It Sounds Boring, I Know, But It Really Isn’t

I think it would be a great public service if the blogging community, or talk radio hosts, or more editorial writers and the public generally, started following the asbestos issue a lot more I know, I know, it sounds like ...
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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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Schumer Blames Bush for Blackout While Energy Bill is Stalled in Schumer’s Senate

In the Democrats' weekly radio address, NY Senator Charles Schumer has blamed George Bush for the blackout. Meanwhile, a comprehensive energy bill has been stalled in the Senate for two years. Schumer, of course, serves in the Senate while Bush ...
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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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