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Jeb v. Hillary?
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaeltanner/2014/04/07/jeb-v-hillary-n1819569
– Nor are future generations of Clintons off the political radar. … senators have family members who either hold or have held political office. … This article appeared in the National Review (Online)…
What’s More Pathetic: Obamacare Success Stories or Big Foot Video Footage?
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2014/04/06/whats…tic-obamacare-success-stories-or-big-foot-videotape-n1819333
– Since every Democracy on earth seems to have a national health care plan, why not us? … I got news for you, however: You were always slow. We’ve been cursing at you from both lanes for years. … , is to force political changes whose longer-term goal is to dismantle the European welfare state.…
Support the VAT…if You Oppose Entitlement Reform and Want More spending and More Debt
https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2014/04/05/s…tlement-reform-and-want-more-spending-and-more-debt-n1819099
– But I’ve expressed concern about the national sales tax, even though it’s basically the same as a flat tax (the only real difference … The OECD likes this development, which is hardly a surprise, but it’s bad news for those of us who favor growth and opportunity. … Japan’s experience points up the broader political problem with a value-added tax wherever it has been imposed.…
Charles Koch Fights Back
https://townhall.com/columnists/larrykudlow/2014/04/05/charles-koch-fights-back-n1819090
– The good news here is that Obamacare is incredibly unpopular. … Obama's National Labor Relations Board now wants to unionize college football players. … Sure, there was some decent news in the March jobs report.…
Update: Testimony Reveals More Contradictions on Benghazi Talking Points Evolution
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/04/04/update-te…contradictions-on-benghazi-talking-points-evolution-n1818546
– Former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson provides additional insights and context: The formulation of the talking points … A source from the Office of the Director for National Intelligence (ODNI) told CBS News' Margaret Brennan that ODNI made the edits … terrorism, how were those discrepancies not cleared up and accurately resolved before Susan Rice made her inaccurate statements on national
How the U.S. Put Latin America Up for Grabs
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffmay/2014/04/04/how-the-us-put-latin-america-up-for-grabs-n1818801
– a few days in this rather funky little surfing village on the Pacific has given me great insights into Latin America’s current political … The national slogan here is pura vida, literally "pure life," but it is also used – with great frequency -- to mean “all’s well” and … Google “Costa Rica” and "news" and you’re not likely to come up with much of the latter.…
The GM Scandal Is Worse Than You Think
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2014/04/04/the-gm-scandal-is-worse-than-you-think-n1818493
– Assailing the competition reeks of political opportunism and cronyism. … In the midst of the bailout debate and subsequent "turnaround," news of a cover-up and major recall would have been a political disaster … Betting $80 billion of someone else's money to prop up sympathetic labor unions isn't exactly fraught with political risk.…
Five Rules for Covering Breaking News
https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2014/04/03/five-rules-for-covering-breaking-news-n1818412
News of yesterday's murders and rampage at Ft. Hood began to surface just as my national radio show was beginning. … and non-political violence. … on other networks and news organizations.…
New Hampshire: Brown Files Paperwork to Run For Senate
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/04/02/new-hampshire-brown-files-paperwork-to-run-for-senate-n1817912
– New Hampshire’s WBUR news network also “confirmed” he’s running: Former Massachusetts Sen. … News 9 had confirmed he is officially in the race for a U.S. Senate seat. … (I presume most political observers expect he will as well). However, winning the general election will be difficult.…
Dear Mr. Colbert: Me so stupid. You so funny!
