Author: Amy Ridenour

Words of Mass Deception (WMD)

A personal observation from my husband, David, regarding the possible manipulation of data to justify the Iraq war: Democrats say President Bush produced words of mass deception (WMD) to justify war with Iraq. But despite weeks of searching, they've been ...
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Did He Have a Dimple When He Smiled?

The Washington Post has a front page story today about a woman who apparently murdered her two-year-old son and then killed herself. The piece ends with numerous compliments about the life and work of the alleged baby-killling murderess, but devotes ...
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Gibberish Against the War, Or, Who Is She to Talk About the SS?

The alleged killer (see below) of little Jehan Vazirani Komunyakaa -- his mother, Reetika Vazirani -- is said to have been an accomplished poet. Judge for yourself her submission to the anti-Bush anthology "Poets Against the War." MOUTH-ORGANS AND DRUMS ...
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Are Union Members Lemmings?

Last year's business scandals should have been enough to remind everyone of the importance of reliable business audits and public disclosure generally. But while many would say it is self-evident that ethics rules that are good for big business are ...
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Stop Me Before I Shoot Up Again

Legal Brief /
Amanda C. Hagan, 29, is suing seven defendants because she took illegal drugs. Hagan injected herself with heroin and cocaine while involuntarily committed at the Norristown State Hospital. After nurse gave Hagan an anti-depressant, she suffered a drug overdose, was ...
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What Would Jesus Drive…?

...a large SUV, says the Sport Utility Vehicle Owners of America in a story by Anna Bakalis in the July 14 Washington Times. The group is poking fun at an environmentalist campaign that seemingly purports to speak for our Lord ...
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Americans are About to Pay Dearly for Natural Gas

Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen has an op-ed in the Detroit Free-Press and other newspapers this week answering the question: Why have natural gas prices nearly doubled this past year? A short, short version of his answer: "the same federal government ...
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And You Thought All It Subsidized Were Farms

Our executive director, David Almasi, had a comment about this Fox News/AP story. It is about the estimated 15 percent of the 55,000 employees at the U.S Department of Agriculture who carry government credit cards misusing the cards to, for ...
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A Frivolous Piece

Michael Kinsley's piece on medical malpractice reform in the July 11 Washington Post contains this paragraph: One subject you don't see many anecdotes about is "frivolous lawsuits," although this is a major theme of malpractice reform crusaders. There's a reason: ...
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The American Prospect and Daschle v. Kennedy and Bush

Michael Tomasky, incoming executive editor of the liberal American Prospect, labels the prescription drug benefit President Bush has been pushing Congress to adopt as "this Medicare swindle" in a piece on the TAS website today. It's hard to see how ...
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