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- Opinion · Nov 14, 2013Typhoon Haiyan and the Old, Old Problem of Evil
plummets to his death in the sea when the wax melts. In Breugel’s great work, Icarus is drowning but no one seems to care. The farmer keeps plowing … Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, or the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis -- the awful news from the Philippines was followed instantly by offers
- Alexander's Column · Oct 31, 2013The Democrats’ End Run on ‘So Help Me God’
would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness - these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens … part of the military oath drafted by the Founders themselves.” A Fox News follow up report notes the AFA claims “ It was an editorial oversight .” That does not explain
- Opinion · Oct 31, 2013Sebelius’ Big Day of Big Lies
thing due to the health care law.” As NBC News reports, the Obama administration knew as early as 2010 that assertion was a lie. Despite promising that some insurance policies … rate above what it was when the law went into effect on March 23, 2010. Moreover, in the bill itself, there was a statement noting that the normal turnover
- Opinion · Oct 22, 2013ObamaCare: Stop, Drop, Enroll
suspicion on a hugely unpopular program. “Listen,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told “Fox News Sunday,” “ultimately, Secretary Sebelius will testify before Congress.” And when she does, it will … challenges facing the United States” -- a statement some would find questionable, given the great time and effort Jeh devoted to introducing open homosexuality into the ranks of the military
- Opinion · Sep 19, 2013Academe’s Money Tree
board of trustees have little control.” Easterbrook notes that when Auburn won the 2010 national championship, its net football income was $37 million, just a bit less than … athletic director, “Coach Chizik is a great mentor to our student-athletes.” Two years later, Chizik’s mentoring greatness counted for less than his 3-9 record. He was fired
- Alexander's Column · Sep 11, 2013Anyone for Terrorist Profiling?
delivery boy 2. The UPS guy 3. Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day 4. Male Islamist Jihadis between the ages … murdered by a bomb in Mumbai, India planted by: 1. A 96-year-old great grandmother 2. Followers of Mahatma Gandhi 3. Children from the local school 4. Male Islamist
- Opinion · Sep 9, 2013The Economic Stagnation Named ‘Recovery’
reinforced the ongoing reality that America remains mired in the worst recovery since the Great Depression. Once again, the 169,000 jobs created in the month of August was “unexpected … median number of 180,000 jobs forecast by 96 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The unemployment rate dipped from 7.4 percent to 7.3 percent, but also once again
- Opinion · Aug 26, 2013March on Washington 2013 Brings Liberal Distortion
quality of life, on average, that black Americans lead today. The bad news? Fifty years is a long time, and the progress is not nearly what it should … good. According to the Census Bureau, the median net worth of black households in 2010 was $4,955 compared to a median white household net worth of $110,000. Median
- Opinion · Aug 13, 2013Crime Bankrupts Detroit; Public Unions Mug Two California Cities
were and are committed by (and against) blacks, whose numbers in Detroit during the great northward migration rose from 149,000 in 1940 to 660,000 in 1970. Crime … 2010. Crime drove away Detroit’s taxpayers. Much residential and commercial property is literally worthless. The Detroit News found that 47 percent of property owners didn’t pay property taxes
- Opinion · Aug 8, 2013Bill O’Reilly Is Smarter Than Lawrence O’Donnell
defend his sociology this week. On Monday, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell ridiculed Fox News’ O’Reilly for saying that single motherhood is responsible for the the high black crime … attributing black illegitimacy to slavery. O’Donnell’s point was simply that the great Moynihan had written about slavery being bad, so all discussion must end. Fortunately, all discussion
- Opinion · Jul 17, 2013Eric Holder’s Reign of Racial Terror
demand justice.” DOJ coordination with the NAACP was not limited to Sanford. In 2010, following a year of stonewalling by the Department, two former DOJ officials testified under oath before … killed.” On the same day, ABC News reporter Matt Gutman tweeted that Martin was shot “bc [because] he was black.” CBS News followed suit on March 19, claiming Zimmerman
- Opinion · Jul 4, 2013Obama Will Make Blacks Vote Republican
News White House reporter and author Kenneth T. Walsh, Obama considers the tea party a racist movement that rose up to stop him. “In May 2010,” writes Walsh, “(Obama) told … South but around the country, that African-Americans are not qualified to lead this great country.” So much for no more irresponsible use of the race card. Four years into
- Opinion · Jun 21, 2013Irish Turn on O’Bama
while he was attending the G8 Summit. Ireland got its first taste of The Great Divider on Monday in a speech the President delivered to 2,000 young people … girl was violently raped in a car. Planned Parenthood linked to a local news report on its Facebook page and posted this in response, “Heartbreaking stories like this
- Opinion · Jun 17, 2013Coolidge & Cuckoos
Great Depression,” that although FDR didn’t create the Depression, he did a great deal to prolong the agony until World War II finally brought it to an end, Coolidge … announced that Congress would have to enact the Patient Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 (aka ObamaCare) before anyone would know what was in it. Three years later
- Alexander's Column · May 30, 2013Political Agendas and Half-Staff Flags
dead or their grieving families, and in fact, think Obama showed them great disrespect by politicizing their deaths. Further, I doubt that those flag orders comply with 36 U.S.C. CHAPTER … state of West Virginia after a mining accident there in 2010? By comparison, there were 12 people killed in Aurora, and six killed in Tucson and Oak Creek. Why were
- Opinion · May 30, 2013Underreporting in Obamaland
News reporter James Rosen and when he knew it, Holder will get every possible benefit of the doubt from MSM reporters and pundits. Eric’s such a great guy, after … today actually know what the IRS has been doing to their fellow citizens since 2010. Fewer Americans care -- especially those who voted Obama in 2012. More people are concerned with
- Opinion · May 22, 2013Progressivism: A Scandal Unto Itself
justify the IRS’s abuse of power is that the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in the Citizens United case, striking down limits on campaign contributions -- aka free speech restrictions … leaks? Shouldn’t the potential sources of a story be given priority over the news organization reporters to whom the information was divulged? And in true progressive fashion
- Alexander's Column · May 16, 2013Obama’s ‘IRS Enemies List’ — Updated Chronology
Obama’s wink-n-nod “directive”. Kelly met with Obama on 31 March 2010, the day before the first Sensitive Case Reports on conservative groups were initiated. Kelley already … right to be angry about it, and I’m angry about it. The good news is we can fix this.” I presume that means making sure the abuse is better
- Opinion · Apr 10, 2013Remembering (and Forgetting) Thatcher
before he showed up at Hillsdale. Reagan and Thatcher were great leaders and certainly great combatants in the war on ideas. But Hillsdale teaches Locke and Montesquieu and Alexis … heard of those philosophers before they mock conservative “deep thinkers.” Obviously, if a Fox News reporter mocked college students viewing Obama and Bill Clinton as “heroic deep thinkers,” they would
- Opinion · Apr 3, 2013The Open-Borders Reporters Who Banned ‘Illegal Immigrant’
demands and the pressure of political correctness in favor of pithiness and precision. In 2010, a member of the “Diversity Committee” of the Society of Professional Journalists launched a campaign … country unlawfully by residency or citizenship requirements. Illegal immigrant ... is accurate and neutral for news stories.” So what changed? “Journalist” Kathleen Carroll, AP’s executive editor, attributes the move