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China Fear Drives Japan Elections
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2012/12/19/china-fear-drives-japan-elections-n1469952
– That is tonight's good news, for Allied interests. North Korea is driven mostly by a desperate impulse to survive. … It retains the capability to start a war of national suicide. … Egyptians are voting to restrict human rights and political freedom.…
Is Obama Really Committed to Leading the Gun Control Charge?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/12/18/is-obama-actually-serious-about-gun-control-n1469779
– the National Rifle Association. … Instead, since coming to power, Obama has signed laws allowing people to carry guns in national parks and failed to use his existing … But how likely is the White House to charge headlong into a fierce political battle over gun control?  …
Tim Scott's Perfect Pro-Life Record
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/12/17/tim-scotts-perfect-prolife-record-n1468713
– LifeNews has more: Like DeMint, Scott is a staunch pro-life advocate who has a 100 percent pro-life voting record with the National … Senate is great news to both the country and the pro-life movement,” said SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. … He has made it clear that defending the most vulnerable is an indispensible first principle in his own political philosophy.…
In Washington, The Goal Is Control Of Private Wealth
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinhill/2012/12/16/in-washington-the-goal-is-control-of-private-wealth-n1468062
– News and in the Christian Science Monitor. … Sherer noted in a November 30th news story that in the midst of the “fiscal cliff” tax rate negotiations, President Obama had added … Multiple polls show the President is regarded as more trustworthy on economic issues than his political opponents in Congress are right…
The Shale Gas Revolution: Reindustrialize the Economy
https://townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2012/12/16/the-shale-gas-revolution-reindustrialize-the-economy-n1467965
– countries lacking a free-trade agreement with the U.S., until the study was done and it could be assured that exports were in the national … We questioned why this was even news. … The WSJ article points to Obama’s “political risk because of criticism from environmental groups, which have been among his strongest…
America’s Growing Government Class
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulkengor/2012/12/16/americas-growing-government-class-n1467418
– The more dependent this group becomes, and the more it enlarges, the more it redounds to the political enshrinement of liberal-Democrat … It goes without saying that this is disastrous for the literal solvency of the republic, but it’s good news for those hoping to expand … Look at Britain’s National Health Service; it is the third-rail of British politics.…
Pashtuns Stake Claim to Rule Afghanistan
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2013/01/04/pashtuns-stake-claim-to-rule-afghanistan-n1478752
– Kim Jong-un mentioned national reunification as almost a final theme in the speech, after the five paragraphs about the proper role … While this topic received headline attention, it was almost an afterthought to the urgent demands of improving the national economy … Comment: Hekmatyar qualifies as one of the most enduring and brutish political figures in Afghanistan.…
Slouching From Gomorrah: Remembering Robert Bork
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulkengor/2013/01/03/slouching-from-gomorrah-remembering-robert-bork-n1478630
– It has been a couple of weeks since the death of Robert Bork, which occurred shortly before Christmas and didn’t really get the news … In 1987, he became a national headline when President Ronald Reagan nominated him to the Supreme Court. … by radical abortion feminists and the likes of Senator Ted Kennedy as an abuser and assaulter of women—a Neanderthal, a kind of political…
David Gregory's Props and Pomposity
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2013/01/02/david-gregorys-props-and-pomposity-n1477627
– But more importantly, once again, we find the arrogance of the national press knows no boundaries. … Do you have the stomach for the political fight for new gun control laws?" … Here is NBC's Peter Alexander describing Gregory on the "NBC Nightly News" on Dec. 23: "Facing a barrage of tough questions for the…
How to Resolve the Fiscal Cliff? Elementary, My Dear Watson!
