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Sympathy for the Devil Sat Apr 13Bill O'ReillyAs this column has been reporting, there is a growing movement in America to "reform" the nation's tough laws against drug dealing. The pressure is coming primarily from liberal and libertarian groups who see the use of narcotics as a personal choice, something that freedom should allow. ... more
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The Illusory Value of the Death Penalty Thu Apr 4Steve ChapmanAfter deciding to pursue the execution of the man charged with fatally shooting 12 people in a Colorado movie theater last summer, the prosecutor declared that "for James Egan Holmes, justice is death." ... more
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Washington, D.C.Ratcheting up pressure for Congress to limit access to guns, President Barack Obama said the vast majority of Americans support stronger background checks for gun purchases. ... more
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Gun Nuts vs Anti-Gun Nuts Mon Mar 11Bruce BialoskyThe battle rages on about whether this country wants to further restrict the availability of guns, the types of guns and the ammunition to be used in those guns. On one side is what is referred to as the Gun Nuts with the point being taken by the NRA. ... more
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Philadelphia's Burqa Crisis Fri Feb 22Daniel PipesPhiladelphia, the city where I live, has quietly and unassumedly become the capital of the Western world as regards female Islamic garb as an accessory to crime. ... more
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Larry ElderMy new book, "Dear Father, Dear Son," talks about the No. 1 social problem in America -- children growing up without fathers. ... more
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Cultural Deviancy, Not Guns Wed Feb 13Walter E. WilliamsThere's a story told about a Paris chief of police who was called to a department store to stop a burglary in progress. Upon his arrival, he reconnoitered the situation and ordered his men to surround the entrances of the building next door. ... more
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Defending the Right to Self-Defense Wed Feb 13Ken ConnorThe recent spate of mass shootings has prompted President Obama and his allies in Congress to pursue new gun control laws with special urgency. ... more
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Chuck NorrisIn the past few weeks, I've highlighted ways we can reduce violent crime in the U.S. But I've saved the best and most powerful solutions for last because they work from the inside out. ... more
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Katie Pavlich
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Chuck NorrisIn the past two weeks, I've highlighted ways we can reduce violent crime in the U.S. But I've saved the best and most powerful solutions for last because they work from the inside out. ... more
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Chuck NorrisWho isn't sickened by the moral decay and heinous acts of violence across our country? My heart and prayers continue to go out to victims everywhere. But do gun bans -- such as the one proposed this past week by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., which would outlaw 120 specific firearms -- curb violent crime? ... more
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Israel: America's Model for Reducing Violent Crime (Part 1 of 2 on Reducing Violent Crime in the US) Tue Jan 22Chuck NorrisThis past week, I made an audio recording endorsing the re-election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's general election Tuesday, Jan. 22. I explained in the endorsement: "You might think I'm a tough guy in my films, but in a rough neighborhood like the Middle East, Israel has its own tough guy. His name is Bibi Netanyahu." ... more
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Why I Just Joined the NRA Sun Jan 13Wayne Allyn RootI’m not your typical NRA member. I’m Jewish, Ivy League educated (Columbia University, Class of ’83, President Obama’s classmate), and have been a member of the mainstream media (I started my career as an anchorman and host for CNBC, then called Financial News Network). Also unusual, I joined the NRA in the days after the Sandy Hook, Connecticut tragedy. ... more
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Chicago’s “Godfather” Goes after Guns Wed Jan 9Bob BarrChicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country. To rational people, the inverse relationship between the last two is obvious. Unfortunately for residents of and visitors to Chicago, the city is governed by officials who operate not in the real world, but in a virtual “Bizarro World,” where up is down, black is white, and good guys are to be punished. ... more
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OhioBen Swann, a local Fox anchor for WXIX-TV in Cincinnati, did some fact-checking of the debate between Piers Morgan and Alex Jones. ... more
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Political Rope-A-Dope Wed Mar 21Walter E. WilliamsIt's not unreasonable to ask how valuable the variously labeled liberal, Democratic or progressive agenda has been to black Americans and whether blacks should proceed in political lock step with this agenda. ... more
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Rising Black Social Pathology Wed Feb 15Walter E. WilliamsThe Philadelphia Inquirer's big story Feb. 4 was about how a budget crunch at the Philadelphia School District had caused the district to lay off 91 school police officers. Over the years, there's been no discussion of what has happened to our youth that makes a school police force necessary in the first place. ... more
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Katie PavlichHolder’s testimony surrounding Operation Fast and Furious on Capitol Hill can be summed up this way: I knew nothing about this, none of my senior officials authorized this, it was a local project and we need more gun control. ... more
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Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer Blames Second Amendment For ATF/DOJ Gun Walking Mistakes Tue Nov 1Katie PavlichDuring a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing today on Capitol Hill, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, who is facing pressure surrounding his role in the Obama Justice Department’s Operation Fast and Furious, asked for more gun control and blamed law abiding gun shop owners for violence in Mexico. ... more
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