are thinking pretty much ...
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Gainesville, Texas

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Looks like Gainesville, Texas, is a very neighborly town. Brad Baugh, the inspirational young man in the story, is the cousin of National Center staff Sam Baugh. We send our best wishes to Brad and his family ...
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Neo-Luddite

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The National Center's Peyton Knight is not joining the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. fan club (assuming there is one): Hurricane Katrina has wrought tragedy and human suffering like few of us can even imagine. Disasters of this magnitude have a ...
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Congressional Action: Prayer of the House

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On September 2, the Chaplain of the House of Representatives, Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following prayer: The Nation, Lord God, is overwhelmed today by the mournful sound that comes from the Deep South.Like a familiar songstress who knows ...
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The Civil War Being What?

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The New Orleans mayor says Katrina is "the biggest goddam crisis in the history of this country." The biggest crisis since the development cable TV 24/7, yes. But maybe perception becomes reality ...
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Down With Knee-Jerk, Apoplectic Hysteria

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From today's Inside the Beltway column in the Washington Times: Martin and JohnRekindling the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr., blacks in America aren't being silent about the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to the Supreme Court -- ...
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