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- Opinion · May 2, 2012America’s Two-Faced Liberals
would naturally think of them as 99 percenters, but you’d be dead-wrong. Last week, MSN Money posted a report titled “The richest counties in America.” According … good and wind up doing well for themselves. These 1 percenters are not wealthy right-wing Republicans; they are Obama’s liberals. How can one tell? It turns out that
- Opinion · May 2, 2012The False Modesty of ‘Nerds’
thought that was a reference to Bob Newhart’s heyday, subtract 20 nerd points right there). Anyway, if you spend any time in Washington you’ll find nerds. What happens … late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said, “Everything that is wrong with America is here in this room.” He was right. He wasn’t talking about the nerds. (C) 2012 Tribune
- Opinion · May 1, 2012Chuck Colson, Sin, and the Power of Love
what’s the lesson for us? How to Save Your Family: Make Wrong Turns Right All of us -- parents and children -- take wrong turns on the road of life
- Opinion · May 1, 2012The Perils of Greatness
smart and had smart people working for him), they were getting done right. A lot of the time, the good of the order -- the good of the nation -- means doing … multiply. Lyndon Johnson got things done. To a monumental extent, he got the wrong things done while borrowing heavily against the future. That he probably thought he was doing good
- Opinion · Apr 30, 2012Our Marie Antoinette President
basically doing what they can’t do on their tax dollars.” Rightly or wrongly, what determines the outcome of an election is as much about perception as it is about
- Opinion · Apr 26, 2012Jim McGovern’s War on the Constitution
been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court,” McGovern said. “I think the Constitution is wrong. I don’t think money ... equals free speech. I don’t think corporations should have … dream of the Founding Fathers, the People’s Rights Amendment would transform it into a nightmare. “The Constitution is wrong,” McGovern said in 2010. Maybe so. The alternative
- Opinion · Apr 26, 2012The War Is Over?
They have been in denial from the start. Each time they have been proven wrong -- the land for peace formula between Israel and her enemies is just one example among … security and foreign policy, whom he calls one of the “smarter hardliners on the Right.” Hirsh says Gerecht is among an emerging group of policymakers and analysts coming to realize
- Opinion · Apr 24, 2012The World’s Great Prison Escapee
fallen nature of us all: our capacity, irrespective of political orientation, to decide “right” and “wrong” for ourselves; to walk all over our grandmothers, unless constrained by the inhibitions proceeding
- Opinion · Apr 22, 2012Cruel and Unusual - a Test Case
Some popular sentiment, however, lagged. Today, 221 years after the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution, the Supreme Court is again pondering the Eighth Amendment’s proscription … between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting.” And with age-related laws restricting the right to drink, drive, marry, serve on juries, etc., all American states
- Opinion · Apr 21, 2012Obama’s 2.5 Percent Stall
weren’t bad enough for the president, recent economic numbers are going in the wrong direction: Initial jobless claims have increased about 6 percent. Existing homes sales and housing starts … next few months, Obama is in a heap of trouble. As for Mitt Romney, right now he may be the most underrated politician in America. The odds of a Romney
- Opinion · Apr 19, 2012Five Myths of the ‘Racist’ Criminal Justice System
this assertion. Calling America’s criminal justice system “racist” is not confined to “civil rights leaders” like the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Then-Sen. Barack Obama, during … behind this assertion. 1) Blacks are arrested at higher rates compared to whites -- but wrongly so. Not true. While only 13 percent of the population, blacks accounted for 28 percent
- Opinion · Apr 18, 2012The Economy Needs No Conductor
like an orchestra in need of a conductor. What it needs is property rights, so no one can take your stuff. Then people trade property to their mutual advantage. Resources … work -- with the overall standard of living higher as a result? There is something wrong with mainstream politics and economics when some of its most respected practitioners overlook this point
- Opinion · Apr 18, 2012Jane Austen’s Advice: Choose the Right Man and Live Happily Ever After
Ever After offers a thought-provoking, encouraging, and often witty take on what’s wrong with today’s dating patterns. Even better, Kantor draws on the wisdom and insights … spend significant intellectual and emotional capital on our relationships -- but in the right way, not the wrong way.” What’s the right way? Neither romantic illusions, nor Victorian repression
- Opinion · Apr 17, 2012A Death Bounty and an Attorney General
human life’ when he shot Martin,” required under Florida law. Whether Dershowitz is right or wrong remains to be seen. What apparently will not be seen is any pursuit
- Opinion · Apr 15, 2012Feel This
speech. Not to worry. Ms. Williams apologized and no doubt all will be forgiven--right? I can’t help wondering though. If the president had a sister, would … remarks. “I could not disagree with Hilary Rosen any more strongly. Her comments were wrong and family should be off limits. She should apologize,” tweeted Obama campaign manager Jim Messina
- Opinion · Apr 14, 2012The Democrats’ Fear of Romney’s Little Housewife
Hilary Rosen any more strongly,” tweeted Obama campaign manager Jim Messina. “Her comments were wrong and family should be off limits. She should apologize.” Top Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod … will not tolerate or stand by while Republicans wage war on women’s rights.” It is a war they’ll have to wage with Ann Romney on the other side
- Opinion · Apr 13, 2012Feminists Limit Women’s Choices
percent. But many married women work primarily because they want to. There’s nothing wrong with that, so why pretend it is out of necessity? When you factor … labor force. Almost no one today argues that women shouldn’t have the right to seek employment outside the home. The same can’t be said about attitudes toward women
- Article · Apr 13, 2012Murder in Black and White
Jesus, and protests stemming from the Trayvon Martin case were intended to right some of those wrongs. We believe in Jesus, they crucified him and never had a charge. They
- Opinion · Apr 12, 2012Leftist California Professors ‘Corrupt’ Higher Education
that continues to engage in widespread racism, sexism, homophobia and worldwide domination. “We wuz wronged” takes center stage over a basic understanding of economics, of the concept of federalism … said: “The people rule. Through our Constitution, which we have amended to ensure equal rights of blacks and women, we grant our government limited, non-intrusive powers. The rest
- Opinion · Apr 12, 2012Rick Santorum’s Impossible Dream
least, too many are indifferent to them. In doing so, he attempted to “right the unrightable wrong” and encourage others to be “better far than you are,” even when their … campaign may have been to force the now presumed nominee, Mitt Romney, to the right. Romney claims he has always been a conservative, but he has had a difficult time