Author: Amy Ridenour

ProfessorBainbridge.com: Free the Tomatoes

I don't see why one need become a libertarian to be outraged by this. As a conservative, I certainly am. Professor Bainbridge is right on the money with this one. If you like, or even buy, tomatoes, read the Professor's ...
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Prince Harry: German Ancestry Does Not Make Him a Nazi Sympathizer

I noted a bit of unintentional irony in this New York Times article about Prince Harry wearing a swastika. On the one hand, the piece notes some observers lamenting the possibility that history is not being properly taught to young ...
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Make Love, Not War

The lefties must love this one ...
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Heritage Weblog: Social Security Polls

The Heritage Foundation's Heritage Policy Weblog has posted results of several recent polls on Social Security reform, and provides an analysis that, Heritage says, "illustrate(s) that how pollsters ask questions about reform can make a big difference." Among other results ...
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Pittsburgh Steelers Resource

As the Pittsburgh Steelers continue their all-but-inevitable acquistion of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, folks might find it handy to have this list of Pittsburgh-area blogs. Meanwhile, kudos to Pittsburgh's rookie quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, who announced Tuesday he will donate his ...
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AP Rewrites History

The AP Begins a report today saying: The search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has quietly concluded without any evidence of the banned weapons that President Bush cited as justification for going to war, the White House said ...
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky: Letter from a Russian Prison

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky writes from a Russian prison, as published by the International Herald Tribune: The destruction of Yukos is almost done. I did everything I could to prevent the authorities' personal animosity toward me from harming minority shareholders, ordinary employees ...
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SinclairAction: Intransigent, But Why?

While preparing for a talk radio interview about the Staples - Sinclair - Media Matters issue, husband David noticed that the liberal activist group SinclairAction still has this graphic up on its website: This seems at odds with the facts ...
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Iraq: Stay Determined by Joe Roche

Joe Roche has a message for anyone gloomy about election prospects in Iraq: Our country is fortunate to have the orderly and time-honored traditions of elections and transfers of power. These are the most important events in democracy. I spent ...
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No WASPs Need Visit

Maybe if you are white, middle-class, middle-aged and don't use a wheelchair the British government will still let you in if you pretend to need a wheelchair? Which does add an ironic twist to the fact that these programs are ...
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