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The Only Consensus on Global Warming is that the Sun Warms It Every Day

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Media Matters seems to be refuting itself. In the summary of an article criticizing the Media Research Center's Brent Bozell Wednesday, Media Matters said: Summary: L. Brent Bozell III misleadingly suggested that there is no scientific consensus on the existence ...
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Should Congressmen Make $850,000?

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Should members of Congress be paid $850,000 per year? According to Roll Call, after adjustments are made for inflation, they essentially did in 1873: Relative to per capita income, 1873 was the highest point Congressional salaries ever reached. According to ...
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Michael Moore Sicko Alert

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David Hogberg reminds movemaker Michael Moore -- producer of the upcoming (no-doubt reliable) film "Sicko!" about health care -- that there's a difference between health care and health insurance. The former being what we have, and the latter being what ...
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National Heritage Areas: A Debate Among Virginians

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In writing us today, Mr. David Spearman (letter below) doesn't indicate which article he's writing about, but based on the context and the reference to Chancellorsville, I'm assuming its this one, or one of our other recent articles about the ...
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Reporters: The Fifth Amendment Applies in Newsrooms, Too

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Mark Tapscott thinks the reporters discussed in this story have a lot of gall. I agree. The reporters essentially want to violate the newspaper owner's property rights. The matter of reporters believing the commonsense rules pf society don't apply to ...
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When Regulating Wetlands Means Ruining Lives

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Writing in Human Events, Senior Fellow R.J. Smith takes a lookat recent Supreme Court action regarding wetlands and includes a few stories about wetlands regulations run amuck: ...The Wall Street Journal's Max Boot has referred to this CWA-EPA-Army Corps axis ...
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President Putin Kisses Boy

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This is just weird. Addendum: Believe it or not, there's an online poll about this at the Things That Make You Go 'Hmm' blog. Addendum, 7/9/06: Speaking of Putin, this National Journal overview of Russian politics, history and society at ...
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Reagan’s Security Shield

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Good stuff from the Examiner: "Star Wars" critics must bear the major burden of responsibility for the delays and setbacks that have prevented the missile defense system from becoming fully operational long before the present crisis with North Korea. Additional ...
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Staff Notes

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A sad goodbye here at the National Center, as our office manager, Nickie Kelley, is leaving us to become a staff assistant to Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL). Nickie's sunny personality will be missed, but we wish her the best at ...
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Sob in Private, Please

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Our David Hogberg is playing the world's smallest violin on the American Spectator blog today. Spurring the sad song is a rumor that seniors wanting subsidized nursing home care might have to show an ID to qualify for the expensive ...
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