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Shopping Around for a Better Life
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2013/01/23/shopping-around-for-a-better-life-n1494778
– Its population grew at almost triple the national average -- until 1990. … I moved to New York City, no political paradise, but where the big TV news jobs are.…
FIRST-PERSON: 40 years after Roe, human dignity hangs in the balance
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/01/22/firs…years-after-roe-human-dignity-hangs-in-the-balance-n1495076
– I often meet abortion rights advocates who honestly thought that the national controversy over abortion would simply melt away within … Abortion has become a central issue of political conflict, debate and division. … As Calabresi noted, the court's decision failed to produce a national consensus.…
Inside Deals Mar John Kerry for State
https://townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2013/01/21/inside-deals-mar-john-kerry-for-state-n1493544
– Make no mistake: catastrophic climate change represents a threat to human security, global stability, and—yes—even to American national … But there are no similar political consequences if you dismiss the science or the threat of climate change.” … Global warming is a very real threat to our national security.…
What Happened to Our Country?
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2013/01/21/what-happened-to-our-country-n1491988
– Many women were limited in their businesses, political, and professional opportunities. … There were some who started assigning blame for what happened within days which was clearly indecent during a national mourning period … People like the editor of the Journal News (Westchester area of New York), who listed the names and addresses of local gun owners in…
GOP Puts Spotlight on Feckless Senate Democrats
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2013/01/21/gop-puts-spotlight-on-feckless-senate-democrats-n1492734
– spending when troops are in the field, so tea party Republicans seem to be learning that the public won't tolerate defaulting on the national … Michael Barone, senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner (www.washingtonexaminer.com), is a resident fellow at the American … Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.…
Iran Rejects Biden's Offer for Direct Talks
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2013/02/09/iran-rejects-bidens-offer-for-direct-talks-n1508492
– North Korea-China: A South Korean news outlet reported that a high-ranking North Korean envoy arrived in Beijing on 6 February, according … "I'm not a diplomat, I'm a revolutionary, and speak frankly and directly," Khamenei said, according to Iran's Mehr News agency. … Khamenei is not the top religious leader, as some news outlets reported. All Grand Ayatollahs outrank him in religious authority.…
The 'Electability' Myth
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2013/02/09/the-electability-myth-n1507536
– It’s essentially the political equivalent to Jim Crow laws, aimed at stifling the potential for upward mobility of those in the grassroots … I remember sharing a green room with Rick Santorum at the National Federation of Republican Assemblies conference about six weeks before … As we were each waiting for our opportunity to speak, Santorum shared with me his lament that his former employer, Fox News, didn’t…
Pandering on Price
https://townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2013/02/07/pandering-on-price-n1507046
– The rising price of gasoline is in the news again. … Consumersknow that more oil means lower prices at the pump and they are hoping for somegood news on the supply. … What does this good news mean for the average American?…
I Love Karl Rove!
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottiehughes/2013/02/07/i-love-karl-rove-n1507042
– What these candidates shared, besides establishment backing, was the complete lack of a coherent political philosophy. … In 2012, Rove’s political machine, American Crossroads,poached almost $80 million from donors across America in order to lose [nearly … Fox News wised up after this election night meltdown, so when will the Republican Party do the same?…
Scouts Flirt with Dishonor and Destruction
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2013/02/06/scouts-flirt-with-dishonor-and-destruction-n1505802
– Scout councils in liberal jurisdictions would lose the national shield. … The timing of this exercise in political correctness is odd. The Scouts, who won a U.S. … Turley, have been cited by major news sources as leading the inside effort. Mr.…
President Bystander Tackles 14 Percent Black Unemployment
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2013/02/06/pres…ent-bystander-tackles-14-percent-black-unemployment-n1505762
– He shut down his job creation council, an advisory group of top business people, labor leaders and other political cronies, with … hike in the annual unemployment rate to 7.9 percent was a cold shower for the administration and, especially, its allies in the news … Americans are suffering out there and Obama has been a bystander in what has become a national tragedy of epic proportions.…
BP Ledger, Feb. 4 edition
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/04/bp-ledger-feb-4-edition-n1504997
– EDITOR'S NOTE: BP Ledger carries items for reader information each week from various Southern Baptist-related entities, and news releases … Today's BP Ledger contains items from: Morning Star News Hardin-Simmons University Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Charleston … Southern University Uptick Seen in Sudan's Purge of Foreign Christians NAIROBI, Kenya, (Morning Star News) -- Three South Sudanese…
Leaders' national ad exhorts Scouts to avoid 'grave mistake'
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/04/lead…s-national-ad-exhorts-scouts-to-avoid-grave-mistake-n1504991
– More than 40 national and state pro-family organizations signed it. … To compromise moral principles under political and financial pressure would teach boys cowardice, not courage." … Under the proposal that could be considered by the board, the national policy would be rescinded in favor of a policy allowing local…
