Opinion

Uncommon Sense

It was a runaway bestseller before the concept existed, when printers set type by hand and the average American owned a Bible and...

Becky Akers January 22, 2010

Haiti’s Avoidable Death Toll

Denise Behreandt January 20, 2010

Some expect Haiti's 7.0 earthquake death toll to reach over 200,000 lives. Why the high death toll? Northern California's 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake...

Obama Establishes “Council Of Governors”

chuck - January 19, 2010

The White House Office of the Press Secretary recently released a report on the White House website entitled "President Obama Signs Executive Order...

English Instruction: Where? When? Who Says?

Denise Behreandt January 19, 2010

I recently came across some notes that I had taken during English class my senior year at Ypsilanti High School. People often ask...

How Conservatives Can Use “Education Reform” as a Campaign Issue

Sam Blumenfeld January 18, 2010

All candidates for office promise to “improve education,” but when they are elected, they haven’t the faintest idea of how to proceed from...

“Crisis and Command”: John Yoo Again Defends Torture and an All-powerful Presidency

Thomas R. Eddlem January 18, 2010

John Yoo's Crisis and Command is a turgid, 524-page love letter to an all-powerful Presidency generally and to dictatorship specifically. His theme? More...

Mythbusters

Becky Akers January 15, 2010

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) gropes us and rifles our belongings at airports while robbing us of $7 billion annually. It spends some...

Weak Dollar Obama’s Fault?

Bob Adelmann January 14, 2010

According to Newsweek, the dollar isn’t weakening, and even if it is, it isn’t Obama’s fault. On Tuesday, Daniel Gross iterated all the...

How the Media Failed the Dixie Chicks and Us

Jack Kenny January 13, 2010

The years go by in a blur. Perhaps that is why we seem to learn so little from history. Years ago there was...

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Global Warming Is a Religion

Dennis Behreandt January 13, 2010

Manmade global warming, for many, is an Earth-worshipping religion. The essential feature of any religion is that its pronouncements are to be accepted...