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• About That Article You Hated... Wed Sep 28
  Paul Greenberg
  I'm the editor here at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette who put that article that so offended you -- and a number of other valued readers -- on the cover of our Sunday opinion September 11th ... more
• Climate skeptics don't 'deny science' Tue Sep 27
  Jeff Jacoby
  Bill Clinton declared last week that Americans "look like a joke" because leading Republican presidential contenders decline to embrace the agenda of the global-warming alarmists. Presumably he had in mind Texas Governor Rick Perry, who says that "global warming has been politicized" and calls claims of a decisive human role in climate change an unproven theory. "You can't win the nomination of a major political party in the US," fumed the former president, "unless you deny science?" ... more
• Families comfort each other as the view 9/11 names Sun Sep 11
  AP News
• Economic Outlook Deteriorates on Debt Sat Sep 10
  David Malpass
  For now, European developments remain negative. As long as there’s not a breakdown of the euro itself, we think the global growth outlook depends more on structural reforms in Italy and Spain and the U.S. Unfortunately, none is moving in a growth-oriented direction. ... more
• Obama, Abroad, Is Adrift Wed Sep 7
  Jonah Goldberg
  Since President Obama has been having a rough time lately, let me belatedly congratulate him on his apparently successful policy of regime change in Libya. ... more
• Cliche-Based Foreign Policy Fri Sep 2
  Caroline Glick
  US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, kicked up a political storm this week. On Tuesday, Ros-Lehtinen introduced the United Nations Transparency, Accountability and Reform Act. If passed into law it would place stringent restrictions on US funding of the UN's budget. ... more
• Libya: A Premature Victory Celebration Wed Aug 31
  George Friedman
  It could be argued that while Gadhafi retains a coherent military force and significant territory, he no longer governs Libya. That is certainly true and significant, but it will become more significant when his enemies do take control of the levers of power. ... more
• Sarah Palin; Will She Or Won’t She? Fri Aug 26
  Jeff Carter
  Then there are people like me. I would vote for any Republican over Obama. He is so toxic to the economy, the country and the future that anyone the Republicans nominate will be a step in the right direction. We aren’t staying home. ... more
• The Left's Playing Games With Same-Sex "Marriage" Polls in New Jersey Sat Aug 20
  Brian Raum
  On Aug. 2, the ripple effect from New York’s recently passed same-sex “marriage” law bumped up against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The Star-Ledger suggested Christie “should consider taking a page out of [New York Gov.] Cuomo’s playbook,” by which they meant that Christie ought to force-feed the public with same-sex “marriage” just like Cuomo did. ... more
• "Job Killing Tax Cuts" And A Guy Who Called Rush Sun Jul 31
  Austin Hill
  What’s more important: the wellbeing of each individual citizen in America, or the wellbeing of government? ... more
• Anders Breivik Is No Christian Fundamentalist Sat Jul 30
  David Stokes
  Many years ago, when I was finishing work on my graduate degree in political science in New York, I took a course on international affairs. The professor was a Muslim man from Beirut, Lebanon. One day for some reason he was talking about Pope John Paul II and he paused and looked over at me and asked: “What is the pope like personally?” ... more
• Squandering Israel's Limited Influence Mon Jul 25
  Caroline Glick
  The past month has been a difficult one for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinians (UNRWA). First Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza held mass protests against the agency's attempt to change its name to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees. ... more
• Debt Outlook Stark Wed Jul 13
  David Malpass
  Congress and the President are down to the wire on cutting a debt limit deal. The President's goal has been to sound fiscally conservative, make clear the August 2 deadline, point to the need for a combination of spending cuts and tax increases, and encourage more discussions. ... more
• Killing Six Birds with One Stone Tue Jul 12
  Mike Adams
  Whenever I find myself in an extended argument about abortion I find that there are about six arguments I can expect to encounter before the argument has come to term, so to speak. But, fortunately, the six arguments all suffer from one fatal flaw, which makes them somewhat easy to rebut as long as the proponent of life stays focused on the central moral question of the abortion debate, which is “Are the unborn human?” ... more
• ADD: American Disconnectivity Disorder Thu Jul 7
  Townhall.com Staff
  We sit down in front of 68" 3D flat-screen that we got from the big box store last week. Who knew you could finance a television? ... more
• Marriage Cannot Be Redefined Wed Jun 29
  Jeff Jacoby
  There is no disputing the emotional power of linking the campaign for gay marriage today to the struggle over anti-miscegenation laws in the Civil Rights era. I agree that the two are connected. But not in the way same-sex marriage advocates think. ... more
• U.S. and Pakistan: Afghan Strategies Wed Jun 22
  George Friedman
  There may be some in the U.S. military who believe that the United States might prevail in Afghanistan, but they are few in number. The champion of this view, Gen. David Petraeus, has been relieved of his command of forces in Afghanistan and promoted (or kicked upstairs) to become director of the CIA. ... more
• Violence Hits Slowing China Sun Jun 19
  Mike Shedlock
  Protests in China have been occurring at an increasing rate. This is in spite of the fact the Chinese economy has been growing at 10% a year for a decade. What happens when China's growth slows to 4%? ... more
• Cuba Celebrates Che’s 83rd Birthday with new Che Guevara Diaries Fri Jun 17
  Humberto Fontova
  This week Castro’s propaganda ministry published another portion of Che Guevara’s “diaries.” These passages, composed by Ernesto “Che” Guevara between 1956-58, are titled “Diary of a Combatant,” and were published antiseptically “unedited.” ... more
• Size Matters for Central Bank Clowns Tue Jun 7
  Mike Shedlock
  Recall that Treasury Secretary Paulson's failed policy was based on the construct that size matters. The EU's silly attempt of talking down problems in Greece was based on the same principle. ... more
• In Defense of American Exceptionalism Thu Jun 2
  Cliff May
  Some years ago, John Podhoretz, a right-of-center writer, now the editor of Commentary, admonished his colleagues on the left: "We speak liberal as well as our own tongue. Why don't you speak conservative?" ... more
• Britain Bans Michael Savage--Welcomes Castroite Butchers Wed Jun 1
  Humberto Fontova
  After two years of legal wrangling radio-host Michael Savage is still banned from setting foot in Britain. The original ban handed down in May 2009 was explained by former Labor Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. ... more
• NLRB Rewriting Labor’s Role In The Workplace Wed Jun 1
  Fred Wszolek
  The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is changing the story for America’s businesses and right-to-work states through a series of decisions that represent a new level of activism and extremism unseen in past “independent” agencies. ... more
• Government Blames Banks for Housing (also weather, oil prices, a temporary soft patch) Sat May 28
  Mike Shedlock
  In spite of what the Fed or the FDIC may want you to believe, many banks hold massive amounts of garbage on their balance sheets (especially real estate and commercial real estate), at below prices. ... more
• Holder's Lame Victory Sun May 15
  John Ransom
  Under Eric Holder’s view of the law, bin Laden had the right to remain silent, he had the right to an attorney. If he could not afford an attorney he had the right to have one appointed for him. ... more
• QE2 a Y2K? Sat May 14
  David Malpass
  Like the June 30 end of QE2, Y2K crash warnings had a date certain, January 1, 2000 ... more

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