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Thursday, May 14, 2009

SCOTUS Pick

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There's been much speculation as to who President Obama will pick to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court. There seems to be agreem...

Saving What's Left

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New Scientist comments upon the parlous state in which many species of birds find themselves due primarily to the loss of their habitat: ...

Chuck Defarge

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Here was Democrat senator Chuck Schumer in 2004 when the sobriety imposed upon our political class by 9/11 still had some residual influence...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Thirteen Mysteries

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If you're into science you might find this article by Michael Brooks at New Scientist interesting. Brooks lists thirteen mysteries tha...

Wouldn't You Know

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Okay. I knew it would happen. As soon as I made the comment that I hadn't heard of any conservative making a joke about killing those i...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Hope He Dies

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In 1994 a journalist named Julianne Malveaux distinguished herself by admitting that she hoped Clarence Thomas would develop heart disease ...

Power of the Happy Man

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Jason sent us a link to an essay by Peggy Noonan on the late Jack Kemp. Like much of what Noonan writes it is graceful and touching. Kemp ...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Flip Flops

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Mona Charen tells us that the Obama administration is reversing itself on many of the national security positions it took during the campai...

Suspicious Minds

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Uh oh. There's something fishy about that $328,000 photo of Air Force One over New York. Actually there are several things fishy. The fo...
Saturday, May 9, 2009

Unconditional Love

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Dennis Prager is always worth reading and this recent column is no exception. In it he discusses the significance of the fact that English ...

About Time

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An article at Foreign Policy by Christian Brose notes that Australia has gazed at the tea leaves and concluded that the United States, espe...
Friday, May 8, 2009

Post-Christian?

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Stephen Prothero, chair of the Department of Religion at Boston University, argues that claims that the United States is a "post-Chri...

Which Party Is More Ideologically Diverse?

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Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum has an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer in which he challenges the media meme that the GOP is...
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Those Anti-Intellectual Republicans

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This video shows why people have so little respect for both politicians and media talking heads. Republican Congressman Mike Pence, an other...

Man Without Conviction

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Remember the old Boy George tune, Karma Chameleon ? It could've been written about Arlen Specter. It must be plain by now even to some...

Gay Marriage and Black Outrage

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African-American ministers are incensed at the decision of the District of Columbia City Council to recognize gay marriages performed elsew...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Momentous Day

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Israel's prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with administration officials on May 18th and it's expected that the...

Barack Soprano

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According to this report by John Carney Barack Obama is a smooth-talking version of a crime boss. I don't know if these allegations are...
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Two Philosophies

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The back-and-forth over Senator Arlen Specter's party switch has stirred a couple of thoughts on the matter of how we should look at pol...

Notre Dame and the Value of Life

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Notre Dame alum Lacy Dodd offers a poignant autobiographical account of a young woman's anguish over an unwanted pregnancy. It's th...