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Drug debate is not about birth control "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans" - John Lennon Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the Obama administration took what appeared to be an extraordinarily conservative position to block a FDA recommendation that would have allowed young girls, age 11 and older, to buy a morning-after pill over the counter without parental consent. Predictably, the abortion crowd threw a ...
I will, I will, I will -- enough?
LA JOLLA - God bless America, and how's everybody? Newt Gingrich still led in the GOP primary polls in Iowa Tuesday, however the caucus vote looks tight. The frontrunner is a little on the defensive. Newt Gingrich not only signed a pledge to be faithful to his wife, he promised to be faithful to his next three wives. The Supreme Court agreed to rule on Arizona's attempt to control its borders. They should be allowed ...
Newt Gingrich implodes ‘conventional wisdom’
HILLSBORO, Missouri – What if a state held a non-binding Presidential primary and the current front-runner for the Republican Presidential nomination wasn't on the ballot?
That just ain't right
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Tulsa police arrested a woman last Friday for cooking up crystal meth in the aisle of a local Walmart. She mixed the ingredients taken right off the shelves and lighted it up in a mason jar. She is charged with selling something in Walmart that is made in America. Fed Ex and UPS reported doing double their usual holiday business thanks to all the online shopping this ...
If you earn it, you'll appreciate it
Tom Brokaw has written a book about the "greatest generation," a generation that grew up with fathers in the home who saw it as their duty to instill in their sons a work ethic.
Tebow continues a hot topic
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Tim Tebow led the Denver Broncos to their sixth straight come-from-behind victory Sunday over the Chicago Bears. He's now the number-one topic at the water cooler in the country. Tim Tebow is the most talked-about white Bronco since the O.J. Simpson chase. President Obama vowed to delay his vacation until Congress agrees to raise taxes on the rich to extend payroll tax cuts. Democrats insist they don't ...
No wonder the GOP is DOA
"These are the times that try men's souls" wrote Thomas Paine during the darkest days of the American Revolution.
Be careful of this new technology
If you are like us, every day you pick up a smartphone and you send email, visit with friends on Facebook, send a text message or even log into your bank's website and pay a bill.
Tebow faces pseudo-political correctness
Despite the fact that in America, 60 to 70 percent of people identify themselves as "Christian" to one degree or another, Christian-bashing seems to be just about as popular a pastime as watching football these days. And when a national football player commits the unpardonable sins of being both pro-life and vociferously, pro-Jesus, you end up with Monday morning pundits who cast ridiculous judgments from on top of their lofty thrones, much like the old ...
Teddy -- Roosevelt -- not Kennedy
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? President Obama was in Kansas Tuesday to commemorate Teddy Roosevelt's speech there a century ago. It called for corporations and rich people to give up their wealth for the common good. Today Republicans refer to this speech as the first successful test of LSD. Tim Tebow was the talk of the NFL Monday after leading the Denver Broncos to their sixth victory in seven starts as quarterback. ...
Protesters deserve to be heard
Those who would describe Occupy protests as a "hissy fit" by "a whole army of freeloaders" who "have no interest in just getting to work and doing their part" are missing the point.
Bye-bye to Barney
To listen to the "elite" media you'd think that a renowned statesman was regrettably planning to leave the political scene.
Time to beat down bullying problem
CLEARFIELD, Pa. - Here's one more disturbing story related to the shocking Penn State child sexual abuse case: Victim #1, whose allegations about being molested by Jerry Sandusky led to legendary football coach and alleged enabler Joe Paterno's firing, has left his high school after being bullied by classmates due to his role in Paterno's dismissal.
Balance of nature disrupted
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Oklahoma was hit by its sixth earthquake in four days Sunday, baffling seismologists at the Geological Survey. It's interrupting the cycle of nature in the Southwest. In April when the tornados come to harvest the mobile homes, they will have already been picked. Iowa GOP conservatives launched a surprise TV ad campaign urging caucus voters to back Sarah Palin. They want a candidate who can win. It's ...
Congress cannot restrainl itself
The failure of the congressional "supercommittee" to present a credible plan to reduce spending shows once again that Congress simply cannot restrain itself.
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Learn from History
History is one of our greatest teachers.
Do We Still Need the Department of Education?
When executives of corporations are caught aiding and abetting criminal behavior of their employees, the executives are prosecuted and the businesses are destroyed.
American pravda, a nation of lawbreakers and Benghazigate
Louis Brandeis, who served on the United States Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939, once warned, "Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."
Limbaugh, Kurtz and the Bum’s Rush
Big news for those who think there aren't consequences in our media when professional talkers cross the line, or when famous reporters mess up and don't fix their mistakes without qualification, or do so begrudgingly. We now see proof of the law of consequences.
Did something happen in Benghazi?
HOLLYWOOD--God bless America, and how's everybody?
Will Obama Beat the 6-Year Itch?
If the 2010 elections weren't bad enough for Democrats, here comes the "six-year itch." With the exception of Bill Clinton's second term, the party that controls the White House loses seats in congress six years into a presidency. But there's a gathering sense among Democratic consultants who work on congressional campaigns that their party could buck the trend in 2014 for a number of reasons, not least because Barack Obama is finally fired up and ...
No-Fault Internet Addiction
Online chat host: Good morning, cyber pals. As you know, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the psychiatric "bible," is to be released this month. It will include "Internet-Use Disorder" - also referred to as Internet addiction - as a condition recommended for further psychiatric study. Our guest today is Dr. Adam Von Cybercruncher, America's leading authority on Internet addiction.
