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Conservatism's Extreme Makeover

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 02:04
It will come as news to no one that conservatism has long had a PR problem. The political question of 2010 is this: do America's voters finally "get" conservatism?
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A Tale of Two Narcissists

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 02:04
Let me introduce you to two narcissists I know and (don't) love.
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The War on Academic Achievement

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 02:03
Judged by all the billions of dollars now flowing into "education reform," it appears that Washington, and especially the Obama administration, is obsessed with improving academic achievement. That's a cruel joke.
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Barack's Cunning Plan?

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 02:03
It's a pretty dismal picture. You could call it the crime of the century.
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'Web of Lies' -- A JournoLiar Browser App?

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 02:02
If any of you techies out there want to get rich quick and Save the Republic to boot, here's your chance. This idea is all yours, free. All you have to do is write a tiny program.
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Liberal Preachiness Takes a Name: Bloomberg Syndrome

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 02:01
Liberals have staged a gaudy performance over the Ground Zero mosque, but the elitist brand of naïveté of Mayor Michael Bloomberg defines the genre of liberal preachiness.
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We Don't Like Either of You

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 02:01
The balance of power in Washington is an endless ebb and flow of disgust for both parties, since each seems to react to the delusion that accompanies election to office.
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Realism and Revival?

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:04
Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally in our capital city was an attempt to address both the material and spiritual issues on what is essentially a political level. Can that really work?
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The Most Profound Victims of the Obama Hoax

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:04
Statistically, the most zealous believers in hope and change are the most profound victims of the Obama Hoax -- poor, young, unemployed blacks.
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Gov. Paterson, do you miss Rush yet?

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:04
Governor David Patterson famously taunted Rush Limbaugh as Rush sold his New York City apartment and left the state. It is time for second thoughts.
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Obama's War on Arizona

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:04
America is under attack from within at the highest levels of power.
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The Answer Is 'No'

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:04
There are highly paid minds on the political left who, having to believe in something for the coming election, consider it smart to paint the GOP as "the party of no." Boy, are they wrong!
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The Most Disturbing Facet of Yet Another Dreary 'Peace' Conference

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:03
Ethnic cleansing? Not in our name!
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A Candid Talk with Allen West

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:02
The Colonel has a way with words.
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Obama's Silver Lining?

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:04
The August employment figures are dismal. Not to worry -- President Obama has detected a "silver lining."
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The Left Keeps Losing Everywhere

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:04
Not only is the left looking at a big defeat in America in two months, but it has been getting slobber-knocked all over the modern industrialized world.
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The Schools Scandal

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:03
American spending on public education, adjusted for inflation, has more than doubled over the last three decades. What did taxpayers get for their money? Twice the money. Zero progress.
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Obama's Belabored Labor Day Speech

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:03
A tired collection of divisive class warfare attacks.
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Our Dying Constitution

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:03
Our Constitution is almost dead. It is being killed by judges who ignore the actual text of the document but find heretofore unknown devices in its "penumbras and emanations."
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The Perpetual Post Office

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:02
The Postal Service must be immortal; it's a government program that has outlived its usefulness.
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