Author: Amy Ridenour

Foxes and Henhouses

A note from our executive director, David Almasi: People have been warmed about putting foxes in charge of henhouses. This is what you'll get: Not only did liberal Congressman John Conyers take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution ...
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More on Putin & Yukos

Anyone who is following the Yukos case at all will want to read this Washington Post article today. The article explains much about the Khodorkovsky and Lebedev indictments -- warts and all. Khodorkovsky doesn't look great in the piece, but ...
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do

A left-wing talk show host, Thom Hartmann, has published an Internet document called Free Yourself from Conservative Talk Radio: 12 Steps to Recovery. Among other advice, he suggests that readers "love democracy's basis in debate and respectful disagreement." He spends ...
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As Putin Visits the EU…

From a Reuters Report, November 6: "An EU official in Brussels, who declined to be named, told reporters the way the Yukos case was being handled was 'way off what we would consider acceptable in the European Union.'" ...
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The Congresswoman Can’t Tell the Difference Between A Human Life and A Uterus

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter is on television just now comparing a ban on partial birth abortion to a ban on hysterectomies The root word for "hysterectomy" is "hysteria," as in "behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, or a mental disorder characterized ...
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Gays Don’t Have Full Freedom of Religion or Expression, Judge Says

The judge in this news story is effectively trying to decree that homosexuals have less First Amendment rights than anyone else. Briefly, Denver Judge John Coughlin has ordered a mother not to teach her child any Christian teaching that condemns ...
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Medicare Bill Obstructed: Naughty GOP Has Been Trying to Help Seniors

The headline, "GOP Blocking Drug Bill, Democrats Say," in this Washington Post article today is a little bizarre, given that the piece goes on to discuss a possible Democrat filibuster of the bill. The article's paragraph two also is ridiculous: ...
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Teaching “Integrity” Costs Taxpayers Over a Quarter Million

A note from our executive director, David W. Almasi: Because, according to a Metro spokesman, "integrity and trust are the cornerstones of effective leadership," the mass transit authority for the Washington, D.C. region spent over $275,000 on workshops to teach ...
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If the Public is With You, Why the Crafty Poll Questions?

An e-mail from Mike Catanzaro over at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee raises some very good questions about polling done on a global warming bill the U.S. Senate voted on last week: One of the many canards about ...
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Not So Poor

A note from our executive director, David Almasi: I'd love to have a bigger television, but I bought the biggest one I believe my family can afford. Today the Washington Post discusses the long-awaited move of some public housing tenants ...
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