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- Opinion · Jul 26, 2012Conservatives Backtrack on Long Prison Sentences
Last year, Newt Gingrich, William Bennett and Reagan Attorney General Edwin Meese endorsed a “right on crime” initiative, calling for rehabilitation measures rather than prison sentences for nonviolent offenders. They … have stepped up DNA testing and have exonerated those who prove to have been wrongly convicted. The most systematic expression of such views is found in the late Harvard
- Opinion · Jul 25, 2012Public Discourse, Without the ‘Hard Zinger’
cabby needling his famous columnist passenger -- both of them black -- about how civil rights liberals who once fought for color-blind integration now advocated loudly for color-conscious “diversity.” Raspberry … often quite emotionally. But there are limits, or should be. “Sometimes There’s Nothing Wrong with Politicizing a Tragedy,” Time magazine’s Michael Grunwald wrote the other day. But when
- Opinion · Jul 25, 2012President Obama’s ‘Covert Zeal’ for Abortion
questions demand an answer. His answer has been clear: None. The unborn have no rights at any time, in any context. President Obama has been the most pro-abortion president … demand legal and paid for by the state. Yet, Hillary told Newsweek abortion is “wrong.” (October 31, 1994 issue). She only said it once in her entire career. Still
- Opinion · Jul 25, 2012The End of the American Economy
this comment. There’s only one problem: He was right. He wasn’t right because that’s the way things should work . But increasingly, it’s the way things … mean bigger financial gains. It’s nonsense. And that’s why Obama’s still wrong. Unfortunately, though, his vision is now becoming a reality. COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM
- Opinion · Jul 25, 2012Hey, Boston: Leave Chick-fil-A Alone
government licensing decisions and turning away one of America’s most successful private employers, right? Wrong. Menino’s beef with the beloved chicken sandwich supplier is as full of holes … Muppets are just the latest to take a public stand. It’s their right. It’s also the right of Chick-fil-A supporters to organize social media campaigns, exercise
- Opinion · Jul 25, 2012Brian Ross’ Brain Cramp
Party. That said, I still don’t think Bozell & Co. are quite right when they see Ross’ “reporting” as deliberate. For that, Ross would have needed to know what … untrue. I have to believe Ross didn’t want to get the story wrong. It would be nice to know if Ross checked to see if there were
- Opinion · Jul 24, 2012Why ABC Tried to Blame the Tea Party for Aurora
There is an additional explanation. In general, the left believes the right is evil. Not wrong, evil. And to Brian Ross and most of his colleagues at ABC News … would they? Nearly everyone at the paper probably agreed with him. And defeating the right is more important than moral or factual accuracy. On the day after Jared Loughner killed
- Opinion · Jul 17, 2012LIBOR: Another Symptom of the Same Disease
government, finance or culture can withstand wholesale numbers of people who see right and wrong as situational, negotiable, or infinitely flexible. And before the usual suspects get started, a couple
- Opinion · Jul 14, 2012From The Comedy Store
suffers an injury that’s preventing him from playing golf, the country has a right to know about it. The Justice Department vowed it will continue raiding California’s medical … asks you a math or a science question and if you get it wrong you were born in the United States. House leaders from both parties met Tuesday to discuss
- Opinion · Jul 13, 2012Do the Right Thing
tempting to think we used to be better about doing what is right, but it’s not clear that is so. Almost 50 years ago in New York, Kitty Genovese … next time we see something happening we know is wrong. It often takes only one person to do the right thing for others to follow. But each of us, individually
- Opinion · Jul 12, 2012The Mind of Your Basic Hollywood Liberal
wrong, but something is wrong.” “The next level”? What does that even mean? “As disgraceful as anything that has gone on in our history?” Right up there with slavery … wrong, but something is wrong.” “The next level”? What does that even mean? “As disgraceful as anything that has gone on in our history?” Right up there with slavery
- Opinion · Jul 11, 2012Budget Insanity
could balance the budget by taxing the rich, it wouldn’t be right. Progressives say it’s wrong for the rich to be “given” more money. But money earned belongs
- Opinion · Jul 10, 2012Obama’s Goose Is Cooked
stop in Ohio on Friday, Obama actually said we’re still “heading in the right direction.” Is he kidding? As a stagnant gross domestic product drops below 2 percent, employment … signaling contraction)? No objective observer can deny that the economy is headed in the wrong direction. I don’t like playing the pessimist, but the numbers are the numbers. This
- Opinion · Jul 10, 2012The ‘God-Particle’ and God
science writers who have likened this discovery to the discovery of DNA are wrong. If significance means relevance to the human condition, the discovery of DNA merited … just as important as human existence.” If there is no God, Allen is right. One must have a great deal of respect for the atheist who recognizes the consequences
- Opinion · Jul 9, 2012Dear Mr. Romney
made a colossal mistake, even if it was for what you considered all the right reasons. If you don’t understand why, let me explain it in political terms that … again. You know what turns people on? Someone man enough to admit he was wrong. Understand something else as well. You’re never going to be perceived as a regular
- Opinion · Jul 7, 2012The Obama Event Administration
Republican would agree to vote the wrong way on one issue in order to get a Democrat to vote the right way on another. I know that
- Opinion · Jul 6, 2012Chris Rock’s Tweet Beyond the Pale
illuminate the controversy over slavery in America. So, yes, Chris Rock, you were right to use the Fourth of July and a bitter humor to prick our consciences on Independence … What was wrong in slavery is what is wrong in abortion: It denies to members of our human family their rightful place at the national celebration of the Glorious Fourth
- Opinion · Jul 4, 2012The Worst Ruling Since Dred Scott
internment camps based on the need to prevent espionage. All of these decisions were wrong, both legally and morally. But Obamacare surpasses all but Dred Scott in its violation … virtually anything they want; they can tax you unless you buy the right foods, listen to the right music and/or engage in the right type of work. If you refuse
- Opinion · Jul 4, 2012The Mob Presses on John Roberts
said yes to progress and no to the role prescribed for him by the right.” This is a parody of an Aaron Sorkin speech, with every ounce of arrogance … Toobin correctly predicted Roberts would write the opinion, and then his prediction turned laughably wrong: “Roberts is very concerned about the public perception of the court, but not enough
- Opinion · Jul 4, 2012Live Free - and Uninsured
governors fail to accept the wisdom of the law. In short, the only thing wrong with Obamacare is that it isn’t even more punitive, more mandatory and more intrusive … what they think is for your own good and to redefine your rights as mere perks of the system. I admit I have an old-fashioned conception of what