Ignorance on Townhall

• The Consequences of Historical Ignorance Wed Mar 27
  Ken Connor
  There was a time when America was united by a shared sense of national pride and cultural identity. Regardless of what side of the political spectrum one fell on, there was a general sense of pride in being an American and a respect for our foundational institutions. ... more
• Concentration Camps, Abortion Clinics, and Selective Ignorance Tue Mar 26
  Susan Stamper Brown
  On a cold and snowy day in January a few years ago, I took a guided tour through the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. ... more
• Blissful Ignorance Tue Mar 12
  Bill Tatro
  The people who wish to live in their bubble acknowledge on face value the reported 236,000 jobs that were created. ... more
• Sequestration and Voter Ignorance Mon Mar 11
  Tad DeHaven
  Saturday Night Live’s mocking of the administration’s sky-is-falling posture is a hopeful indication that the anti-spending cuts politicians might have overplayed their hand. ... more
• Disaster Ignorance Wed Nov 14
  Walter E. Williams
  We conservatives may never reach a consensus among ourselves as to the main factors that caused our election defeat, but surely we can agree that we must do a better job of selling our ideas. ... more
• Chen Guang-who? Chinese official claims ignorance of blind activist Fri Nov 9
  Reuters News
• Video: "Journalist" Arrested Defacing Pro-Isreal Ad Thu Sep 27
  Guy Benson
• Obama's Dreams Tue Sep 4
  Thomas Sowell
  After reading Barack Obama's book "Dreams from My Father," it became painfully clear that he has not been searching for the truth, because he assumed from an early age that he had already found the truth -- and now it was just a question of filling in the details and deciding how to change things. ... more
• Mixing Ignorance and Democracy Thu Apr 19
  Steve Chapman
  This is an election year, which means all of us will spend the next few months carefully following the campaigns, finding out all we can about the candidates' proposals and pondering what issues are most vital for the nation's future. ... more
• Chris Matthews Thinks There are 4,000 Federal Employees Fri Jan 13
  America
  Ignorance is bliss? ... more
• When Ignorance Is Not Bliss Sun Jan 8
  Michael Youssef
  On December 13, 2011, Michael Gerson posted “Gingrich’s Embrace of Shallow Ideas” on TownHall.com. In this column, he blasted former Speaker Gingrich for his honest assessment of Sharia law, its implications in the West, in general, and the United States, in particular. ... more
• Liberian presidential polls open despite boycott Tue Nov 8
  AP News
• A Very Telling Presidential Gaffe on the Way to Wealth Sat Nov 5
  Jon Sanders
  Toward the end of Hamlet, the Queen remarks, "One woe doth tread upon another's heel, so fast they follow." I was reminded of her doleful remark Wednesday as the president promoted his latest inane budget-busting panacea. ... more
• OWS and Big Labor Hands China Economic Dominance Wed Nov 2
  Tony Marsh
  Both Labor and Occupy bemoan a dilapidated economy that can’t create jobs; both blame capitalism for the paucity of those jobs, and both are bent on a series of actions that assures the U.S. never sees the jobs they each claim to want. ... more
• When life is too long: Debate over older prisoners Sat Oct 22
  AP News
• More people poisoned by wild mushrooms in Northeast Fri Oct 21
  Reuters News
• America's Orwellian Liberalism Tue Oct 18
  Marvin Folkertsma
  The ink was barely dry on the asterisk in Jimmy Hoffa Jr.’s rant about taking out those “sons-of-b*tches”—referring to Tea Party members—when the vice president made his own contribution at a Labor Day rally. “This is a fight for the existence of organized labor,” the veep shouted. “You are the only ones who can stop the barbarians at the gate!” And the diatribes have continued, with the establishment of a website designed to track unfair comments made by those who, in President Obama’s words, want to “cripple” America. Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ snippet about telling the Tea Party to “Go to H*ll!” (that pesky asterisk again ... more
• #OccupyOakland Panic: ‘The Potties Are Full!’ Mon Oct 17
  Kyle Olson
  The Occupy Oakland movement officially kicked off on Monday, October 10 at 4 pm. In a bold act of solidarity, the Oakland Education Association provided the occupiers with four Porta-Potty units, but that wasn’t enough for a movement as large as this one. ... more
• Albany's Delaney overcomes odds with just one hand Sat Oct 15
  AP News
• Video: Occupy Wall Street Protester Demands Free Tuition Because "That's What I Want" Thu Oct 13
  Guy Benson
• Wishing I was wrong about the "Occupiers" Wed Oct 12
  Marybeth Hicks
  I hate to say it, but watching the various YouTube videos of the Occupy Wall Street protests and reading accounts of protesters' goals and "demands," prompts me to shake my head with a resigned, "I told you so." ... more
• California Settlement Changes Game for Internet Sales Tax Tue Oct 11
  Cliff Ennico
  Thanks to a new law in California, the days of selling online without having to pay sales tax are numbered. Other states may follow suit. ... more
• First lady delivers thank-you to Secret Service Wed Oct 5
  AP News
• Amanda Knox: A Cautionary Tale Wed Oct 5
  Michael Reagan
  From now on, parents who plan to send their children abroad to study in a foreign nation should sit them down in front of the TV set and watch replays of the Amanda Knox saga. It has all the elements of a true-to-life lesson in the dangers of turning young men and women barely out of their teens into innocents abroad. ... more
• Obama and Holder Still Pleading Ignorance on 'Fast and Furious,' But It’s Getting Harder Tue Oct 4
  Chris W. Cox
  If our President and his Attorney General won’t help Congress get to the bottom of this scandal, it is imperative that an independent prosecutor be assigned to this case. ... more

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