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2014/04/02/dear-mr-colbert-me-so-stupid-you-so-funny-n1817644
– These smug liberal elites are not your allies in the fight against political correctness run amok. … Gutfeld explains: "Pick a political, cultural or moral universe, and in each one it's the cool who seek to punish, mock or thwart the … Coward Colbert and his cable news persona would never dare offend the jihad-friendly brigade at CAIR; the only jabs he takes are at…
A Discourse
https://townhall.com/columnists/charlespayne/2014/04/01/a-discourse-n1817330
– All the hot arguments dominating the news these days are in part a cover for failed economic policy and political gain. … Yet the National Front considered extreme right might have won up to 15 towns, adding the ultimate exclamation point! … With only third tier economic news, investors had to fret with mounting pressure as selling begets selling.…
Putin Makes it Clear: Invading Ukraine is On the Table
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2014/04/19/putin-makes-it-clear-invading-ukraine-is-on-the-table-n1826383
– He accused its personnel of showing cowardice and of surrendering their weapons, according to the Ukrainian News Agency. … A comparison of official statements, official remarks at press conferences and six mainstream news service accounts shows that the … In Kiev, Right Sector is armed; is prominent in the security apparatus, and is supposed to be an unarmed political movement.…
National Poll: Half of Respondents Say They're "Less Likely" to Vote for Another Bush
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/04/18/poll-50-percent-unlikely-to-vote-for-another-bush-n1825396
– Voters said in a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey last month that they are less likely to vote for Jeb Bush for president … Two of his children have been in the news in past years for arrests linked to drug problems and public intoxication. … Marco Rubio (a close political ally and would-be establishment rival during the primaries) will bow out.…
More Obamacare Failure
https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2014/04/18/more-obamacare-failure-n1826081
– We also have some very bad news for taxpayers. … news for ACA supporters. … I’ve already explained that the supposed good news is actually bad news, but Chuck has some very important details on how taxpayers…
NY Pizza Delivery Man Stops Robbers With Concealed Carry Weapon
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/sarahjeanseman/2014/04/17/ny-p…delivery-stops-robbers-with-concealed-carry-weapon-n1825571
– The good news is, the pizza delivery man attacked by four armed robbers outside a house in Buffalo Monday did not go to work that day … The Buffalo News reported: A gang of robbers attacked a pizza deliveryman just before 10:30 p.m. … Since politicians continue to use heart-wrenching events to promote their political agendas, it's important that these everyday stories…
Trouble: White House-Touted Health Costs Slowdown 'Could be Over'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/04/17/trouble-w…ite-housetouted-health-costs-slowdown-could-be-over-n1825427
– The notion that Obamacare is bending downward the so-called "cost curve" on national health spending has been debunked … They'll elide the crucial caveats mentioned above, plugging the exciting news into television ads, talking points and stump speeches … They've congratulated themselves over "good news" for which Obamacare was not responsible in the very recent past.…
Ukraine Declares War on Pro-Russian "Terrorists"
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2014/04/17/ukraine-declares-war-on-prorussian-terrorists-n1825502
– North Korea-South Korea: The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published an official statement about drones captured by South … A statement issued under the authority of the National Defense Commission means this is important to North Korea. … As for the airfield at Kramatorsk, the activist had no significant presence, according to news sources.…
Krauthammer Against The Tyrants
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2014/04/17/krauthammer-against-the-tyrants-n1825467
– WASHINGTON -- Last week a national treasure spoke. … radio, and in periodicals both at the national level and state and local levels. … What political party in its right mind would want to wage war on better than half the electorate?…
North Korean Officials Demand Removal of "Disrespectful" Kim Jong Un Poster...From London Barbershop
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/04/16/londo…alon-owners-remove-disrespectful-kim-jong-un-poster-n1825375
– "They said: 'That is a country's national leader.' … Alas, Fox News reports the owners chose to take down the poster voluntarily, in part because it, er, “blocked out the light,” or something … What a sad day for the West when we can’t publicly shame Kim Jong Un anymore without bending to (what seems to be) political pressure…
Recovering America's Exceptionalism
https://townhall.com/columnists/drbencarson/2014/04/16/recovering-americas-exceptionalism-n1825245
– Interestingly, the very same people are quick to invoke the name of God and recommend prayer at times of national and personal tragedy … Episodes such as the Internal Revenue Service scandal should alarm all Americans, regardless of political affiliation. … How can a nation that uses its news media to subtly trash traditional families, promote a drug-filled lifestyle and ridicule faith…
Holder's Race Card
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2014/04/16/holders-race-card-n1824948
– Speaking to the National Action Network the day after a testy but racially irrelevant exchange with Republican members of a House … Even inside the White House, Holder is considered too political. … "Holder substitutes his political judgment for his legal judgment, and his political judgment isn't very good," says an unnamed White…
Death of an Old Fox
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2014/04/15/death-of-an-old-fox-n1824388
– Robert Strauss was one of those figures who belonged to the past long before he passed, a news-maker who hadn't made the news … That's how trusted and universally useful Bob Strauss' political advice, numerous contacts and negotiating skills came to be, not to … For any number of causes, not just political ones. How sum up Bob Strauss?…
Big Hat, No Cattle: How Bundy Ranch Scandal Blew up in Face of Obama, Harry Reid and BLM
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/wayneallynroot/2014/04/14/big…scandal-blew-up-in-face-of-obama-harry-reid-and-blm-n1824373
– "no fly zones" and “free speech areas”) took place against a hardworking, taxpaying Nevada ranch family…and it barely made the nationalnews? … If this story involved a black church, would the national media ignore it?…
Sharyl Attkisson Details the Obama 'Chilling Effect,' Laments Lack of Investigative Reporting in News
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/04/14/sharyl…oses-obama-administrations-chilling-effect-on-press-n1824154
– detail about why she left the news network. … Not to mention, the President of CBS News is David Rhodes. … His brother, Ben Rhodes, serves as a deputy national security advisor at the White House.…
Old Media Curses the Wind
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2014/04/13/old-media-curses-the-wind-n1823841
– Fournier is not just any journalist: he serves as senior political columnist and editorial director of the prestigious National Journal … political issues on which we disagree. … But the hopeful news is that the stream where Americans get their news is indeed changing.…
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