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Obama and the Fourth Estate
https://townhall.com/columnists/janetmlarue/2012/11/18/obama_and_the_fourth_estate
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The national security failure exposed by the Benghazi bungle has all of the intrigue and more of the movie, Absence of Malice, starring … Brimley steals the closing scene as the righteously riled deputy attorney general come to clean house in the aftermath of unbridled political … The following question to Obama by Fox News White House correspondent Ed Henry has been hyped as the “tough” question.…
A Fork in the Road, Part II
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2012/11/17/a_fork_in_the_road_part_ii
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2012/11/17/a_fork_in_the_road_part_ii
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For too long we have allowed political pimps for both political parties in both white and black churches to manipulate us. … A hurricane threatening the Tampa area caused the Republican National Convention to be trimmed short by a day, as well as the loss … If I’m right, then the good news is God still loves us enough to hold us accountable, which means He isn’t done with us yet.…
Benghazi Betrayal May be a Cover-Up of American Weapons in Hands of Terrorists
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2012/11/17/b…_may_be_a_coverup_of_american_weapons_in_hands_of_terrorists
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Glenn Beck reported that Glen Doherty, the former Navy Seal who was killed alongside Ambassador Christopher Stevens, told ABC News … Political analysts are calling Benghazigate a worse presidential scandal than Watergate, because four Americans lost their lives. … The Iran-Contra hearings resulted in Reagan dismissing Oliver North from his position at the National Security Council.…
Q&A: Brian Brown: gay marriage not inevitable
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/11/16/qa_brian_brown_gay_marriage_not_inevitable
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But it wasn't a turning point on the issue, and traditionalists can still win the cultural battle, says Brian Brown of the National … National Organization for Marriage has been at the forefront in recent years fighting to defend the traditional definition of marriage … to the famous 2008 vote in California, where traditional forces raised about as much money as gay activists and surprised the political…
Islamists Target Arab Monarchies
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2012/11/16/islamists_target_arab_monarchies
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The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China concluded on 14 November after the Congress elected a new Central Committee … Political reform means measures to ease social tension and increase participation within the communist system. … One news service reported strikes or demonstrations in 22 countries.…
In church-related tax policy report, commission recommends more donor involvement
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/12/05/in_c…x_policy_report_commission_recommends_more_donor_involvement
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highly transparent process" involving multiple meetings, media communications, public input, position papers, presentations at national … Sometime in 2013, the commission plans to submit to Grassley a second report addressing the increasingly controversial topic of political … Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress ) and in your email (…
North Korea to Test Multi-Stage Rocket
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2012/12/05/north_korea_to_test_multistage_rocket
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The Unha-3 rocket will carry a polar-orbiting earth observation satellite, according to the Korean Central News Agency. … The political ripple effects do not seem as important to this Kim regime as they were during the regimes of Kim Il-sung and Kim Chong-il … Syria: Today Western news services reported that Syrian chemical warfare military units are positioning the components of binary chemical…
Future Generations
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2012/12/05/future_generations
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Washington would have to collect $8 trillion in tax revenue, not
to pay off our national debt and have reserves against unfunded … Given this impossible picture, the message coming out of
Washington, especially from our leftist politicians and the news media, is … The
true tragedy for our future is that there are millions of uninformed
Americans who will buy the political demagoguery and treachery…
Anatomy of a Flop: GOP "Cliff" Counter-Offer Fizzles
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/12/04/anatomy_of_a_flop_gop_cliff_counteroffer_fizzles
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free-fall over the cliff, a political act that he calls a "very dangerous risk." … Thus, we're stuck with two political parties gripped by contrasting flaws. … (6) These images and key soundbytes dominate the next news cycle. …
Confirmed: Obamacare is an Unpopular, Shoddy Trainwreck
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/12/04/confirmed_obamacare_is_an_unpopular_shoddy_trainwreck
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The opposition isn't so much political as practical. … The delay was triggered by a combination of technical ineptitude and a political desire to hide many of the unpleasant regulations … In a news dump this past Friday afternoon, HHS released 373 pages of new insurance regulations, and buried on page 299 is a proposed…
FIRST-PERSON: Israel's plight
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/12/03/firstperson_israels_plight
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Since Israel is a democracy, the repatriation of Palestinians and the patriation of their offspring would mean national suicide. … But it is not the counsel of love to indulge the political cause of those who seek to erase Israel from the map. … Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress ) and in your email (…
BREAKING: GOP Counters WH Offer on Fiscal Cliff, Embraces Bowles-Simpson Variant
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which Republicans have essentially appropriated: "House Republican leaders endorsed a far-reaching plan Monday to rein in the national … I discussed that question earlier this afternoon with Fox News' Megyn Kelly:
Blaming other people has served this … president well for much of his political career. …
The White House Does a Gary Bettman
https://townhall.com/columnists/taddehaven/2012/12/03/the_white_house_does_a_gary_bettman
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If you’re a hockey fan, you’re probably pretty irritated that the National Hockey League’s owners and players still haven’t reached … The only good news is that the president’s extreme opening proposal is going nowhere, which the administration apparently expected. … guiltier party for having passed up a chance to be a genuine leader (as the pundits like to say), in exchange for scoring some political…
