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No Tucson Lectures for "Artists"
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2011/01/14/no_tucson_lectures_for_artists
– Gabrielle Giffords, the news media immediately leaped to the conclusion that the harsh tone of our political discourse -- led by conservative … It's an urgent national priority. I don't know if Loughner is deranged or the epitome of evil. … Fox News had nothing to do with this. Nor did Rush, Beck, Palin or any other conservative.…
From Atrocity to Travesty
https://townhall.com/columnists/olivernorth/2011/01/14/from_atrocity_to_travesty
– In the days since, exploitation of this tragedy has become a national pastime.Understandably, in this era of "instant news," some of … yet to discern all the facts surrounding last Saturday's assault, others continue to exploit the terrible incident for their own political
The Liberal Empire Strikes Back
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2011/01/13/the_liberal_empire_strikes_back
– It was the same argument used to allow the burning of the American flag at political protests. … Fenno's newspaper served as a counterweight to the Republican slant of the National Gazette. … Such things were to be found on the "news" pages, not the opinion page. Entire newspapers were opinion pages.…
A Conversation with Gov. Tim Pawlenty
https://townhall.com/columnists/guybenson/2011/01/12/a_conversation_with_gov_tim_pawlenty
– It also involved, I thought, an egregious and immediate political calculation by certain people. … A year later, the National Transportation Safety Board determined the bridge fell because of an original design flaw dating back to … News and World Report, perhaps the only teenager in the history of the country to do so.…
The Worst Sheriff in America
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2011/01/12/the_worst_sheriff_in_america
– To date, there is no public evidence that accused shooter Jared Loughner was in any way motivated by the national rancor over illegal … Despite desperate attempts by the progressive left to pin the massacre on the "harsh tone" of its political opponents, a vast majority … of Americans reject the cynical campaign to criminalize conservatism, suppress political free speech and capitalize on violent crime…
What Did Influence Jared Loughner?
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2011/01/12/what_did_influence_jared_loughner
– Hardly an hour had passed after the first sketchy news broke on Saturday that there had been a horrific shooting attack in Tucson, … By Monday, ABC News was providing this sheriff with a national platform to gratuitously attack Rush Limbaugh. … A row of ceremonial candles and a bag of potting soil lay nearby, photos reveal," the Daily News said.…
Palin, Krauthammer, and the Right Kind of Elitism
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2011/01/12/palin,_krauthammer,_and_the_right_kind_of_elitism
– Kate Goselin on her hit TLC reality show, Palin told Bill O’Reilly: “Well, bless his heart, he’s probably used to those in the political … years as Governor of his state (and three prior years of Lieutenant Governor) and in his eight books, weekly TV broadcasts on Fox News … and innumerable public debates he demonstrates a mastery of public issues and political ideas that impresses even those who disagree…
Poisonous Politics
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2011/01/11/poisonous_politics
– Bill Pascrell narrowed it further to Fox News, the home of Glenn Beck. … This is not political hardball. This is political dirt ball. Do any such dots exist in reality? … Undeniably, political rhetoric is hotter than it has been since the 1960s and ought to be dialed down.…
Games NPR Plays
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2011/01/29/games_npr_plays
– A network that hides its political prejudices, calling subjective judgments news, makes me a lot more nervous than Muslim women going … It might instill some new values, and news values, at National Political Radio -- like letting commentators comment and keeping the … news the news, not opinion by another name.…
All Church Is Local
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidstokes/2011/01/29/all_church_is_local
– Not everything that happened fifty years ago this month made international news or found its way into the history books. … But a closer look reveals that such parallelism involving the political and spiritual has been part and parcel of our national cultural … Similar stories can be told in cities across America and throughout our long national experience.…
The Pragmatic Fantasy
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2011/01/28/the_pragmatic_fantasy
– Just last week he dismissed the threat of a nuclear armed Iran telling the Austrian News Agency, "There's a lot of hype in this debate … ," and asserting that the discredited 2007 US National Intelligence Estimate that claimed Iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program … The Muslim Brotherhood for its part has backed Elbaradei's political aspirations.…
Senator Fumbles Needed Strategy to Protect our Borders
https://townhall.com/columnists/dianawest/2011/01/27/senator_fumbles_needed_strategy_to_protect_our_borders
– The story continues: "'The good news about this war -- if there's any good news about any war -- is that it hasn't become a domestic … To prevent Afghanistan from becoming a domestic political football? … Otherwise, it just might become a dark, dread "domestic political football."…
GOP Should Agree on Civility But Strike Back on Substance
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelmedved/2011/01/26/gop_should_agree_on_civility_but_strike_back_on_substance
