Author: Amy Ridenour

Incomprehensible, But at Least the Punctuation is Atrocious

A sample of the type of email often sent to the black conservative group Project 21: Since the very beginning we the original people of the earth has been under biases attacks by whites as long as we live on ...
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Viva La Secularism

France's Lower House Affirms Head Scarf Ban, says the Washington Post today. France thinks it is a secular nation, but in fact it has merely replaced the worship of God with the worship of his absence. It shows ...
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The Salt Lake Tribune: Ex-Staffer Scolds Hatch Over Stand on Leaked Memos

Nice article in the Salt Lake Tribune today on the Judiciary Committee controversy. Note the end, where Senator Leahy's press secretary says: "Senator Leahy made several attempts over the past five years to create a more secure computer system by ...
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Do Kennedy and Durbin Believe Senate Judiciary Committee Minority Staffers Outrank the Vice President?

After more than 20 years in Washington, I shouldn't be naive, but there is an aspect to the "leaked" Judiciary memos controversy that I just don't get. Specifically: why are government documents of this type not automatically open to the ...
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Computer Hackers in the Senate (And No Objectivity at the NY Times)

New York Times has an editorial, Computer Hackers in the Senate, today on the Judiciary Committee travesty. The editorial is a travesty, too. Reading it, you can't tell that the leaked memos revealed wrongdoing. You can't even tell that there ...
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A Man of Principle, Betrayed by His Bosses

Very nice Robert Novak column today posted on townhall.com on the Judiciary Committee scandal. Novak draws on his long-time Washington experience when he sees comparisons between this case and that of the Pentagon Papers 30 years ago. He also reveals ...
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A Mystery… And a Shame

Our David Almasi takes on the judiciary committee controversy, calling the charges against staffers of Senator Pat Leahy "grave" and complaining, as many conservatives are, that Senators Hatch and Frist are letting the real ethical issues be "spun away." Speaking ...
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Take Care of Your Foot Soldiers!

Mychal Massie, a member of the black conservative group Project 21, expresses regrets in this editorial that Senators Hatch and Frist aren't standing behind their man ...
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Why People Defend Michael Jackson

Project 21's Kimberley Jane Wilson takes a look at the other Jackson, Michael, in a timely essay we've just posted online. Memorable for me are the stories she tells in the fourth paragraph ...
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Environmentalists Circa 1975 Propose Covering Arctic in Black Soot

Over the years I've taken to collecting old books and articles (old being 20-30 years ago), when the low-budget versions of today's environmental movement predicted global cooling. Today, on Rush Limbaugh's website, he has posted a text file and pdf ...
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