Author: Amy Ridenour

Black Activists Praise Priscilla Owen

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Project 21 members have thoughts about Justice Patricia Owen: Priscilla Owen is one of the finest jurists in the country. The fact that she has been forced to endure more than four years of public humiliation and character assassination is ...
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A Look at Senate Staff

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The New York Times has an interesting look at some of the Senate staffers working on the filibuster rules change debate. Apparently, one of the top GOP Senate rules strategists learned his craft in part by watching Senator Robert Byrd ...
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David Bellamy Challenges Global Warming Orthodoxy

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Husband David has some thoughts on a recent news item: You ever wonder why environmental groups walk in such lock step on the global warming theory? Maybe it's because they censor colleagues who disagree. The Sunday Times (UK) reported last ...
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Majority Leader Frist: Unreasonable?

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A quote from today's Hotline: "It appears that the Majority Leader cannot accept any solution that does not guarantee all current and future judicial nominees an up-down vote." -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, on the Senate floor, 5/17/05 A ...
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Star Parker Nails it on Social Security

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Black leader Star Parker on Social Security: The simple truth is that the Social Security system needs to be replaced with one in which American workers retain their own money and invest in their own retirement accounts. Our task is ...
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Funding PBS

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An argument against the existence of PBS: An unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a people fed only partisan information and opinion that confirm their own bias, a people made morbidly obese in mind and spirit by the junk food of ...
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Yukos Verdict

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Voice of America seems to be of two minds in its story today about a verdict in the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky of the Russian oil company Yukos. The story's headline reads: "Russian Businessman Found Guilty of Fraud, Tax Evasion." ...
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Pity Poor Fairfax County

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While parts of the U.S. are reeling after the Pentagon's announcement of proposed base closings in their areas, some lawmakers in Northern Virginia are complaining because a local base, Fort Belvoir, is gaining 18,000 jobs. One of the lawmakers, Fairfax ...
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Be Fair to New York Plan

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A Democratic Congressman is following Dan Rostenkowski's advice and proposing a Social Security rescue plan. The Congressman is Robert Wexler, who represents the 19th District of Florida, containing parts of Palm Beach and Broward counties. According to the Population Research ...
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Rep. Robert Wexler on Social Security: The System is Sound, But Insolvent

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Speaking of Rep. Robert Wexler, he seems to be of two minds about the soundness of the Social Security system. From Rep. Wexler's website's Social Security page, paragraph one: First, let me assure you that Social Security is a sound ...
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