– The good news for Republicans: a slight plurality (48 to 46%) said they disliked administration policies. … But the bad news showed a huge majority (73%) who said they liked the president personally. … By avoiding a protracted debate over political style they can return the public focus to policy substance.…
Stirring the Pot to Fix Social Ills
https://townhall.com/columnists/marybethhicks/2011/01/26/stirring_the_pot_to_fix_social_ills
– At long last, there’s a national best-selling book that offers practical and proven advice on many of the social ills that plague our … Sunday’s Soups,” a collection of delicious soup recipes complied by Lorraine Wallace, wife of “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace. … Sunday” is Chris Wallace‘s nickname among his co-workers at the Fox News Channel.…
Democrats' War on Paul Ryan
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/01/25/democrats_war_on_paul_ryan
– 'Blame Bush' has outlived its usefulness, and recent attempts to incite public fear and loathing against Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, the … Paul Ryan (R-WI).Before Ryan breathes a single word of his response to President Obama's national address this evening, Democrats have … Two things: Political expediency, and fear. …
Pillars and Bipartisan Pairs
https://townhall.com/columnists/janiceshawcrouse/2011/01/25/pillars_and_bipartisan_pairs
– The president says that his focus will be “jobs” and, according to Chip Reid, the White House correspondent for CBS News, he used the … in recent years, the State of the Union has become nothing more than a laundry list of utopian plans for the future framed in political … Given how the president’s rhetoric, policies, and political appointments have divided the nation so bitterly, surely he will sense…
Government Electric
https://townhall.com/columnists/timcarney/2011/01/25/government_electric
– And for the 2010 election, GE apparently plans on ramping up its political giving. … The National Rifle Association? … MSNBC had decided to become the mirror image of Fox News. This continued once Obama was elected.…
Who Are the Real Abortion Extremists?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/01/24/who_are_the_real_abortion_extremists
– discussion on abortion.UPDATE - Abortion on demand, at any time, for any reason has become firmly ensconced in the Left's political … Brand new data from Fox News/Opinion Dynamics closely mirrors Gallup's recent finding that pro-life is the "new normal" in American … public opinion: FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll.…
When Metaphors Attack!
https://townhall.com/columnists/mattbarber/2011/01/24/when_metaphors_attack!
– That said, we’re now to the point where the left’s disgraceful political exploitation of this national tragedy has sunk to such low-rent … Political correctness is a barrier to truth and honest debate. … Because when the good guys self-censor in the name of political correctness, the bad guys win.…
Judge John Roll Was a Hero: Why Didn't We Know This?
https://townhall.com/columnists/sandyrios/2011/01/21/judge_john_roll_was_a_hero_why_didnt_we_know_this
– We know that retired Army National Guard Colonel Bill Badger, though injured, tackled Loughner. … Even so, should this news not be shouted from the rooftops? Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit…gives his life for another! … Their murder or their heroism must not be ignored nor should the death and heroism of others be exploited for political advantage.…
Planned Parenthood, Spiked
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2011/02/09/planned_parenthood,_spiked
– Those censorious liberals who truly hate the very existence of the Fox News Channel denounce it for being a political organization … , not truly a news network. … (Fox News did cover it, and so did CNN.)…
Potential GOP Fissures
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2011/02/08/potential_gop_fissures
– public dole could even consider voting for Obama after the way he's governed and behaved in office, but he seems to have nine political … It's not negotiable.The good news, though, is that these groups can continue to live in harmony inside a big tent that is committed … Reagan conservatism is based on the three-legged stool of economic, social and national defense issues.…
What the Feds Can Learn From Egyptian Internet Control
https://townhall.com/columnists/chucknorris/2011/02/08/what_the_feds_can_learn_from_egyptian_internet_control
– The White House's cybersecurity adviser joined Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Jan. 7 to announce what boils down to a national ID … --The government would be able to create lists of your friends and acquaintances and lists of all your political affiliations, politicalPolitical rallies are no longer limited to places like Cairo's Tahrir Square or Washington's National Mall.Squelching criticism and…
Jeb Bush: What's in a name?
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2011/02/05/jeb_bush_whats_in_a_name
– At least one senior longtime Republican political aide thought that Pence had somehow let down his principles and his country by not … While I appreciate these hard-working political veterans' early assessments of the field of potential candidates and their efforts … At National Review, we currently have a cover story on the man, calling him a "can-do conservative reformer."…
No Reservations: The Case for Dismantling the Indian Bureaucracy
https://townhall.com/columnists/carlhorowitz/2011/02/04/no_reservations__the_case_for_dismantling_the_indian_bureaucracy
– A former BIA official, Wayne Smith, grandson of a Sioux chief, explained to CBS News at the time: “I had lobbyists…tell me that ‘It … “Lobbyists” – love them or hate them – will always be around to service an Indian client’s political needs under this scenario. … a whole to be coerced into subsidizing this tribal confederacy, an arrangement that is not only costly, but also corrosive of national
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