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Why Is It 'Bigoted' To Criticize Religion?
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2010/08/18/why_is_it_bigoted_to_criticize_religion
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2010/08/18/why_is_it_bigoted_to_criticize_religion
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But that's old news. Today the debate is the debate. … This grew into a national protest to undermine the influence of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- even though not … a person with a libertarian political temperament, I would loathe to see government shut down religious expression.…
The Media and the Mega-Mosque
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2010/08/18/the_media_and_the_mega-mosque
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2010/08/18/the_media_and_the_mega-mosque
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After causing an instant national uproar, Obama saw the need to flinch. … Obama's political fortunes are in serious jeopardy. His left-wing supporters in the "news" media are rallying to his defense. … "I thought the speech Friday night was a model of political courage, in the sense that he said what he believed knowing that it was…
This is how government is...
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2010/08/15/this_is_how_government_is
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2010/08/15/this_is_how_government_is
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Fighting three ethics charges, Congresswoman Maxine Waters now performs her most important public service, illustrating modern national … Waters claims she sought to set up a meeting between Treasury and the National Bankers Association, a trade group for banks owned by … to help minority interests.
At her defensive news conference last Friday, she was asked by a reporter, Is it not odd that…
Jen's Motherhood Mantra Spurs 'Factor' Fears
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2010/08/14/jens_motherhood_mantra_spurs_factor_fears
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2010/08/14/jens_motherhood_mantra_spurs_factor_fears
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Bill O'Reilly's attention had been on Barack Obama and other national political figures for a stretch - until Jennifer Aniston opened … During a recent "The O'Reilly Factor" segment, the Fox News star hosted a "culture war" debate addressing Aniston's recent comments…
Who's the Radical?
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2010/08/13/whos_the_radical
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2010/08/13/whos_the_radical
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The Republican Party agenda has become the tea party agenda and vice versa," Democratic National Chairman Tim Kaine recently explained.The … economic radicalism.First, the GOP should concede that it does have a few quirky candidates running around the country who lack the political … Democratic Party as more liberal than they are, compared with 39 percent who view the Republican Party as more conservative.A new NBC News…
'We Socialists' vs. 'We the People'
https://townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/2010/08/11/we_socialists_vs_we_the_people
https://townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/2010/08/11/we_socialists_vs_we_the_people
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(in the courts, media, colleges and government bureaucracies) as they get into the face and under the skin of the cultural and political … , opinion and entertainment sources based on our political beliefs and cultural and religious preferences. … Or they assume it involves some small, mendacious, ideological faction rather than a broad-based, nonideological, building national…
Congressional Black Caucus Still Stuck on Castro
https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2010/08/26/congressional_black_caucus_still_stuck_on_castro
https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2010/08/26/congressional_black_caucus_still_stuck_on_castro
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Global Travel Industry News, reports that another 200,000 Americans visited Castro’s fiefdom illegally. … And given that the National Taxpayers Union rates Congressional Black Caucus members as the most “generous” in terms of bestowing … “Living in one of Castro’s jails is a living hell,” said a recently-released political prisoner named Ariel Ziegler who was thrown…
Right v. Rectitude
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenconnor/2010/08/22/right_v_rectitude
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenconnor/2010/08/22/right_v_rectitude
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condone the gradual stoking of enmity towards an ethnic or religious group, warning of the building-up of a collective pool of national … When news broke that Glenn Beck would be hosting a "Restoring Honor" rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, that Sarah Palin was … Keith Olbermann was so distressed by the news that he invited uber-liberal talk radio personality Bill Press to weigh in on the matter…
The New Netanyahu?
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2010/09/06/the_new_netanyahu
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2010/09/06/the_new_netanyahu
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Moreover, most Israelis have had it with the peace paradigm based on Israeli concessions of land and national rights in exchange for … Palestinian terror and political warfare. … International monetary assistance and political support for the Palestinians have always risen as terror levels peaked.…
Deja Vu All Over Again
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenconnor/2010/09/05/deja_vu_all_over_again
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenconnor/2010/09/05/deja_vu_all_over_again
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Four years ago, the Beltway was abuzz with news of a GOP bloodletting – the result of an increasingly unpopular President, an unpopular … Government has gotten too big and too intrusive in the day-to-day lives of its citizens, our national debt and budget deficits are … interests of the people ahead of the K Street lobbyists and their clients, candidates who will not abandon principle in favor of political…
We Are Not Fighting a Physical Battle
https://townhall.com/columnists/jamesallen/2010/09/05/we_are_not_fighting_a_physical_battle
https://townhall.com/columnists/jamesallen/2010/09/05/we_are_not_fighting_a_physical_battle
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Beck, a self-ascribed alcoholic, national radio show host, and Fox News commentator took a serious risk by making himself vulnerable … Beck reminded us that these truths are universal and that all political parties can share them. … Every political battle is fundamentally a part of the culture war.…
What Is President Obama Thinking?
