Author: Amy Ridenour

Homeschooling Revolution on Camille Paglia

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Quite a quote about the Bible from the one-of-a kind Camille Paglia. Speaking of Camille Paglia, about ten years ago a driver taking a sudden shortcut across a sidewalk at the Dulles International Airport outside Washington nearly ran me over ...
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Joe Roche: Antidote to Defeatism

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Joe Roche has a must-read article in today's Washington Times: I'm very proud to be a soldier of the U.S. Army because of the war on terror and our missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm not alone either. I'm surrounded ...
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Questions for Hugo Chavez

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Let me get this Hugo Chavez thing straight. A businessman and religious broadcaster (Pat Robertson) who ran for president 17 years ago against the current president's father more-or-less calls for the assassination of Chavez, who himself is allied with Fidel ...
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African-American Leaders Call Press Conference to Discuss Record of Judge John Roberts

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Project 21 Member Mychal Massie is participating in a Thursday press conference at the National Press Club in Washington on the record and beliefs of Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts. Says Mychal: John Roberts is the type of jurist ...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Service’s New Math

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Husband David Ridenour has a question: Q: When does 90 days equal 3,074 days? A:When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is doing the counting. The FWS recently issued a "90-day finding" on a petition to delist the slackwater darter, ...
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Stem Cell Breakthrough?

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A page one Washington Post story Monday says researchers have learned to create embryonic stem cells from skin cells. Says the Post: The approach... is still in an early stage of development. But if further studies confirm its usefulness, it ...
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Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers’ Excellent Timing

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From husband David Ridenour: On April 28, researchers, including representatives of the environmentalist group The Nature Conservancy, announced the discovery of an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker along the Cache River in Arkansas. Before the "discovery," the bird had been believed to be ...
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Sad But Amusing

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Sad but amusing, by way of the Cato Institute's "Cato Policy Report": In my State of the City Address, I said that in order to be a GREAT city -- THIS city needs to excel in three areas: Education, Public ...
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New TESRA/ESA Reform Analysis Posted

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Those who are following the TESRA/Endangered Species Act debate may be interested to know that The National Center just posted a new press release on provisions of the ESA bill the Resources Committee will be taking a look at later ...
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John Roberts’ Sly Wit

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Once Judge John Roberts becomes Justice John Roberts, if the comments in this Washington Post piece are any indication, we're going to have some fun when we read his opinions ...
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