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- Opinion · Feb 8, 2011Brave New World
hundreds of thousands! Cecil B. DeMille would be proud. As news, much of the television coverage makes a great B-movie. Blondish American TV personalities nod their cute heads knowingly … veteran diplomat accustomed to saying much and doing little, and proclaim him the great hope of Egypt. He may strike those of us reduced to relying only on mere history
- Alexander's Column · Jan 6, 2011Honor Your Oath!
Republican majority (242-193) after the 2010 midterm elections, he proclaimed, “I stand today in awe of our great nation, humbled by the opportunity to defend the Constitution and serve … direct result of political machinations doing the bidding of special interest groups, to the great detriment of our Constitution and the Rule of Law it enshrines. Our Constitution specifies
- Opinion · Jan 5, 2011War in the Mideast -- on Christians
national media elite reviewed 2010 with great sorrow for how America has besmirched itself in the eyes of the world with its “seething hatred” of Muslims. CBS anchor Katie Couric … every night instead of Couric’s lame half-hour “news” report. Our national media elite reviewed 2010 with great sorrow for how America has besmirched itself in the eyes
- Opinion · Dec 31, 2010Shortcut to Redemption
Arrested” in the August 2010 Men’s Journal was simply a great piece of writing. I bring it up because Michael Vick is in the news, and Taibbi’s rule … Arrested” in the August 2010 Men’s Journal was simply a great piece of writing. I bring it up because Michael Vick is in the news, and Taibbi’s rule
- Opinion · Dec 30, 2010Is Hacking Your Spouse’s E-Mail Truly a Crime?
believe his wife was having an affair with her second husband, who, according to news reports, had been arrested on charges of beating Clara in front of her son from … Turley blogged, “We have seen the gradual over-criminalization of America where every act -- great or small -- has been translated into some form of crime.” And: “If this type
- Opinion · Dec 29, 2010The Best and Worst of Hollywood, 2010
America, watch the culture rather than the news channels. Here, then, are the best and worst of American cinema in 2010: Best Picture: “The King’s Speech.” This magnificent movie … movie’s climactic line). “The Social Network” is interesting if cold. “The Fighter” provides great performances and an uplifting story. Good for Hollywood. Hollywood is beginning to mirror the wants
- Article · Dec 28, 2010Meet Your Patriot Team
much more than just “preach to the choir.” As the Internet’s leading conservative news, policy and opinion journal, The Patriot Post is an effective instrument for recruiting conservative converts … peers to the reason and sound constitutional doctrines we advocate, and consequently, we receive great testimonies, particularly from collegiate students (and even some of their professors), about how our content
- Opinion · Dec 24, 2010So, What if the Bible Really Is True?
Scriptures (Psalm 119:92) and, as one writer put it, acquire “that great sense that we are living in the sphere of eternal security.” Eternal security, indeed, for Christ died … live. Now that’s the true meaning of Christmas and the best news of all. COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM
- Opinion · Dec 22, 2010The Year of Right-Wing Terrorists?
being advanced by the national news media directly. The panel of judges for the Media Research Center’s Best Notable Quotables of 2010 found that theme time and time again … said jihadists “got into their minds that to kill other people is a great thing to do and that they would be rewarded in the hereafter.” Smiley shot back
- Opinion · Dec 17, 2010The New Comeback Kid
mark his comeback as beginning on Dec. 6, the day of the Great Tax Cut Deal of 2010. Obama had a bad November. Self-confessedly shellacked in the midterm election … drama. Compare this with Bill Clinton, greatest of all comeback kids, who, at a news conference a full five months after his shellacking in 1994, was reduced to plaintively protesting
- Opinion · Dec 17, 2010In Denial
situation on the ground in Afghanistan is indeed much-improved, as our Fox News team reported a few weeks ago from the field. The evidence is irrefutable, in the competence … Given the O-Team’s penchant for blaming the Bush administration for all problems great and small, it’s hard to tell exactly what she meant, but there
- Opinion · Dec 16, 2010Obamacare in Critical Condition
penalty. More than 20 states have similar lawsuits pending. Cuccinelli said in a news conference in Richmond, Va., that the individual mandate is the “common thread” running through … ruling by the White House, don’t expect Holder to move with any great alacrity on ACA. Judge Hudson is the first judge to strike down the law. Other judges
- Opinion · Dec 16, 2010In Defense of the Liberal Arts
Citizens -- shocked and awed by technological change -- become overwhelmed by the Internet, cable news, talk radio, video games and popular culture of the moment. Without links to our past heritage … Delphic Charioteer or Michelangelo’s David does not. Appreciation of the history of great art and music fortifies the soul, and recognizes beauty that does not fade with the passing
- Article · Dec 15, 2010Patriots, ‘Our Cause is Noble’
this date a year ago, I wrote you with good news: “Millions of Americans, who have previously taken Liberty for granted, are awakening to the reality that they must join … legacy of Liberty to the next generation.” Image As we approach the end of 2010, the prospects for restoring the Liberty enshrined in our Constitution are much improved. In November
- Opinion · Dec 10, 2010Swindle of the Year
cuts. No mean achievement. After all, these are the same Republicans who spent 2010 running on limited government and reducing debt. And this budget busting occurs less than a week … Stimulus II will still blow another near-$1 trillion hole in the budget. At great cost that will have to be paid after this newest free lunch, the package will
- Opinion · Dec 8, 2010Save the North Koreans!
answers are too obvious, the questions merely rhetorical. And therein lies a very great irony. At long last a genuine spirit of transnational benevolence has arisen, fulfilling the highest hopes … crept into every debate. Moreover, the violence and cruelty emerged fairly suddenly, making it “news” instead of the status quo. No one could deceitfully claim -- as President Clinton would
- Opinion · Dec 7, 2010Two Shots at History
black churches in the Alabama of the mid-1990s.” It may be a great play. But the history is distorted. There was a ginned-up panic about black church burnings … Flames of Hate: Racism Blamed in Shock Wave of Church Burnings” (New York Daily News) and “A Southern Plague Returns” (Associated Press). By the time a presidential task force issued
- Opinion · Dec 3, 2010Adventures in Polspeak
writing. The utterly safe editorial, the kind that never editorializes but only regurgitates the news story before adding a platitude at the end, must always include the phrase … verisimilitude.” Like the current story line about Barack Obama’s being a great economizer. No essay on polspeak would be complete without noting Rule No. 535, which mandates that, whenever
- Opinion · Dec 2, 2010Is NPR for Sale?
that elevated hokum about its being a source of objective news. As that great political philosopher P.T. Barnum once observed, there’s one born every minute. That … fortune from one of George Soros’ philanthropic fronts only confirms its status as a news source with much the same agenda as MSNBC. It’s just a lot more subtle
- Opinion · Dec 1, 2010Glorifying ‘Great’ Liberal Judges
must not wield the tools of tyrants.’” Stevens clearly warmed the hearts at CBS News. But they also chopped off the end of his quote. Justice Stevens wrote, “it must … country in those opinions?” Souter replied: “That made him one of the great judges.” Gotcha. The tiny detail left out of this narrative is that the Stevens dissent didn