Author: Amy Ridenour

“We’ve Been Lied To”

In one of his "Breakpoint" opinion pieces, Charles Colson addresses the myth that Christianity historically has been at odds with scientific research. If you are one of those who believes that Europeans thought the world was flat until Columbus sailed, ...
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Stacking the Legal Deck

Project 21, the Center for Individual Freedom, the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary and the Congress of Racial Equality have filed a complaint against the NAACP for apparently trying to use the Senate judicial confirmation process to stack the deck ...
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Talon News: Support Grows For Judicial Memo Whistleblower

Kay Daly, President of the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary, tells Talon News that the staffer who exposed memos discussing the attempt of some Senate liberals to delay confirming judges to the 6th circuit in order to influence future decisions ...
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Project 21 to Discuss Slave Reparations on ABC’s Nightline

Project 21's Deroy Murdock is set to appear on tonight's edition of "Nightline" on ABC. Topic: slavery reparations. He's opposed ...
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OpinionJournal – Featured Article

I agree with this Wall Street Journal editorial (subscription required) saying: ....Social Security reform becomes even more important to Mr. Bush's Presidency and his political coalition in the wake of the Medicare giveaway. Republicans are bragging that by giving seniors ...
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Liberals Angry; Presses Stopped

My brother, Christian Moritz, sent along this USA Today article: "Liberals Finding their Voice and It's Angry." The liberals are always angry. No newsflash there. But this article is worth reading for a couple of reasons, not least of which ...
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French Diplomats on Strike

Musings from Ed Haislmaier: I am hard pressed to think of a strike I'd be more likely to support than this one. The main question is: How to support it? If we send the strikers care packages or raise money ...
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Washington Post: Battles and Bruises Produce Medicare Bill

This interesting Washington Post November 30 article recaps negotiations over the Medicare bill on Capitol Hill. It includes a few choice tidbits, such as the Hill nixing a detailed White House plan that apparently would have delivered far more fundamental ...
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Police Shoot, Kidnap Citizen — or Maybe Not

Either the Associated Press needs to hire better editors, or the Baltimore police need to find less violent officers. Or so I conclude after reading an article in the Washington Times, part of which I reprint here: County police are ...
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A Dandy, A Fop, But Not a Newcomer

A word we keep hearing about is "metrosexual." Supposedly, the term comes from the notion that a man who is interested in clothes is in touch with his feminine side. We are supposed to believe that his very existence is ...
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