Benghazi Denial Syndrome: Clinical or Cynical
https://townhall.com/columnists/shawnmitchell/2012/12/03/benghazi_denial_syndrome_clinical_or_cynical
https://townhall.com/columnists/shawnmitchell/2012/12/03/benghazi_denial_syndrome_clinical_or_cynical
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It is divisive, opportunistic partisanship and political profiteering upon the graves of fallen Americans. … news shows to account for the atrocity, rather than sending Secretary Clinton, who was up to her neck in things. … But he was somehow certain they weren’t changed for political purposes. Of course not.…
Syria Rebels Cut Off Airport
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2012/12/01/syria_rebels_cut_off_airport
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The Minister is primarily an administrative and a political position. … Some news pundits have called it a symbolic victory. Actually that is quite wide of the mark. … Tunisians have learned the hard way that national elections have nothing to do with prosperity.…
Gitmo North Returns: Obama's Shady Prison Deal
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2012/11/30/gitmo_north_returns_obamas_shady_prison_deal
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As you may recall, the scheme caused a national uproar. Rep. … will exists, we could finally close Guantanamo without imperiling our national security." … The "political will" does not exist now, nor has it ever.…
Poll: 53 Percent of Democrats Hold Favorable View of Socialism
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/11/29/53_percent_of_democrats_three_cheers_for_socialism
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Whenever conservatives bring up the s-word in political discourse, indignant liberals recoil at the term. … Setting aside the socialism news hook for a moment, the stat that really astonishes me is the perception chasm on the federal government … Our federal government has run up record deficits, has compiled a frightening national debt, hasn't passed a budget in years, and is…
Feinstein: How Bout' Bringing GITMO Detainees to the United States?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/11/29/feinstein_how_bout_bringing_gitmo_detainees_to_the_united_states
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Dianne Feinstein's renewed interest in the proposal first came to light Wednesday after Fox News turned up an internal Government Accountability … Two hours after Fox News' inquiry about the report, Feinstein's office posted the report online and released a statement confirming … “This report demonstrates that if the political will exists, we could finally close Guantanamo without imperiling our national security…
It's Come to This: Sandra Fluke Nominated for Person of the Year
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/11/28/its_come_to_this_sandra_fluke_named_person_of_the_year
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Cast your vote for the person you think most influenced the news this year for better or worse. … Fluke, meanwhile, weathered the attention with poise and maturity and emerged as a political celebrity. … Democrats gave her a national-convention speaking slot as part of their push to make reproductive rights a central issue in the 2012…
The Power of High Places: Academia and Media are Hives of the Left That Sway the Culture
https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/2012/11/28/the_…ademia_and_media_are_hives_of_the_left_that_sway_the_culture
https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/2012/11/28/the_…ademia_and_media_are_hives_of_the_left_that_sway_the_culture
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The second book of Kings in the Old Testament is a usefully depressing history on national decline. … It also has a political kick, as the increasing number of never-married and divorced women depend more on government and vote overwhelmingly … The good news is that after Ahaz came Hezekiah, who “removed the high places and broke the pillars” (2 Kings 16:2-4, 18:3-4).…
Pretty Please: DWS to Remain DNC Chair?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/11/27/pretty_please_dws_to_remain_dnc_chair
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This would be the best news for Republicans since Nancy Pelosi decided to stay on as House Democrats' leader after her caucus suffered … Obama ultimately decides who serves atop the national committee. … DWS' Democratic National Committee emerges from November's battlefield burdened with a yoke of new debt -- an achievement that seems…
This Much we Know: What Happened at Benghazi
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2012/11/27/this_much_we_know_what_happened_at_benghazi
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But no one serious ever accused Ike of lying for some crass political
interest rather than the national interest. … "I like Ike" wasn't just a
political slogan in the Fifties, it was almost a national mood, even if
the usual intellectuals tried … Then came this humiliating news out of Benghazi, just when al-Qaida was
supposed to be a spent force.…
Amnesty Won't Elect Republicans
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2012/11/27/amnesty_wont_elect_republicans
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This was confirmed by a Breitbart News election-night poll reporting that 61 percent of voters favored Arizona-style immigration laws … vote Democratic is their support of amnesty for illegal aliens and their resentment against Republicans who oppose it is a big political … An American National Election Study asked a question about free market versus government solutions.…
Gold Lower To End Week
https://townhall.com/columnists/chrispoindexter/2012/12/15/gold-lower-to-end-week-n1467523
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Overall the economic news remains positive with manufacturing picking up in China and demand for industrial commodities showing some … It’s good to keep in mind that what may be big news in financial and political circles likely isn’t going to change a well-structured … Chris Poindexter, Senior Writer, National Gold Group, Inc…
CULTURE DIGEST: Scalia defends interpretation of Constitution
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2012/12/14/cult…igest-scalia-defends-interpretation-of-constitution-n1467472
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Ballard's findings will be revealed in a two-part ABC News special "Back to the Beginning" on consecutive Fridays Dec. 21 and 28 at … not only the Titanic but the battleship Bismarck and a U.S. fleet lost off the coast of Guadalcanal in the Pacific, according to news … Timothy Carney, senior political columnist for The Washington Examiner, wrote, "This fits perfectly with what we already know about…