Author: Amy Ridenour

The Papal Assassin’s Ties

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Thomas Joscelyn has a fascinating article in the April 7 Daily Standard, "Crime of the Century: How the Elite Media and the CIA Failed to Investigate the 1981 Papal Assassination Attempt": A stunning revelation buzzed throughout Italy last week. According ...
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Who Killed Social Security Reform?

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From today's San Francisco Chronicle, an article by Carolyn Lochhead "Social Security Rehab Died First Under Clinton": Who killed Social Security overhaul?A: Harry Reid. B: George W. Bush. C: AARP. D: Monica Lewinsky. Answer: D. Seven years ago, the first ...
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Genealogy Blog

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While tracking back some of the many visitors I've gotten lately who are looking for information on the Prince Charles-Camilla Parker-Bowles wedding (I bet many of you had no idea this was a British royalty blog!) I ran into the ...
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Environmental Quotes

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Our Earth Day Information Center is getting new publications online in preparation for Earth Day 2005, which is April 22. Just posted is a fresh list of quotes on environmental topics. My favorite quote of those we've collected this year ...
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An Accounting Mechanism, Not a Savings Account

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National Review Online's Beltway Buzz column collects some quotes from surprising sources on the emptiness of the Social Security Trust Fund ...
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The Night Writer’s Interesting Quote

This is an interesting quote that I have never seen before: It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. - Thomas Jefferson I found it at The Night Writer blog ...
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Brian Riedl: Top Ten Examples of Government Waste

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Brian M. Riedl of the Heritage Foundation has an eye-popping new paper out, "The Top 10 Examples of Government Waste." Here they are: 1. The Missing $25 Billion 2. Unused Flight Tickets Totaling $100 Million 3. Embezzled Funds at the ...
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Captain’s Quarters Goes Canadian

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Captain's Quarters blog coverage of the (formerly) secret testimony of Jean Brault at (Canada's) Gomery Commission appears to be another historic milestone for the blogosphere. Harry Forbes at the Squaring the Boston Globe blog takes a look at the traffic ...
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Is the World Ready for an African Pope?

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Diversity magazine sent out an email today with the subject line: "Is the world ready for an African Pope?" I'd rephrase the question, and instead ask: "Is the world ready for an African Pope who isn't a liberal?" ...
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The Plot to Kill the Pope

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The London Sunday Times examines the evidence behind the suspicion that the Soviet government was behind the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in May 1981. If the trajectory of the bullet that hit the Pope, and/or the one ...
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