Government often discriminates by basing hiring practices, the awarding of contracts and college admissions on racial criteria. Given an opportunity to put a stop to it, Michigan voters overwhelmingly passed the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) ballot referendum. The MCRI, ...
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It's no secret that the relationship between black Americans and the Republican Party is rocky. Despite the Party's history of helping end slavery and passing civil rights legislation, the GOP's standing among blacks has fallen dramatically over the past 40 ...
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Many of our long-time blog readers recall the 2004 blog entry "A Soldier Assures Us: Our Progress is Amazing," by my old friend Joe Roche, then on active duty with the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division in Baghdad. For those ...
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David Hogberg now has his second part of his two-part series examining the major health care reform proposals introduced by Democrats over the past Congress online at the American Specator. This time, David takes at look at Rep. Fortney "Pete" ...
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Halloween's history and traditions are covered in an interesting essay in the Lighthouse Patriot Journal blog. Some things I learned I hadn't known: The transatlantic migration of almost two million Irish during the Irish Potato Famine in the mis-1800s played ...
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I happened to be reading some of the contemporaneous news coverage of the censure of the late Rep. Gerry Studds, and noticed this passage in a July 21, 1983 New York Times article, "House Censures Crane and Studds for Sexual ...
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In response to blogger/newspaper editor Mark Tapscott's take on my idea that online versions of MSM articles (news, features, editorials, etc.) should have footnotes: 1) Mark says: "...reporting assertions of the "most right-thinking people are liberals on this issue" sort ...
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Writing for the American Spectator, our David Hogberg is examining the major health care legislation introduced by Democrats during this Congressional session. David's first article in a two-part series examines Senator Russ Feingold's "State-Based Health Care Reform Act." ...
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From Breitbart.com: Former Governor James McGreevey, who resigned after acknowledging a gay affair, said he would marry his male partner if New Jersey's state legislature adopts same-sex state marriage.'Marriage would offer the ability to bless our relationship in a committed ...
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At least, according to the Irish Times, in a report in tomorrow's editions: The British government has hired former U.S. Vice President Al Gore as a lobbyist to convince the American public that action must be taken urgently to combat ...
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