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- Opinion · Oct 3, 2013The Real Debt Ceiling
believes it is either China or Japan. The overwhelming majority couldn’t be more wrong. The largest underwriter of U.S. debt is the United States of America, courtesy … percent of their income or more did nothing but keep their credit card debt right where it is now? And 20 percent may be an optimistic number. CNBC’s Peter
- Opinion · Oct 2, 2013Are Teens or Parents the Problem?
teaches kids to give themselves permission to do whatever they want. Nothing’s really wrong unless you get caught. And if you get caught, run. Avoid the consequences. Second, communities … whom. And we are even more responsible for communicating firmly what’s right and what’s wrong -- and then imposing consequences for intentional misconduct. Sometimes teens are out of control
- Article · Oct 1, 2013Atheism and the Moral Compass Conundrum
agree that it is wrong. But so what? Morality does not derive from the opinion of the masses. If it did, then apartheid was right; murdering Jews in Nazi Germany … world was right; and clitoridectomies and honor killings are right in various Muslims societies. ... My reason says murder is wrong, just as Dawkins’s reason does. But, again, so what
- Opinion · Oct 1, 2013A Response to Richard Dawkins
agree that it is wrong. But so what? Morality does not derive from the opinion of the masses. If it did, then apartheid was right; murdering Jews in Nazi Germany … right; and clitoridectomies and honor killings are right in various Muslims societies. So, then, without God, why is murder wrong? Is it, as Dawkins argues, because reason says
- Opinion · Oct 1, 2013Misplaced Faith in Government
told they are “guaranteed” by the government. What could possibly go wrong? The Heritage Foundation has compiled a long list of government programs that have failed to live … become competent running Obamacare? Only individuals, not government, can improve their lives by making right choices. Too often, government adds to our burdens with additional debt
- Opinion · Sep 30, 2013Thinking Outside the Two Party Box
today’s Democrat party. If you answered virtually nowhere, you’d be right on the money. If you recognized those policies were heartily endorsed by a Democrat icon , President John … Americans despise Congress and 64 percent believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. A whopping 79 percent of Americans want spending reduced. Those numbers indicate one thing above
- Opinion · Sep 30, 2013Hell on Earth
shouldn’t have so many people incarcerated, the truth, as usual, is they’re wrong. So long as those behind bars are there because they’ve committed actual felonies … same sex marriages, he said that most of them are afraid of being labeled right-wingers by those on the left. Once I understood he was being serious
- Opinion · Sep 27, 2013The Gay Passion Play Unravels?
Shepard became for the Left a Christ figure, a sacrificial savior of the gay-rights cause. They even composed a passion play indicting a bigoted America in the hate crime … What if nearly everything you thought you knew about Matthew Shepard’s murder was wrong?” That’s the question asked by Aaron Hicklin, the gay editor of Out magazine
- Opinion · Sep 27, 2013A Funny Definition of Anarchy
wrong. It also serves as the lead sentence of a larger claim that all attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act are really symptoms of a kind of extremist right … wrong. It also serves as the lead sentence of a larger claim that all attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act are really symptoms of a kind of extremist right
- Opinion · Sep 27, 2013President Obama: The Anti-Reagan
strangulation . They wanted to bury all of Reagan’s achievements. They wanted a president right off the set of Hollywood’s West Wing . They wanted a progressive champion who could … making the rounds, telling the UN General Assembly that he now recognizes the wrong in the Holocaust, and preaching “tolerance.” President Obama says he’s willing to let diplomacy take
- Opinion · Sep 26, 2013The GOP’s Last Stand
Judeo-Christian values to make it appear “neutral” about worldviews and what’s right and wrong. Mrs. Van Den Berg said that given its federal orientation, CC is “easily influenced
- Opinion · Sep 25, 2013Innovation or Stagnation
people’s minds -- especially politicians’ minds -- is what might go wrong. 3D printers now allow you to mold objects right in your living room, using patterns you find online … people’s minds -- especially politicians’ minds -- is what might go wrong. 3D printers now allow you to mold objects right in your living room, using patterns you find online
- Opinion · Sep 24, 2013Gov’t Bullies Gone Bonkers Over Bathrooms
spot on the girls’ volleyball team. As a ‘trans girl,’ he has a right to undress while he’s standing next to your daughter in the girls’ locker room … urinal in front of her -- or will he be tagged as having something wrong with him because he has a natural sense of modesty? California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, who plans
- Opinion · Sep 24, 2013Killers on the Loose
counter-attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq. We were on the right track. We knew that a crazed -- I used the adjective deliberately, in its dictionary sense, without theological overtones -- faction … villainous people, which is what they think of us, but so what? They are wrong. A concerted worldwide effort against them is of the essence. An effort led by whom
- Opinion · Sep 24, 2013Monkey Business
thing’s a farce. The worst thing about liberals is not that they’re wrong on the issues, but that they are hypocrites and liars. The basis for my claim … were Kerry, I would probably decide that Hillary Clinton had the right idea when she took advantage of the travel allowance that went with the job, but otherwise did nothing
- Opinion · Sep 23, 2013On ObamaCare, a Life and Debt Struggle
have the Senate numbers to sink the bill, but they’re still on the wrong side of public opinion . And conservatives understand that if Democrats are left defending a policy … reporters are telling the stories of Christians being hauled into court, before human rights commissions, and even questioned by their own employers for subscribing to a view on marriage that
- Opinion · Sep 21, 2013Non-Germane President Obama
Checker” columnist Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post, the president’s claim is completely wrong. Going back decades , the debt ceiling bills have been linked to campaign-finance reform, Social … allowing 1,400 non-germane amendments to the debt ceiling legislation. Kessler rightly gives Obama four Pinocchios. Actually, in terms of renewing the government’s borrowing requirement, Boehner is proposing
- Opinion · Sep 21, 2013Facts on Arctic Ice & Colorado Floods
worse than what has been happening? How do you get to claim you are right when the opposite happens? A lot is being made about two tropical systems hitting Mexico … even worse. The fact that people are making statements they know to be wrong (or are ignorant of the facts) prove this is not about science -- it’s about
- Opinion · Sep 20, 2013A Skilled White House, Aggressively on Message
verbal weapon. I think that is the wrong fight against the wrong guy. The last time we were headed down the road to actually shutting down the federal government … rate of growth which, 17-or-so years on, was the right thing to do. The May Poll around which all are dancing is in this era is, of course
- Opinion · Sep 20, 2013For the Record
through the 20,400 pages, but I’m guessing that if you started right now, by the time you finished you would be very old and you would therefore … believe writing can be taught, I tell them they’re definitely asking the wrong person. Author’s Note: Although I’m still seeking sponsors, my online radio show