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2010/09/04/what_is_president_obama_thinking
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2010/09/04/what_is_president_obama_thinking
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By vetoing a defense spending bill – a bill that would please some national defense conservatives by supporting our troops and please … So why would he miss what some political observers call a win-win opportunity? … This will be big news, and it will be a bad story for the president.…
It's Beck's Rally, but Hannity's War
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2010/09/03/its_becks_rally,_but_hannitys_war
https://townhall.com/columnists/matttowery/2010/09/03/its_becks_rally,_but_hannitys_war
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Naturally, the likes of CBS News trotted out "experts" that declared the crowd to be about 80,000 people. … Yet none of this diminishes the work and influence of Beck's Fox News colleague Sean Hannity. … Of course, media stars like these are as much entertainers as they are political pundits.…
Greetings
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2010/09/01/greetings
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2010/09/01/greetings
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I am delighted to officially introduce myself as the new Political Editor of Townhall.com. … After several years of contributing to National Review Online and Andrew Breitbart's 'Big' sites, Townhall's General Manager, Jonathan … , views, and sharp analysis on national politics and hotly contested elections across the country. …
Obama's Wandering Economic Message
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2010/09/01/obamas_wandering_economic_message
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2010/09/01/obamas_wandering_economic_message
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It wanders unleashed from park to alley, stopping to sniff every cable news story along the way. … Some blame a political and communications team that is reactive and undisciplined. But there is another possibility. … The problem for Obama is this: Even his best outcome in this political struggle would have little to do with job creation.…
Kilpo
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2010/08/31/kilpo
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2010/08/31/kilpo
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were the days when segism was in flower, demagogues stalked the land, and racial hatred was always just under the surface of the news … they were, if exhilarating ones for the kind of youngbloods who loved a good fight, and James Jackson Kilpatrick of the Richmond News … Freeman retired as editor of the News Leader in 1949.…
Crimes Against Liberty
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankturek/2010/08/30/crimes_against_liberty
https://townhall.com/columnists/frankturek/2010/08/30/crimes_against_liberty
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Now there is a book that documents this alarming news in a very comprehensive yet readable way. … His meticulously researched indictment of Barack Obama and his Administration lays out fact after fact that will educate even political … Obama picks winners and losers based on political allegiance and cronyism—the rule of law be damned.”…
Traditional Hackers Now Turning Their Crosshairs on Conservatives
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2011/09/28/t…tional_hackers_now_turning_their_crosshairs_on_conservatives
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2011/09/28/t…tional_hackers_now_turning_their_crosshairs_on_conservatives
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popular conservative websites have increasing reason to be concerned their sites may be hacked or otherwise physically attacked for political … The overwhelming evidence points to political motives. My site was not attacked by random hackers. … This can make or break an election or crucial political battle.…
Scolding His Supporters is Sign of Obama's Desperation
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2011/09/28/scolding_his_supporters_is_sign_of_obamas_desperation
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2011/09/28/scolding_his_supporters_is_sign_of_obamas_desperation
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of desperation has taken hold of President Obama's once self-confident rhetoric as he struggles to rally his party's dispirited political … It was a stunning display of a deeply frustrated president coming unglued, an outburst that the national news media went to great lengths … to hide in their news reports Sunday.…
When children arrive, Iraq's Christians live double lives
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/10/17/when_children_arrive,_iraqs_christians_live_double_lives
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/10/17/when_children_arrive,_iraqs_christians_live_double_lives
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In an Iraq torn by national and religious divides, there is no safe haven for Nuria's family or other Arab families who convert from … The disputed city has seen much violence as political opportunists try to tip the scales of power. … His family fled to Iraq from Iran for political reasons before he was born. They came to Christianity in Iraq.…
Romney Buoyed by Good Luck and Hard Experience
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2011/10/17/romney_buoyed_by_good_luck_and_hard_experience
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2011/10/17/romney_buoyed_by_good_luck_and_hard_experience
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Romney has been helped by the news media's fascination with supposed possible candidates who never seemed likely to run -- Sarah Palin … As a conservative without political experience he has credentials that would appear to trump Romney's in a party whose ranks of activists … He's topped 25 percent in only three of 80 national polls taken this year, suggesting vulnerability in a one-on-one contest.…
Hotel Employee Could Lose Job for Refusing to Remove American Flag Pin
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2011/10/14/hotel…oyee_could_lose_job_for_refusing_to_remove_american_flag_pin
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2011/10/14/hotel…oyee_could_lose_job_for_refusing_to_remove_american_flag_pin
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He has no political motivations, he says, or desires to boycott his employer. … And while he never expected the story to make national headlines -- or bring him to the precipice of unemployment -- he’s proud for … To watch his interview with local news station WJXT Jacksonville click here.…
Obama's Partisan Makeover
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2011/10/13/obamas_partisan_makeover
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2011/10/13/obamas_partisan_makeover
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The Internet and cable news have become an endless buffet feeding the outrage of a nation. … It is a surrender to predictable national division. … We are being asked to re-elect a political figure who no longer exists.…
Meet the New Republican Frontrunner...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/10/13/meet_the_new_republican_frontrunner
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/10/13/meet_the_new_republican_frontrunner
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former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain now leads the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the latest NBC News … Wrong:
According to the poll, the health-care reform Romney signed into law in Massachusetts is a bigger political problem …
Yesterday PPP released numbers showing Herman Cain leading Mitt Romney 30-22 in Iowa and our monthly look at the national…
Reagan Resoluteness, Too -- Not Simply Reagan Recovery
https://townhall.com/columnists/jackiegingrichcushman/2011/10/13/reagan_resoluteness,_too_--_not_simply_reagan_recovery
https://townhall.com/columnists/jackiegingrichcushman/2011/10/13/reagan_resoluteness,_too_--_not_simply_reagan_recovery
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"It's the economy stupid" is the infamous mantra conceived by political consultant James Carville that underscored the main issue … the audience, the candidates were seated at an oval table with their three questioners, PBS Anchor Charlie Rose, Washington Post Political … The juxtaposition between the debate topics and the news that broke on networks Tuesday about the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate…