Two-year-old Ryshawn Lamar Bynum died on July 31, 2003. His father, Isaac Bynum, had brought the child to the intensive care unit of Oregon Health and Science University Hospital the previous day. Ryshawn arrived unresponsive, and doctors soon realized why: ...
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Outsourcing. The mere mention of the word is enough to send shivers down the spines of millions of Americans, fearful of losing their jobs to workers in China, India, or some other country where labor is cheap. While economists, business ...
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There are many reasons to thank Bill Cosby. First, there is his success as the first black comedian to tap into the creative and educational aspect of animation. His Fat Albert television show (soon to be a live-action movie), where ...
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Consumers are constantly reminded to "read the fine print" before spending their hard-earned cash on items ranging from breakfast cereals to mutual funds. Being on guard against misleading advertising is sound advice; no one wants to be hoodwinked. That same ...
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The New Republic Online is running an interesting daily series by Alan Wirzbicki this week critiquing the Fox News Channel's coverage of the GOP convention. It is interesting because the author -- whom I had not heard of before -- ...
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The Club for Growth now has a blog. I wonder how long it will be before nearly every conservative and free market organization has one? ...
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Blogger Captain Ed, blogging at the Republican National Convention, just met Pittsburgh Steelers great Lynn Swann ...
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Hmmm, maybe Schwarzenegger didn't mean "girlie men" as a compliment after all... Based on the response of the GOP convention delegates to his re-use of the phrase in his convention speech Tuesday, the average delegate isn't any more PC than ...
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A Reuters editor expresses anger that some people want to allow conceived children to be born. Among other things, he says of children he believes should be aborted: "Who will pay for policing our streets & maintaining the prisons needed ...
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An observation by National Center executive director David W. Almasi: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) isn't happy with the Federal Election Commission's Ellen Weintraub because she appears to be deliberately holding up reform of the unregulated spending of 527 political groups ...
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