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Paul Ryan stands in the news once again. This time, attention is centered on his quest to become U.S. House Speaker. Two years ago, he stood somewhere else; with fellow congressman Luis Gutierrez at a Chicago rally.
October 30, 2015
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Joseph Cotto
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President Obama's Department of Justice has made it official: Lois Lerner, the IRS executive who invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid incriminating herself when questioned about her role in targeting conservative groups, will face no criminal charges. Worse, even the one IRS reform that enjoys broad bipartisan support in Congress - a ban on the IRS trying to assess gift tax on contributions to non-profit organizations, which they infamously attempted against conservative donors - has stalled in the Senate after passing the House unanimously early in the year. It should be included in one of the must-pass bills expected to pass ...
October 30, 2015
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Phil Kerpen
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Last week the U.S. House of Representatives called former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to appear before a select committee looking into the attack on a US facility in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. The attack left four Americans dead, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens.
October 29, 2015
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Ron Paul
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Q. Isn't Benghazi the guy who used to pal around with John Cassavetes back in the 60s?
October 29, 2015
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Will Durst
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Here's some free advice for congressional Republicans. If you don't want to make it seem like you're focusing on Hillary Clinton, it's a bad idea to put her in front of television cameras for 11 hours. The Benghazi hearing was a failure as both a show trial and as an example of representative democracy, succeeding only as a showcase for a woman of epic patience if nothing else.
October 28, 2015
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Jason Stanford
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In the biography, "Churchill: A Life," author Martin Gilbert writes how Winston Churchill loudly voiced his grave concerns about the apathy shared by those seemingly impervious to the malevolent "National Socialism" movement's intention to steam through Europe like volcanic lava, destroying everything in its path including free speech.
October 28, 2015
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Susan Stamper Brown
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Subdued by distracting media elites chattering about Joe Biden's non-campaign for president, behind the curtain of the alleged "debacle" and "catastrophic dysfunction" of the Republican House Speaker race and swept under the carpet embroidered with the words, "Trump Says Bush Responsible for 9/11," is news that should be dominating newspaper front pages across the country.
October 27, 2015
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Rick Jensen
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I can pinpoint the precise moment when I realized that Hillary Clinton was as toxic as an old Superfund wastesites - about three quarters of the way through the Democratic debate.
October 27, 2015
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Christine Flowers
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Maybe Joe took my advice.
October 25, 2015
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Michael Reagan
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"Beware Greeks bearing gifts" was a handy rule-of-thumb for savvy governments in the ancient Mediterranean world. Troy's disastrous experience with Odysseus' wooden horse ruined the going-away-gift tradition for centuries.
October 25, 2015
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Michael Shannon
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Kudos to Donald Trump for performing a valuable public service. I kid you not.
October 23, 2015
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Dick Polman
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Columnists
Like it or not, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. Whether or not it will prove to protect patients and facilitate affordable medical care is another story.
October 23, 2015
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Joseph Cotto
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Columnists
According to the National Retail Foundation, Americans will spend $6.9 billion on Halloween this year. To the untrained observer, that sounds as if the autumn celebration will be around forever; but I am concerned for the long-term health of the holiday.
October 22, 2015
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Danny Tyree
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After watching the first Democrat Party presidential debate, one can understand why the Democrat National Committee [DNC] has chosen to limit their presidential debates to just six.
October 22, 2015
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Susan Stamper Brown
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"The wife keeps shooting down my Halloween costume ideas because she says they are too insensitive."
October 21, 2015
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Tom Purcell
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