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Ron leads -- for today
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Ron Paul seized the lead in the Iowa polls for the first time Thursday, replacing Newt Gingrich at the top. Every four weeks Republicans overthrow their leader. It's a trick to win voters from Central America by looking the most like their governments back home. President Obama enjoyed a five-point jump in the Gallup Poll Thursday in his largest weekly approval gain. No one thought he could ...
It is OK to NOT worry this Christmas
This is a quiet Christmas. There's been so many of the details of everyday life to take care of that I haven't had the time to run downtown to the Bean in Chicago and hear caroling. I haven't been to the Kris Kinder Market and strolled among the rows of hundreds of handmade glass German ornaments. I also didn't make it to the Walnut Room in Macy's, or as it's still known to long-time residents, ...
Harry Reid is an embarrassment
For the past three years the United States Senate, under the leadership of Obama toady Harry Reid, has been an embarrassment for the United States.
We're down on Congress right now
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Congress got an all-time low approval rating of 11 percent Tuesday in the Gallup Poll as the House adjourned for Christmas. There's only one upside. In three years Anthony Weiner will get to tell his child he's an Internet flasher and not a U.S. Congressman. Tim Tebow's winning streak inspired a national craze called "Tebowing" Monday. You drop to one knee briefly and bow your head. Tim ...
Kansas has new growth industry
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Kansas regulators on Tuesday approved a 3,500 mega-watt transmission line to carry wind farm electricity from Kansas to Indiana. The governor said it'll create a lot of jobs. Ambulance drivers should make a lot of money driving electrocution victims to burn wards during tornado season. Forbes magazine said the six members of the Walton family who own Wal-Mart have a net worth equal to the poorest 30 ...
Look out for the spy drones
Americans are familiar with unmanned spy drones providing surveillance of Iranian nuclear complexes and Taliban armed militants combating American troops along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Keep Christ at the center of it all
We are engaged in a culture war right now. A war not against culture but for culture, one that pits Judeo-Christian values against secularism, materialism, and lots of other "isms."
Say it, don't spray it
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Season's Greetings. Like, Whatever, Dude. I do not necessarily subscribe to the view that this devolution of yuletide messages represents a full-blown War On Christmas, unless you think of it as a faceless war of attrition like the wearing down of the significance of Memorial Day or Pearl Harbor Day. If it is a war, both sides have gaping holes in their underlying principles and battle strategies. An attempt to be ...
Life is what happens ...
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.
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How Banning Three Useful Words Undermines Immigration Reform
On April 2, 2013, the Associated Press announced amendments to its style book, effectively banning the use of the word "illegal" to describe a person as in "an illegal immigrant." This announcement was followed by similar pronouncements from other news sources, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Denver Post.
More ‘flap’ over IRS audits
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Mister, Mister
Here's a little game I invented the other day after phoning the water company to complain about my bill and hearing an overly-chipper woman say, "Hi, Peter. How may I help you?"
Father’s Day: Can It Survive?
My son Gideon (age nine) assures me that he will be a good father someday, but will that be an empty accomplishment? In another 20 years or so will there even be a Father's Day?
How Darrell Issa Undermines the GOP’s IRS Issue
Quick: someone call a chiropractor for California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa. He's overreached so far his arm may separate from his shoulder. Even some key figures in his party are suggesting he needs an adjustment. F-a-s-t.
You’re being audited, no joke
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The Games Behind the Olympics Games
Washington, D.C., is in the grip of scandals, the economy is stumbling and a host of other challenges are weighing me down - which is why I prefer to dwell on more obscure subjects, such as a battle raging behind the scenes over the 2020 Olympics.
Obama and the Media: Biting the Hand that Feeds Him
Since the Obama administration has confessed to spying on journalists at the Associated Press and Fox News, have you noticed there are more stories about the Obama scandals in the news?
What Is a Journalist?
As amateur news hounds gain power and influence through social media, the definition of "journalist" has ripened for philosophical debate. But now it's becoming a legal issue – one that could hamper efforts to protect the news profession at the very time federal lawmakers are awakening to the need to do so.
