Author: Amy Ridenour

The Heritage Foundation, Defense Spending and the Blame America Firsters

You've got to hand it to those Blame America Firsters -- even in the most improbable circumstances, they can find a way to Blame America First. Consider what this Canadian says in a story appearing in Britain's Independent about the ...
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Dick Cheney and Cheryl Tiegs: More Alike Than you Might Think

Visit BeldarBlog for a funny story about the vice presidential debate... and supermodel Cheryl Tiegs ...
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Leonid Reiman and the Russian Business Climate

One of the featured speakers at two prestigious symposiums in Washington this week on ways to promote new U.S.-Russian investment and business is a Russian government minister around whom allegations of corruption swirl. Since the rule of law is a ...
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Why Are Medical Costs High?

I presume it is because of the VP candidates' debate Tuesday night, but for the last hour or so we've been getting a lot of hits on one of our newsletters from last year, probably because of the lead article, ...
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The AFL-CIO and Overtime

Via Instapundit comes a link to a story and video of AFL-CIO members attacking Bush-Cheney offices in Orlando and Miami, apparently to voice complaints over the Bush Administration's new overtime rules. Gotta love the softly nuanced way organized labor expresses ...
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Update on Shoes for Kids

Keystone Military News has the scoop on what's going on with the Shoes for Kids project. If you have kids, be sure to read it ...
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The U.S.: Worth Dying For

Those who read about the soldier profiled in Joe Roche's "Death of a Patriot" letter posted yesterday might be interested in a couple of websites that memorialize the late Command Sergeant Major Eric Cooke. In this photo, CSM Cooke receives ...
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Putin, Wanniski and Dixie Lee Ray

It is fair to say that I am not a huge fan of all the opinions expressed on Jude Wanniski's website, Wanniski.com, but I did enjoy Wanniski's open letter to Vladimir Putin on global warming posted there today ...
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Death of a Patriot, by Joe Roche

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Joe Roche has written again: Amy, On Thursday, I attended a ceremony at the U.S. military base in Heidelberg to dedicate a site in honor of Command Sergeant Major Eric F. Cooke. This man was a true American hero, one ...
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The Garden Of Angels

If you ever have cried, as I have, after learning of an abandoned newborn in a dumpster, or a mistreated child, please read Strengthen The Good's story of Debi Faris and The Garden Of Angels ...
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