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FIRST-PERSON: Are Christians obsessed with gays and abortion?
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/03/22/first-person_are_christians_obsessed_with_gays_and_abortion
– the sequel to "X-Men," when Pyro tells a frightened police officer: "You know all those dangerous mutants you hear about in the news … I travel the country speaking to thousands of Christians about our cultural and political battles, I raise a significant amount of … Of the pro-life organizations, two of the largest are National Right to Life and Americans United for Life.…
Quotables By Ajami, Ali, Moore, Williams, Palin, Thatcher, Etc.
https://townhall.com/columnists/rossmackenzie/2011/03/24/quotables_by_ajami,_ali,_moore,_williams,_palin,_thatcher,_etc
– A selection of quotations about issues in the news.... … Obama will mark time, but henceforth he will not define the national agenda. … The West is in a war of ideas against political Islam. If free speech is not protected in Europe, we're already losing."…
Letter: Boehner Demands Answers from Obama on Libya
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/03/23/letter_boehner_demands_answers_from_obama_on_libya
– The news yesterday that a U.S. fighter jet involved in this operation crashed is a reminder of the high stakes of any military action … some of the questions I believe must be answered: A United Nations Security Council resolution does not substitute for a U.S. political … would the U.S. commit American resources to enforcing a U.N. resolution that is inconsistent with our stated policy goals and national
How the King James Bible was born
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/05/05/how_the_king_james_bible_was_born
– Now, in the year of our Lord 1604, the news has been confirmed: The new king will be James VI, from England's generations-old enemy … Political uneasiness was in the air as religious factionalism continued unabated, despite Elizabeth's efforts. … The Great Leveler among all of these groups was no political or ecclesiastical party, but an implacable foe nonetheless.…
The Fog of Fog
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2011/05/06/the_fog_of_fog
– Incapable of straightforward answers, Team Obama's clarity-challenged civilians have led nauseated news-watchers through more twists … Embellishing the story the next morning, White House deputy national security adviser John Brennan said at his briefing that bin Laden … And they wonder why Americans of all political stripes think they're blowing smoke.…
New Hampshire Tea Leaves
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelgerson/2011/05/06/new_hampshire_tea_leaves
– At the first forum of the New Hampshire political season, the emphasis was all on economics and energy policy. … The state's Republican political class -- from Ron Paul libertarians to John McCain stalwarts -- was compressed into a single Manchester … Candidates must motivate an impatient base without alienating centrists -- not a bad description of their national task.…
President Credit-Grabber
https://townhall.com/columnists/douglasmackinnon/2011/05/07/president_credit-grabber
– After the president’s nine minute re-cap, instead of being euphoric with the news, all three of us were troubled by the president’s … As in, “I directed Leon Panetta…I met repeatedly…My national security team…I determined…At my direction…I’ve made clear…I’ve repeatedly … The president did and does seem to be spiking the “exploit the situation for personal and political gain” football in an egocentric…
Prosperity: Party, Principle and Politics
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikeneedham/2011/05/09/prosperity_party,_principle_and_politics
– Unless you’ve been living in Abbottabad, you’ve probably noticed the price of gasoline is rising almost as fast as our national … Nonetheless, many on the political left are floating the same discredited ideas they’ve pursued for the past several decades: drive … There is good news and bad news on this front.…
NLRB Sues Boeing, and Why South Carolina's Loss May Be America's Too
https://townhall.com/columnists/carlhorowitz/2011/05/07/nlrb…ues_boeing,_and_why_south_carolinas_loss_may_be_americas_too
– The National Labor Relations Board – these days known by many of its critics as the National Organized Labor Relations Board – must … Back on March 26, 2010, the Machinists filed a complaint against Boeing with the National Labor Relations Board. … The National Labor Relations Board, and not for the first time, appears eager to become a union mouthpiece.…
George W. Bush - Decidedly Humble
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidstokes/2011/05/07/george_w_bush_-_decidedly_humble
– But instead of inching toward center stage, which would seem to be the typical response of a political animal, George W. … I think it highlights the real possibility that W. might not be a political animal after all. … Bush’s legacy is secure when it comes to issues of national security.…
Conservatives’ Answer to Obama’s Social Media Game Plan: Part II
https://townhall.com/columnists/meredithturney/2011/05/05/co…servatives’_answer_to_obama’s_social_media_game_plan_part_ii
– Writer Linton Weeks of National Public Radio recently authored a column entitled “Media Black Hole: So Much News That We'll Implode … To help readers comb through the massive flow of information, content curators have cropped up all over the political map, among the … By aggregating compelling news stories and information, knowing their audience and then curating only the most relevant stories, such…
Barack Obama: 2012 Underdog?