https://townhall.com/columnists/ralphbenko/2013/01/02/how-to…resolve-the-fiscal-cliff--elementary-my-dear-watson-n1477221
– The national focus will shift to officials committed to generating real equitable prosperity through healthy free markets, a climate … Back in the 70’s the House of Representatives, under the visionary political leadership of Rep. … As commentator Peter Roff, one of the decorated veterans of the Supply Side Wars, writes in a recentcolumn in US News and World Report…
Happy New Year 2013
https://townhall.com/columnists/olivernorth/2012/12/28/happy-new-year-2013-n1475459
– Washington's political class will be glad 2013 is not an election year. Many will regret not following Sen. … Vice President Joe Biden's "task force" will ignore the National Rifle Association's advice to protect our children with armed security … Lang Syne" is a reminder to stay close to those we love and who love us in return.Oliver North is the host of "War Stories" on Fox News…
Left-Wing Blame Game Won't Work With Arizona Tragedy
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolplattliebau/2011/01/10/left-wing_blame_game_wont_work_with_arizona_tragedy
– Democrat Congressman Bill Pascrell of New Jersey denounced “an aura of hate” fed “by certain people on Fox News.” … Second, at least some respected media figures have wearied of the ongoing efforts to use national tragedies for partisan political … Finally, the political climate has changed, drastically, since 1995.…
Irrationality in Football and Politics
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2011/01/09/irrationality_in_football_and_politics
– Shortly after he was elected in 2008, Barack Obama expressed dissatisfaction at the way major college football determines a national … that Bush feared he'd be the one to win a majority of the popular vote and lose the presidency.In that case, the New York Daily News … But as Texas A&M University political scientist George C.…
Defunding NPR and CPB
https://townhall.com/columnists/hughhewitt/2011/01/07/defunding_npr_and_cpb
– The sole casualty was the network's head of news, Ellen Weiss, tossed under the bus and off the payroll. … years, though I confess surprise that the head of news and the head of programming are both veterans of the early anti-Reagan years … , and between them have worked out the party line response to five presidents and countless crucial national events.…
Israel's Enemies Within
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2011/01/07/israels_enemies_within
– Take a look at the newspapers, he suggested, "If all the news is good, you're not in a free country. … If all the news is bad, you are." … It's also different for Israel because national morale is far more important for Israelis than for others.…
Memo to Conservatives: Stop Putting Down the Last GOP Revolution
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2011/01/06/memo_to_conservatives_stop_putting_down_the_last_gop_revolution
– As one who had a front-row seat during the national political happenings of the '90s, allow me this: The writers and speakers of this … I suspect a big reason why is that these media experts sometimes seem to want to assign to a politician or a political movement a pat … According to CBS News -- of all sources -- when Gingrich left Congress as speaker, the federal government managed to accomplish something…
SANCTITY OF LIFE: 'A Scent of Jasmine,' a novel, Chapter 5
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/01/20/sanctity_of_life_a_scent_of_jasmine,_a_novel,_chapter_5
– We're always looking for good news. How many girls do they have?" … Phyllis Worth was president of the Mississippi chapter of a national women's organization. … And she wondered if the news would make its way to Sonny's parents or his sister.…
Change: Obama Administration Embraces Military Tribunals for Terroists
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/01/20/change_obama_administration_embraces_military_tribunals_for_terroists
– With the political winds now against more civilian prosecutions of Guant? … The "political winds" have been blowing against the reckless proposition of trying terrorists in civilian court ever since it was first … That's good news for our nation's security.  It's also the source of exquisite heartache on the Left.…
Charges of “Incivility” Silence: Lessons from School
https://townhall.com/columnists/marygrabar/2011/01/20/charges_of_“incivility”_silence_lessons_from_school
– On Fox News, Brit Hume praised the speech. Charles Krauthammer heralded the “brilliant rhetorical approach.” … Our national political debate mimics the situation on college campuses, where speech codes and mandates to not use offending language … This meme is being repeated on the national political stage by Professor Obama.…
Social Conservatives' Self-Defeating CPAC Strategy
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmiller/2011/01/20/social_conservatives_self-defeating_cpac_strategy
– Many social conservatives dedicate themselves to national-virtue issues. … Pursuing “national righteousness” through legalistic “better behavior”? … the national level a threat.…
Budget Crisis Rhetoric: Part II
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/01/19/budget_crisis_rhetoric_part_ii
– But not enough of us have yet learned not to take media rhetoric at face value either, even when it appears in what looks like a "news … It is a political commercial for continuing to spend taxpayer money on California's "redevelopment" programs costing billions of dollars … , despite a budget crisis brought on by a record-breaking state deficit.An accompanying "news" story on an inside page of the same…
Who Is James Eric Fuller?
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2011/01/19/who_is_james_eric_fuller
– to a tea party activist at a national news taping -- and they yawned. … ABC did a big story previewing their "healing" event on "World News Saturday." … If our political system needs to regain some dignity and professionalism, let it begin with Christiane Amanpour and her news colleagues…
Tunisia's Remarkable Revolt
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinbay/2011/01/19/tunisias_remarkable_revolt
– Ben Ali faced a popular national uprising spurred by mass anger at his two decades of misrule. … The authoritarians know they confront a social and political time bomb. … That's bad news for the authoritarian leaders and al-Qaida.…
Why Waste A Good Tragedy?
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenconnor/2011/01/16/why_waste_a_good_tragedy
– Fueled by the relentless nature of the 24-hour cable news cycle and the modern impulse to derive a sociological lesson from even the … And, not surprisingly, it looks likely that the issue of gun control will once more find a place at the forefront of the national public … There's more than mere hypocrisy and political opportunism at work here.…
Blame Righty: A Condensed History
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2011/01/14/blame_righty_a_condensed_history
– Alas, the Obama administration's political and media foot soldiers have proved themselves incapable of such restraint.In April 2009 … Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, the National Rifle Association, Fox News, Lou Dobbs and yours truly. … Bush and Fox News, and had also threatened the conservative Weekly Standard magazine.In late August 2009, as lawmakers faced citizen…
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