Iran and Syria Promise Retaliation Against Israel
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2013/02/02/iran-and-syria-vow-threaten-retaliation-against-israel-n1503306
– to talk about the country's political crisis. … News services reported no major protests or clashes today. … The influence of al Azhar mosque is enough to convene political leaders.…
CULTURE DIGEST: South home to most 'Bible-minded' cities
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/01/culture-digest-south-home-to-most-bibleminded-cities-n1503474
– Researchers advised Christian leaders to view the news optimistically. … "ltimately, in a free society, the truth of political back and forth must be adjudicated in the 'marketplace of ideas.'" … The National Right to Life Committee and the U.S.…
Doctored Videotapes are Peanuts
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2013/02/01/doctored-videotapes-are-peanuts-n1502311
– They no longer merely report the news. They deliberately influence it to advance the liberal political agenda. … progressive media mavens are cloaked in a disguise of pseudo-neutrality and pseudo-objectivity, such that when they root for the political … team that is assaulting America's founding principles and driving us headfirst into national ruin, many in their unwitting audience…
Obama vs Rush: Round 2
https://townhall.com/columnists/fredlucas/2013/02/01/obama-vs-rush-round-2-n1502092
– naming names in his second term when it comes to his un-preferred media, something he generally farmed out to White House staff and political … Though there was a well-documented dustup between the White House and Fox News, the president kept his distance. … York Times-centric media universe of the three networks that shaped the political dialogue.…
Unions: Boss’ Constant Criticism, Silent Treatment and Lack of Credit are ‘Workplace Bullying’
https://townhall.com/columnists/kyleolson/2013/01/31/unions…treatment-and-lack-of-credit-are-workplace-bullying-n1501259
– The National Staff Organization – a group comprised of teachers union organizers, negotiators and lobbyists – recently published an … After all, consider these instances of union bullying: -- In 2012, Fox News Contributor Stephen Crowder was punched in the face … --At the same event, a representative of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition prayed that God would “wither” the left’s political foes.…
40 Days for Life: ending abortion, starting locally
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/19/40-days-for-life-ending-abortion-starting-locally-n1515778
– "We said, 'We need to pray,'" recalled David Bereit, now national director of 40 Days. … Bereit -- who was working for another national, pro-life organization -- went full-time with 40 Days, and Carney joined him later. … The national/international campaigns have produced an influx of new participants in the pro-life movement during the last five years…
We Have Nothing to Fear But The Farce Itself
https://townhall.com/columnists/shawnmitchell/2013/02/18/we-have-nothing-to-fear-but-the-farce-itself-n1514620
– That too, might have triggered resistance and hostile news coverage. But it didn’t. … A historically successful first term garnered political capital and national good will that smoothed the way for bold experimentation … The improved jobs situation mirrors the president’s success at getting the national deficit under control.…
CULTURE DIGEST: Brown Univ. to cover students' sex changes
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/02/15/culture-digest-brown-univ-to-cover-students-sex-changes-n1513710
– The Journal News, a newspaper that covers New York's lower Hudson Valley, later confirmed the identities. … "They know she was a wanted baby, they know she was named," she told The Journal News. … Arkansas becomes the 21st state to bar abortion coverage under Obamacare, the National Right to Life Committee reported.…
Nothing New in the State of the Union
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2013/02/15/nothing-new-in-the-state-of-the-union-n1512872
– exceptions, Obama's fifth State of the Union address was a costly laundry list of more big government programs aimed at his party's political … 600,000 teen jobs disappeared, even with nearly 4 percent growth in the economy,” says William Dunkelberg, chief economist for the National … It is getting so bad that some in the news media here are looking for answers elsewhere, or suggesting darkly that our troubles are…
Treatment of the Fort Hood Victims
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2013/02/14/treatment-of-the-fort-hood-victims-n1512090
– Three years later, Munley told ABC News reporter Brian Ross, she feels "betrayed," as Obama broke his promise to care for the Fort … Then there's the military's political correctness that allowed Hasan to remain in the Army and even be promoted to major when he should … Hasan had given a pro-Osama bin Laden lecture at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.…
Sam Tanenhaus's Problem Continues
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2013/02/14/sam-tanenhauss-problem-continues-n1511736
– Calhoun is commonly recalled as a brilliant political philosopher, a proponent of states’ rights and a defender of slavery. … As the years have gone on, it has shown itself to be the most dynamic political movement in the country, picking up along the way … , National Review, The American Spectator and other publications.…
Who Failed Chicago?
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2013/02/13/who-failed-chicago-n1511149
– town with the strictest gun laws and bloodiest gun-related death tolls in America.Does the White House really want to open up a national … Grove Parc and several other monumental housing flops "were developed and managed by Obama's close friends and political supporters … Team Obama will find perverted ways to lay blame for Chicago's youth violence crisis on the NRA, Sarah Palin, Fox News, George Bush…
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