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- Opinion · Apr 15, 2013King’s ‘Letter’ and the Law
wasn’t the only pastor jailed for disregarding a ban on civil rights demonstrations. In an open letter to the local paper, a group of white religious leaders had publicly … Prophet Amos and the English preacher John Bunyan. There were times when it was wrong not to go to extremes, and this was one of them. A great struggle
- Opinion · Apr 13, 2013Obama’s Growth-Busting Budget
particular in the House. Balanced budgets don’t create growth. This mantra is wrong. It’s growth that creates balanced budgets. Cut spending? That’s a pro-growth measure. Lower … type tax-advantaged savings accounts. Who exactly gave the federal government the right to tell free people how much they can save for retirement? Obama wants a $3 million
- Opinion · Apr 12, 2013High Noon Over Guns
your rights protected by the Second Amendment and other provisions of the Bill of Rights,” he explained. Even though this compromise ostensibly waters down such checks, National Review’s Charles … later, the state was forced to backtrack, when they discovered they had the wrong man. “Today, we all look like fools,” said Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs. “Fools” is putting
- Opinion · Apr 12, 2013Then and Now
right place at the right time, get good footage during a gunfight, prepare a report, interview some eyewitness participants, hook up our tiny satellite transceiver, dial up Fox News … called mainstream media hanging around and hoping for something to go wrong. There won’t be a dust storm, sand flies or scorpions. Unlike the places where I have spent
- Opinion · Apr 12, 2013Conversation Starters Paisley, Paul Are Taking Their Lumps
think that any song with Paisley’s message would be denounced and ridiculed. Right or wrong, letting the South off the hook for its racial sins is not something that … Rand Paul’s appearance at Howard University this week. Here, Paul did exactly the right thing by making his case to a politically unsympathetic audience of minorities. Though
- Opinion · Apr 11, 2013Thatcher Insisted on Facing Hard, Uncomfortable Truths
Northern Ireland against the will of the majority there. Much has been made, and rightly, of Thatcher’s closeness to Ronald Reagan -- though they did have their disagreements. They both … Britain was in inevitable decline. She hated that idea and proved that it was wrong. The great and the good never forgave her. They never forgave her either
- Opinion · Apr 10, 2013Government Plays Favorites
saying the government’s budget numbers didn’t add up. But he was right. Now, in his book “The Great Deformation,” he says both major political parties failed ordinary Americans … into a huge retail bank run ... and (Fed chairman Ben) Bernanke is totally wrong when he says we were on the verge of Depression 2.0. We weren’t close
- Opinion · Apr 9, 2013Provocative? Yes. Hateful? No.
love, but I also believe they are engaging in behavior that is wrong in God’s eyes, and I believe this out of love for them. Should I have made … morality-based abortion legislation. Infanticide now happens every day under the guise of privacy rights. Is it outlandish to suggest that other forms of murder might possibly become legal
- Opinion · Apr 7, 2013Malpractice Law Is Bad for Your Health
cost, efficient system where they generally know what they will get if something goes wrong. The incentives on the supply side of the market would change almost overnight. Since doctors … would like. But their efforts are a step in the right direction. These reforms could save billions of dollars in defensive medicine costs as well as court costs. Miami-Dade
- Opinion · Apr 5, 2013The AP’s Complicated Word-Association Test
immigrants so much as for illegal immigrants, which is sort of the point, right? In my experience, legal immigrants in particular respect the “stigma” against illegal immigration, which helps explain … people would assume I was stigmatizing all football coaches. Moreover, “stigma” is the wrong word. Stigma implies social condemnation, a public disgrace or reputational stain. “Illegal” is a legal term
- Opinion · Apr 4, 2013School for Scandal
Hyde, the less than magnificent seven sat in a locked room without windows, erasing wrong answers and inserting correct ones. It’s one thing for a child to cheat … situation in which teachers are more likely than students to cheat cannot be the right path. ... Students are not widgets. I totally reject the idea that students from underprivileged neighborhoods
- Opinion · Apr 3, 2013Conservatives Shouldn’t Own Newspapers?
just spent $2.2 million in Chicago for a barrage of ads to beat gun-rights Democrat Debbie Halvorson in the House race to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. He’s even … Wall Street Journal after he bought it might calm the panic. You would be wrong. In front of a graphic reading “Murdochopoly,” Fox-hating Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show
- Opinion · Apr 2, 2013Obama’s Amnesty: An Attack on the Poor
believes the media-promoted estimates, more than 11 million illegals will be granted the right to remain in the United States this time around. Remarkably, that same media has failed … question, but one with profound implications for the nation: what if those estimates are wrong? Would the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” working to make this deal a reality have
- Opinion · Apr 2, 2013The Bible vs. Heart
book, there would not have been Western civilization, or Western science, or Western human rights, or the abolitionist movement, or the United States of America, the freest, most prosperous, most … entire generation of Americans has been raised to consult their heart to determine right and wrong. If you trust the human heart, you should be delighted with this development
- Opinion · Apr 1, 2013A New Birth of Education Freedom
view of the NEA, that our schools not be permitted to teach right and wrong, as Christians have understood them from the Bible for a few thousand years, while
- Opinion · Mar 31, 2013Report Card on ObamaCare
billion we are solving a problem the right way that is going to cost us $2 trillion trying to solve it the wrong way. Go figure
- Opinion · Mar 29, 2013Why We Are Losing Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage
argument at the Supreme Court, advocates argued (as they have elsewhere) that impairing the right of homosexuals to marry is analogous to proscribing interracial marriage. If that’s true … does permitting gays and lesbians to get married hurt your marriage?” It’s the wrong question. Forty years ago, when illegitimacy was picking up steam in the U.S., conservatives expressed
- Opinion · Mar 28, 2013Churches: Time to Fight!
that sanctifying gay marriage with the grace of the U.S. Constitution is not only wrong but a serious threat to the culture of this country. But those media outlets often … churches and their comfortable leaders simply no longer willing to fight for what is right? This fight over Proposition 8 isn’t just about saying it should be legal
- Opinion · Mar 28, 2013Such Touching Concern
full of its usual brag and bounce that crazy George was on the right side of history, and victory was only months away. Is Kohut mistaken? I think … really has the best interests of the Republicans at heart. Of course, they are wrong. Perhaps one has to live out in the states and the congressional districts
- Opinion · Mar 28, 2013Beware Public Opinion
when individuals, not God, become the standard by which truth and right and wrong are judged that we get a Supreme Court deciding our ultimate direction. Some liberals believe