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TODAY'S CONSERVATIVE, REPUBLICAN, POLITICAL OPINION
TODAY'S CONSERVATIVE, REPUBLICAN, POLITICAL OPINION
Mon Dec 21, 2009
When Liberal Dreams Collide With Public Opinion
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Michael Barone
In the Bella Center on the south side of Copenhagen and in the Senate chamber on the north side of the Capitol, we're seeing what happens when liberal dreams collide with American public opinion.
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Time Has Not Run Out!
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West Virginia Story is Important to EFCA Debate
Meredith Turney :
Bribing and Blackmailing for Historic Change
Mike Adams :
A Boortz Shun?
Terry Paulson :
Called to Care Beyond Christmas
Nick Rizzuto :
Time for a Separation of Science and State
Star Parker :
Dean is Right: Kill the Bill!
Bruce Bialosky :
They Have No Interest in Balanced Budgets
Joseph C. Phillips :
King of the Blacks
Brian Domitrovic :
Banking on Job Growth
Harry R. Jackson, Jr. :
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Signed in a Church
Roger Chapin :
America's Survival Is At Stake
Ken Blackwell :
In the Long Run…
Janice Shaw Crouse :
Stress and Marital Happiness
Salena Zito :
Bellweather Florida
George Will :
The Indispensable Dispenser
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Partying with the President
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12/18/2009
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12/18/2009
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12/18/2009
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Michael Gerson
12/18/2009
A Draconian Step in Uganda
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12/18/2009
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12/17/2009
The Haze of Copenhagen
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12/17/2009
Save the SEALs
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Socialized Medicine, and "Just War"
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The Perfect Gift
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Matt Towery
12/17/2009
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Larry Elder
12/17/2009
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Ann Coulter
12/16/2009
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Ben Shapiro
12/16/2009
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12/16/2009
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12/16/2009
Predator War
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John Stossel
12/16/2009
Free Stuff From Sam
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12/16/2009
The Clarity of False Choices
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Ed Feulner
12/16/2009
Spare Us Another "Stimulus"
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Walter E. Williams
12/16/2009
Collusion Against Our Youth
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Michael Medved
12/16/2009
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Hugh Hewitt
12/15/2009
Endgame for Obamacare?
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Paul Greenberg
12/15/2009
Another Line Crossed
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Dennis Prager
12/15/2009
Have We Stopped Trying to Make Good People?
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Bill Murchison
12/15/2009
A Kind Word for King George
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Phyllis Schlafly
12/15/2009
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John Hawkins
12/15/2009
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12/15/2009
What if Mother Mary Had Obamacare?
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Thomas Sowell
12/15/2009
Christmas Books
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Rebecca Hagelin
12/14/2009
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12/14/2009
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12/9/2009
Tiger's Story Has Consequences for Us All
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12/8/2009
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Carl Horowitz
12/5/2009
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11/25/2009
Gratitude '08
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Frank Turek
11/25/2009
Science Doesn't Say Anything - Scientists Do
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Joel Mowbray
11/18/2009
Ignorance Enabled Ft. Hood Jihadist
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Dinesh D'Souza
11/12/2009
Life After Death: The Message of Evolution
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Carrie Schwab Pomerantz
11/11/2009
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America's Defense Rests in her Legacy
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Kathleen Parker
11/11/2009
China's Choice
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Scott Wheeler
11/9/2009
A Tale of Two Shootings
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Douglas MacKinnon
11/5/2009
McDonnell: 1 Washington Post: 0
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Dave Ramsey
11/4/2009
Ask Dave: Using the Emergency Fund
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Tony Blankley
10/28/2009
GOP Must Not Vote 'Present' on Our Future
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La Shawn Barber
10/26/2009
Schwarzenegger Signs Racial Quota Bill
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Rich Galen
10/19/2009
Enemies List
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Caroline Glick
10/19/2009
How Turkey Was Lost
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Jon Sanders
10/13/2009
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Jerry Bowyer
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Donald Lambro
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Frank Gaffney
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Burt Prelutsky
8/14/2009
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6/3/2009
Open for Business
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Mike Gallagher
5/15/2009
Excusing Evil
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Herb London
5/11/2009
The Unfolding Iranian Drama
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Frank Pastore
3/26/2009
Harvard Research Proves the Pope (and God) Right
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William Rusher
3/3/2009
The Final Column
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2/28/2009
Grandpa, what were churches like?
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Amanda Carpenter
2/18/2009
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Garrett Murch
2/4/2009
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Jack Kemp
2/3/2009
Honoring Lincoln
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Paul Weyrich
1/13/2009
Reflections Upon a Mixed Bush Legacy
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Robert Novak
11/20/2008
"Pray for Me"
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Fred Thompson
11/17/2008
Time to Look Ahead
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David Strom
10/24/2008
The Fiscal Crisis is Scarier Than the Financial Crisis
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Dr. Matthew Ladner
10/22/2008
Florida Schools Make Money the Old Fashioned Way
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Victor Davis Hanson
10/16/2008
It's the Debt, Stupid
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Kristen Fyfe
10/10/2008
Newsweek’s Religion Reporter Again Features Former Bush-Supporting Pastor Now Backing Obama
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Rich Lowry
9/30/2008
A Bailout To Save Capitalism
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Bruce Wiliams
9/26/2008
Kick the Kids Off the Property
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Chuck Colson
9/10/2008
Politicians, Theology, and Abortion
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Jonathan Garthwaite
8/4/2008
Out In Hollywood
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Doug Wilson
8/3/2008
How We Get to Gas Free Autos and A Smog Free Sky
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Mary Katharine Ham
7/25/2008
The Last Stand of the West
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Michael Steele
7/15/2008
Small Business in 2008
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Robert Bluey
6/1/2008
Republicans Fumble the Farm Bill
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Tom DeLay
5/21/2008
Setting A Conservative Agenda
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Michael Yon
5/13/2008
Chapter One of Moment of Truth In Iraq: Be Not Afraid
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State of the Union: Not So Good
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