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Debra J. Saunders is a columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle. Debra Saunders has also written for The Wall Street Journal, The National Review, and Reader's Digest. Debra Saunders is the author of the book The World According to Gore. Saunders is married to Wesley J. Smith, a lawyer, author and senior fellow in bioethics at the Discovery Institute.
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Debra J. Saunders (Feb 08, 2012)
Two of three judges on a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Judge Stephen Reinhardt stipulated that the ruling skirted... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Feb 07, 2012)
Losing candidates usually congratulate the winner -- first by telephone and then in front of their supporters. Not Newt Gingrich. When he loses, Gingrich doesn't even bother... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Feb 05, 2012)
It says something about the brazen attitude of American politicians that Congress enacted a measure to create a program that was impossible to implement -- and named it the... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Feb 02, 2012)
"Hell is paved with good intentions," George Bernard Shaw wrote, "not bad ones." And Shaw never wrote about the unintended consequences of American campaign finance law or... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Jan 31, 2012)
Occupy Oakland is aptly named. When forces occupy a city, they know that occupied turf is not their home. They can maraud, loot, vandalize, abuse the locals, and then leave.... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Jan 29, 2012)
Last week, Sarah Palin stepped over the edge of civility. Fox Business host Eric Bolling played a clip of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on "Meet the Press" in which Christie... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Jan 26, 2012)
Toward the end of his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama observed that Washington politicians should learn from the example of the U.S. military: "When you're... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Jan 24, 2012)
When Newt Gingrich called CNN anchor John King's decision "despicable" to begin last Thursday's GOP debate with a question about Gingrich's second wife, the Charleston... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Jan 22, 2012)
When former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman exited the GOP presidential primary earlier this month, left-leaning columnists were bereft. Huntsman, after all, was the Republican... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Jan 19, 2012)
President Barack Obama should pardon the four Marines who were captured on video as they urinated on three corpses, presumably dead Taliban.After the video went viral last... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Jan 17, 2012)
After a New Year's Eve fight, former Venezuelan TV actress Eliana Lopez went to the home of neighbor Ivory Madison to talk about her husband's behavior. Madison... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Jan 08, 2012)
President Barack Obama is running for re-election with an unusual pitch: He can't work with others.He only gets along with yes men. "I refuse to take 'no' for an answer,"... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Jan 05, 2012)
As the results of the Iowa caucuses dribbled in, Americans got to see how the GOP candidates greeted victory and defeat. Top vote-getter Mitt Romney was gracious toward Rick... more
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Debra J. Saunders (Jan 01, 2012)
Mitt Romney may be the best candidate in the 2012 GOP primary, but that's not saying much. It's like being the best mayor of Oakland, Calif.Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota... more