Author: Amy Ridenour

Pizza Man Discriminates Against Germans, Is Jailed

The Danish restaurant owner who refused to serve French and German would-be customers because France and Germany opposed the war in Iraq is going to prison, according to this London Telegraph story. Niels-Aage Bjerre was fined the equivalent of approximately ...
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U.N. Naiveté

A note from our Chris Burger: Tuesday's suicide bombing of the U.N. headquarters in Iraq killed at least 23 people. It has been reported that some of the guards at the headquarters were former Iraqi intelligence officials and might have ...
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Following in the Footsteps of Richard M. Nixon, and Heading Left

Every now and then conservatives when in informal conversation raise the subject of recent presidential administrations: which was the best, the worst, the most liberal, the most conservative, etc. When the question arises regarding which of our recent presidents was ...
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Maybe the Post Needs New Copy Editors

I planned to stop writing about the Washington Post tonight, I really did, but I just clicked back on the main page of their website and found the headline "Democrats Still Lack Favorite" replaced with: For Delay, PACs Widen Clout ...
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More Newspapers Questioning Medicare Proposal

Newspapers are continuing to weigh-in on the Medicare proposal now under consideration by Congress. As the Heritage Foundation says: "The growing editorial chorus says the Medicare drug proposal now being worked on by a Capitol Hill committee is flawed and ...
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Do We Deserve a Ticket?

Matthew Craig makes a point I like very much in his new National Policy Analysis paper, Anti-SUV Activists Versus the American Family. That point is that liberal do-gooders are responsible for mandating air bags in cars, a development which made ...
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What Happened Today in American History – Every Day

August 19th A graduate of Georgetown University, he was a Rhodes Scholar before becoming the Governor of Arkansas and then America's 42nd President. In 1998, he became the 2nd president ever to be impeached. His original name was William Jefferson ...
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Union Sues to Stop Pay Raise for Members

Here's an interesting story about a teachers' union filing suit against (Washington) state lawmakers to overturn a pay raise. Apparently, the union only wants raises for which it can claim credit ...
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“Manhattan Was Beautiful in the Dark”

This wonderful George Mason University "Blackout Project" website contains personal stories and recollections of New York's famous power blackouts of 1965 ("The Night the Lights Went Out") and 1977. It's worth reading -- if you have enough electrical power to ...
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“Blackouts” Today, “Greenouts” Tomorrow — Plus a Plug for Somebody Else

Townhall.com was kind enough to publish my piece on the Great Blackout of 2003 as a guest column today. I take a look at the anti-energy policies of the leading environmentalist groups, because if we follow their advice, we'll have ...
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