Tag: New Visions Commentary

Bush's Immigration Policy: What If His Opponent is a Border Hawk? by Ken Raymond

Bush’s Immigration Policy: What If His Opponent is a Border Hawk? by Ken Raymond

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In the fall's presidential campaign, imagine what a challenger who is strong on national security issues could do with regard to the proposed Bush immigration policy. There are problems with President Bush's new policy that an ambitious presidential candidate could ...
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Mint Julep Heinz Kerry, by Murdock "Doc" Gibbs

Mint Julep Heinz Kerry, by Murdock “Doc” Gibbs

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I call it selective liberal outrage. Listen to any evening newscast and you hear liberals spouting verbal assaults and vicious attacks on anything conservative. They are trashing anyone with even a remote association with an exclusive golf club or connection ...
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Why Courting the Black Vote Won't Work, by La Shawn Barber

Why Courting the Black Vote Won’t Work, by La Shawn Barber

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Justifiably confident going into the election cycle, Republicans have announced they hope to win 25 percent of the black vote. Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has great expectations. "If we get African-American votes, [the Democrats] are in ...
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Looking for Mr. Tate, by Darryn "Dutch" Martin

Looking for Mr. Tate, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

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Lionel Tate, the 12-year-old Florida boy who killed six-year-old playmate Tiffany Eunick, has been released from prison. He had been convicted of first-degree murder for what he said was an accident that happened while he was mimicking professional wrestling moves ...
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Take Care of Your Foot Soldiers! by Mychal Massie

Take Care of Your Foot Soldiers! by Mychal Massie

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Conservative leaders have slain one of their loyal foot soldiers - senior staff aide to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), Manuel Miranda - in a vain attempt to appease their liberal counterparts. In a since-leaked April 17, 2002 memo, ...
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Don't Look this "Gift Horse" in the Mouth, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

Don’t Look this “Gift Horse” in the Mouth, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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African-Americans must view the arrival of the new TV One cable channel as, at best, a "gift horse" with mixed blessings. The new cable television network recently began broadcasting nationwide primarily on cable networks in urban centers with sizeable African-American ...
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Forgetting Black History at the Ballot Box, by Ak'bar Shabazz

Forgetting Black History at the Ballot Box, by Ak’bar Shabazz

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February is Black History Month. Also, 2004 is an election year. If current voting trends don't change, 90 percent of eligible black voters will vote for liberal candidates, usually represented by the Democratic Party. This obviously helps liberals, but does ...
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Real Reason to Oppose Affirmative Action, by Theodore R. Essex

Real Reason to Oppose Affirmative Action, by Theodore R. Essex

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Conservative leaders have slain one of their loyal foot soldiers - senior staff aide to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), Manuel Miranda - in a vain attempt to appease their liberal counterparts. In a since-leaked April 17, 2002 memo, ...
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Jesse Jackson: Can We Please Just Move Along? by Lisa Fritsch

Jesse Jackson: Can We Please Just Move Along? by Lisa Fritsch

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As the 2004 political campaigns heat up, Jesse Jackson is making the rounds to rally support for liberal candidates and stirring the pot on hot racial issues. Officially in my hometown of Austin, Texas, to speak to the African-American Chambers ...
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Why People Defend Michael Jackson, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

Why People Defend Michael Jackson, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

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Michael Jackson. Go ahead, crack a joke, sigh or shake your head. Michael's lifestyle and his current predicament inexorably lead to those reactions. There seem to be only two main schools of thought concerning the one-time "King of Pop": he's ...
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