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelprell/2011/05/05/barack_obama_2012_underdog
– According to a series of national news stories, President Barack Obama is looking to play the “underdog card” in the 2012 campaign … academic studies were borne out by the experience of the 2008 presidential primary campaigns, which saw frontrunners from both political … It is part of our national DNA. America was built on an underdog insurgency against a more powerful adversary.…
Slouching Toward Mediocrity
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenconnor/2011/03/27/slouching_toward_mediocrity
– And for having ignored our role as an international model of political and economic liberty, we have placed more than our own national … In the end, it will likely come down to a game of political chicken. … security, and the certain loss of America's status as an economic and political superpower.…
Obama's a Smooth Talker; I'll Give Him That
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2011/03/30/obamas_a_smooth_talker;_ill_give_him_that
– this, the White House has played a very clever waiting game here at home amidst a chorus of growing questions from Congress, the news … At the same time, Obama chose to deliver his address, not from the Oval Office, but at the nearby National Defense University, a stage-and-podium … His well-crafted speech managed to thread the political needle at a time when his job-approval polls are running in the mid-40s and…
Economy: Obama's Biggest Obstacle in 2011
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2011/03/24/economy_obamas_biggest_obstacle_in_2011
– That followed an alarming report from the National Association of Realtors on Monday that said existing home prices had plummeted again … Gallup's national economic tracking numbers tell us why. … They may be ignoring all of this on the nightly network news shows.…
BP Ledger, May 2 edition
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/05/02/bp_ledger,_may_2_edition
– EDITOR'S NOTE: BP Ledger carries items for reader information each Monday from various Southern Baptist-related entities, and news … Campbellsville University University of the Cumberlands World Congress of Families (two items) International Christian Concern Compass Direct News … During the first year, Union's athletic teams could still compete in the NAIA and participate in national tournaments.…
Who's Bringing the Heat?
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikeneedham/2011/05/02/whos_bringing_the_heat
– “Republicans Get Grilled at Town Hall Meetings Over Budget Plan,” read the headline on a page National Journal, an inside-the-beltway … news source that put up with video clips of Republican lawmakers at town hall meetings during the April recess. … The song makes for a good, inside-the-beltway news story, but was there any meaningful news there?…
Report: Harsh Interrogation Techniques Helped Nail Bin Laden
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/05/02/report_harsh_interrogation_techniques_helped_nail_bin_laden
– The, ahem, "man-caused death" of the world's most infamous terrorist is marvelous news for our country.  … interrogation techniques for fleeting political gain.  … The national debate over enhanced interrogation techniques won't vanish with this revelation. …
Obama Cried, Kids Died
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2011/03/30/obama_cried,_kids_died
– "Humanitarian" seems to be the Democrats' new word for "absolutely no national interest." … Only Fox News' Bill O'Reilly thinks Obama is intervening in Libya to avenge the Lockerbie bombing. … We seek no territorial gain; we seek no political advantage."…
The Final Days of the Glenn Beck Phenomenon?
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2011/03/29/the_final_days_of_the_glenn_beck_phenomenon
– His enemies have responded by trying to force him out of his Fox News show. … Beck is even more successful outside of Fox News. … It has more traffic than Fox News’ Fox Nation website.…
Canadian Conservatives Win Parliamentary Majority
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/05/03/canadian_conservatives_win_parliamentary_majority
– Lost in the bin Laden hubbub is some encouraging political news from the Great White North, where Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Tories … have won a sizable plurality of the popular vote -- and thus a parliamentary majority -- in Canada's national election. …
Do I Hear Cheers for George W. Bush?
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2011/05/05/do_i_hear_cheers_for_george_w_bush
– They could have stifled their urge to again vent their hatred of this man and instead join in our national celebration. … It is what lowers every political moment in America, every historic occasion in recent years, to the level of juvenilia. … The White House is a hell of a place to learn on the job.One story reported in the news after the operation in Abbottabad suggests…
Teacher's Unions Earn "F" for Wisconsin Recall Abuse
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2012/06/06/teachers_unions_earn_f_for_wisconsin_recall_abuse
– of belt-tightening measures.When they weren't ditching their students, radical teachers steeped in the social justice ethos of National … Education Association-approved community organizer Saul Alinsky were shamelessly using other people's children as their own political … A Milwaukee Fox News affiliate caught one fourth-grade teacher dragging his students on a "field trip" to demonstrate against Walker…
Army Back in Control in North Korea
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2012/06/06/army_back_in_control_in_north_korea
– Comment: The General Staff's prominence in announcing national policy is without precedent and is a sign of the weakness of the new … Reservation of political and economic measure to retaliate will be more effective. … Thus, regional groupings, such as ASEAN, should have the political will to do so.…
Ed Schultz's Wisconsin Campaign
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozellandtimgraham/2012/06/01/ed_schultzs_wisconsin_campaign
– The national news media trashed Gov. … This guy is to talk radio what the Bill Moyers "daisy ad" was to political advertising. … Now we return you to your regular programming and the charge that Fox is the most partisan news channel.…
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