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Foreign Affairs
No joke: Congress should vote ‘present’ on Syria
You don’t need to be a foreign affairs expert to judge how feckless the president is on his Syria policy. …
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Education
You're a KKK sympathizer if you don't support school choice
Recently, a “manifesto” about public schools was published in an e-zine, causing a furor. Its premise is that you’re a…
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Politics
Advice for Chris Christie
I like Chris Christie. I’d like to see him run for president. But… The Republican governor of New Jersey is…
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Sports and Culture
Book Review: Atheist Delusions
I don’t read much “theological” nonfiction, so it was only happenstance that I stumbled across David Bentley Hart’s Atheist Delusions,…
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Media
No, Cokie, Weiner's no Harlequin hero
Disgraceful, offensive, insulting to women…No, I’m not talking about Anthony Weiner’s latest sexual peccadilloes. I’m referring to Cokie Roberts’s comments…
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Sports and Culture
In case you missed 'Sharknado…
Count me among those who missed the epic high-quality Sharknado movie on SyFy. Not to worry, there’s a sequel — Ghost…
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Media
How do you solve a problem like MSNBC?
It might come as a shock to you, but there’s actually a television news network solely devoted to the liberal…
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Media
Chris Hayes proves scandals are Nixonian
I don’t watch a lot of MSNBC anymore. (And apparently neither do most folks.) But I did happen to catch,…
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Law and Government
Yes, this is Watergate, the remake
Poor, misguided Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service’s director of exempt organizations. She thinks she’s done nothing wrong, even though…
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Media
Escalation in the War on Fox News: Criminalize their reporters
The White House doesn’t like Fox News. They don’t like media criticism in general, but they have a special dislike…
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Law and Government
'I'm asking for help, and all you give me is papers'
Gian Carlo Menotti’s first opera, The Consul, seems out-of-date now that communist Russia and its satellites have crumbled. This story…
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Politics
Scandals in a nutshell: You can't use power to stay in power
The scandal sweepstakes has begun, with pundits on the left and right taking chances on predicting which of the ongoing…
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Politics
Did Senate Democratic leadership really want gun control?
Earlier this week, the grand compromise gun control bill, Manchin-Toomey, was voted down. While many will point the finger of…
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Media
Gosnell: Death and the media
Psst…newspaper and broadcast editors at so-called “traditional” outlets, I’ve got a scoop for you. Why are your enterprises struggling for…
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Economy
Penney's sends the wrong message
Imagine you are a malevolent corporate mole hired, through a stroke of luck, to run your competitor’s chain of retail…
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Education
If you expect less, you get it
Recently, I was in a department store shopping when some pretty holiday placemats caught my eye, along with a sale sticker…
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Education
Is Randi Weingarten serious?
Pop quiz time. Who wrote the following “America’s testing fixation stifles creativity and critical thinking…” Now, who wrote this: “Instead…
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Education
Judge Kelley: To heck with students; it's the schools that matter!
The news that a local judge just struck down Louisiana’s school voucher program should sadden every American. The program helps…
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Media
They hate us, they really hate us
Recently, I shared my thoughts on compassion. More specifically, on how irritated I get when Republicans are portrayed as the…
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