Forum: Gingrich & Santorum Would Attack Iran, Paul Wouldn’t
Presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum said they'd wage war against Iran if it didn't prove it had given up any hope...
The State, the Church, & the Future of Foster Care
After decades of helping to place children in foster homes, Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, announced on November 14 that...
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Economic Outlook: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknowable
Expressions of joy were muted on Wall Street at Friday's release of the latest report from the Conference Board (CB) showing its Leading...
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Options After the Supercommittee Failure
Barring a miracle, the Supercommittee will announce Monday morning its failure at coming up with legislation to reduce the projected combined federal budget...
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Anonymous: Emmerich’s Grotesque Elizabethan Romp
Roland Emmerich’s long-awaited big-screen production of a movie based on the Shakespeare authorship controversy has turned out to be a great disappointment. While...
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Supporters Feel Betrayed by Wisconsin Gov. Walker on ObamaCare
Activists are fuming after GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed an emergency rule to implement ObamaCare in the state and refused to return...
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Bachmann: Would She Support Gay Marriage if Waterboarded?
Nashville-based mixed martial artist Ed Clay underwent waterboarding after last week's GOP presidential debate where Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain announced...
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NYTimes Piece Distracts from the Real European Story
Thursday’s article in The New York Times by writers Jack Ewing and Nicholas Kulish about the “rift” between factions over the role of...
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Occupy Wall Street: Lawlessness & Communist Revolution
Predictably, the eviction of hundreds of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) squatters from their squalid “tent city” in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park on Tuesday, November...
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Big Labor Supports “Occupy” Movement
When considering what is the “establishment” in America, college students are never told that this group includes powerful labor unions, the news media,...
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An Honest Look at Mitt Romney
From the time the GOP presidential primary contest got under way, Mitt Romney has been heralded in the media as the frontrunner. Since...
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Mass. Makes Transgender a Protected Class
The state legislature of Massachusetts passed a measure on November 15 to extend discrimination protection for transgender people in matters related to housing,...
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Why Ivan Can Read But Johnny Can’t
Back in 1962, Arthur Trace wrote a book entitled What Ivan Knows That Johnny Doesn’t. In that book Trace informed us that Ivan...
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Did Cain Ask Henry Kissinger to be His Secretary of State?
GOP presidential contender Herman Cain told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an interview that he had requested that Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of...
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Obama Nominee for Social Security Board Favors Healthcare Rationing
After nominating Donald Berwick as head of Medicare and Medicaid, President Obama has now nominated Henry Aaron as head of the Social Security...
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