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Winter Olympics: The Untold Story
Hundreds of millions of people will be following the 2014 Winter Olympics, even though the underwhelming motto ("Hot. Cool. Yours.") sounds less like a paean to athletic excellence than the sort of progression that accompanies a court-ordered paternity suit.
Little Sisters vs. Goliath
It's a story about how freedom is all.
A Raw Deal: Our Pain, Their Gain
As a new year dawns, life in the land of opportunity isn't what it used to be for many Americans.
Ye Olde Predictions Piece: Circa 2014
The dawn of the new year signals civilization's return to several grand traditions, including the ancient hoary one requiring we professional columnists to trot out the tried but true "Ye Olde Predictions Piece." Either that or the even triter but true "Ye Olde Resolutions Piece." But we wandered down that trail last year. And most likely will again in 2015.
Welfare State Dream Is Really A Nightmare
A recent column in Rolling Stone magazine revealed a recurring and troubling trend with young Millennials who have been brain-washed by professors preaching the Progressive dream of a welfare state.
Rodman the Perfect Representative for Obama Diplomacy
As Michelle Obama treated herself to an additional week in paradise as a 50th birthday present at taxpayer expense, her husband returned from their multi-million dollar, 17-day vacation in Hawaii to badger Republicans in Congress over whether to continue to pay people not to work.
Toxic sludge and politics one and the same
God bless America, and how's everybody?
Talking points to support failing Obamacare
Here are your Official Liberal Talking Points to support the failing Obamacare:
Soil fertility program scheduled for January 15
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Our Irrational Immigration System
The state of California tossed the conservative media another hunk of red meat last week when its Supreme Court granted an illegal alien a law license.
Double standard for Robertson and Kluwe?
A reality TV star speaks out about gays and loses his job, albeit temporarily. Meanwhile, a professional football player speaks out about gays and loses his job, apparently permanently. Some conservatives argue that tolerance means what's good for Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson is good for ex-Viking punter Chris Kluwe, even though the former denigrated homosexuals and the latter advocated for their equality. But to equate the cases of Robertson and Kluwe equates tolerance for an unthinking acceptance of prejudice.
Almost Here: A Translator For Dogs!
I'm sure most of us have at some point wondered exactly what our canine companions are thinking when they bark. Then the vast majority of us get on with our lives.
Now, that’s cold
God bless America, and how's everybody?
Invasion of the Political Entertainment Media Body Snatchers
(Sigh.) And so we see another example of a cable political personality's previous branding bite the dust. Another apology. Another brand altered.
The Big Puff: Obama’s Shrinking Deficit
"Congratulations, Mr. Obama, sequestration has been your most successful federal program!"
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How Many More Wars?
Last week President Obama sent Congress legislation to authorize him to use force against ISIS "and associated persons and forces" anywhere in the world for the next three years. This is a blank check for the president to start as many new wars as he wishes, and it appears Congress will go along with this dangerous and costly scheme.
Awaiting Our Next George Washington
"Boy, here's something we could use more of today: unity among the American people. Americans are so divided."
Boehner, Netanyahu Helping Iran
What would it look like if politics stopped at the water's edge? It wouldn't look like the mess that John Boehner created by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a session of Congress on March 3. By allowing Netanyahu to stage what is effectively a campaign event in the U.S. Capitol, congressional Republicans have not only damaged our relations with Israel but threatened our diplomatic negotiations with Iran.
The Fall of the Southern Poverty Law Center
There was a time when Morris Dees and his Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) were respected.
The New Republican Tar Pits
It's kind of sad being forced to watch the death struggle of these modern-day dinosaurs. Responsible parents should keep their kids from peering over the Plexiglas railing into the tar pits below to see the huge lumbering antediluvian beasts frenziedly dig themselves deeper into the sticky morass that is gay marriage. Not a sight for the queasy or squeamish.
