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Posted: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party is a recent movie put out by the now somewhat known Dinesh D'Souza. We recommend all Democrats especially to go and see it. Because the Eau Claire Journal is truly non-partisan, we are not saying this in defense of the Republican party or any other party. We are recommending this because it is important to know your roots.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
The DNC; "Rigging the Process"
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Letters to the Editor
Posted: Sunday, July 31st, 2016
No one reading "Inside the White House" by Ronald Kessler, "Unlimited Access" by Gary Aldridge, "The Truth About Hillary" by Ed Klein, "Clinton Cash" by Peter Schweizer, "Partners in Crime" by Jerome Corsi, or "Crisis of Character" by ex-Secret Service agent Gary Byrne would cast a vote for Hillary Clinton.
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This Month's Headlines
Posted: Sunday, July 31st, 2016
A Hand-up Instead of a Hand-out, Utah District Investigating 'Independence', and more...
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Today, I Shot Guns with My Teenage Daughter
Posted: Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
When I posted that photo, I had no idea that a man pledging his loyalty to the Islamic State had opened fire at a gay nightclub in Florida and murdered 50 people. With a gun.
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Headlines
Posted: Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
WILL Asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to Affirm Citizens' Right to Privacy in Their Homes.
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Headlines
Posted: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
State, National, World, and Religion Headlines
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Posted: Saturday, April 30th, 2016
Deer thrive in open areas on the forest edge, giving them plenty of grass to feed upon while also providing them with ample cover for when they are startled or need to rest. Gardens, especially large ones, are planted in a similar habitat, making it a prime target for deer who will eat anything that's growing.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
And the winner is... The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), America's first $1 trillion bureaucracy
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
The school gender conundrum will only get louder and more ridiculous. However, there is a solution, and it has nothing to do with forcing kids at public schools to dress a certain way or use a particular bathroom
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5 Reasons Your Antibacterial Soap Is Doing More Harm Than Good
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
Here are five reasons why you may want to re-evaluate the effectiveness of antibacterial products
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The Best Way to Change our Community
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
If you really believe the government is a huge problem (and it is), then sending our children to be educated by the government is the last thing we should be doing
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"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
During the Great Depression, frugality was considered a virtue and the way of life in many households
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Posted: Saturday, February 27th, 2016
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended mandatory depression screening for all Americans. The task force wants to force health insurance companies to pay for the screening. Basic economics, as well as the Obamacare disaster, should have shown this task force that government health insurance mandates harm Americans.
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Posted: Saturday, February 27th, 2016
Mass. City Requires "Essay" to Get Gun Permit, Federal Bureaucracy Grew 70% More under Bush than Obama, and more...
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Does Overweight Mean Unhealthy?
Posted: Saturday, February 27th, 2016
I expect that I confuse a lot of people at the gym where I work out. I have been asked more than once why I breathe so hard. The short answer is that I do high-intensity interval workouts where I raise my heart rate and then recover before beginning another interval. Some people have looked at me strangely when I talk to myself, probably somewhat loudly because I am wearing headphones. But I suspect there is something about me that is more confusing than either of these.
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Government "Shalt Not Steal"
Posted: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
I have never had a lot of patience. I suppose this is one of my character flaws.
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Eating, Drinking, and Marrying
Posted: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
The Lord Jesus Christ said this regarding the final day: "But of that day and hour no one knows ... But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be" (Matthew 24:36-39).
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Donald Trump; Who Are You?
Posted: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
I applauded when Donald Trump jumped into the Republican presidential nominating fray. Here was someone with overwhelming national recognition due to his celebrity status, as well as someone who was politically independent due to his wealth.
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The Next President
Posted: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
The primaries are now underway, and the number of candidates has been unofficially whittled down to names everyone seems to recognize. Because of this, a response from this paper is now possible. What seems good and useful is to address what we consider our guidelines to who would be the best candidate, then to make comments on those candidates in the forefront.
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Love Letters
Posted: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Front Page Editorials Have Returned
Posted: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
Well, the above headline states it mildly, but it's about time. We have had decades upon decades of mainline newspapers in cities and towns all across America acting as if they are neutral. They are simply reporting what they see, they say.
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The National Education Association Hates Homeschoolers
Posted: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
I was scrolling through my daily dose of Internet news when I was struck by a recent post in the website Education News. The post mentioned a few idiosyncratic things about the National Education Association's (NEA) odd decision to post opinions on things that have nothing to do with education.
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How Indoor Plants Can Keep The Winter Blues Away
Posted: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
If you're struggling with the winter blues, you may wish to consider some indoor gardening. There are many great indoor plants that can help to chase away the winter blues. As the gray days of winter settle in, it's not uncommon for many people to begin to feel depressed. However, a few simple steps can help to chase away the blues and focus on more cheerful things.
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Pro-Sports Patriotism or Propaganda?
Posted: Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
Last week, Senators Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and John McCain (R-AZ) released a report revealing the Department of Defense paid professional sports teams to host "patriotic events."
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"Stepping" into the Holidays
Posted: Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
True enough, when I made my way through various retail establishments, Halloween had not yet arrived, and Christmas lights and fixtures sparkled in the aisles. I guess the Thanksgiving holiday display is reserved for the meat aisles at your local grocery store. Why are we all in such a rush, reaching out, extending past what we have for today?
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Has Music Subverted Our Politics?
Posted: Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
Back in the 1960's through the early 1980's we heard many parents and professionals warn of the dangers of the subversive nature of the new styles of music, particularly Rock 'n Roll. The sensual rhythms, excessive dissonance, and loud screaming instruments, combined with lewd lyrics and body movements propelled young audiences into a sensual, screaming, and fighting frenzy. Rock concerts made teenagers become uncontrollable, take off their clothes, scream, cry, and break out into mass hysteria. Well, it's been decades since we have heard much about the dangers of Rock 'n Roll and all of it's subversive offspring.
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What Are the Five Myths of Aging?
Posted: Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
It's probably fair to say that most people aren't excited about the prospect of aging. Continuing living - yes. Dealing with the health and other problems that accompany getting old - no. Now it's true that each passing year can present the opportunity for a new challenge, but aging also gets a large amount of bad press. So much in fact that some of it can be exaggerated and overblown. Let's spend some time and dispel five of the most common myths about aging.
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Letters to the Editor
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
Good Decisions,Real "Hope and Change", and more...
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A Coming Three-Party System?
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
It works in other countries, and it could strengthen the right.
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Ben Carson: Welfare/Warfare Statist
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
It happens every four years. Candidates for president issue books to sucker people to vote for them using the written word just like they sucker people every day to vote for them using the spoken word.
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Internet Smashes 3,000 Years of the Classroom
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
Ever since the days of ancient Egypt, priesthoods of various denominations have had an alliance with the state. They trained the next generation of literate bureaucrats.
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How to Stop a Mass Murderer
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
The NBC News version of the story of the Oregon massacres said this:
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Posted: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
It might be counter-intuitive, but a new study indicates that parents with four or more kids are actually happier as parents.
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Posted: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Gov't Official Warns Homeschoolers: Prepare for Home Visits, EPA Fines Farmer $16M for Building Pond on His Own Land,and more...
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Putting Retirement in American's Hands
Posted: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
America has always been a country where each individual is afforded the opportunity to build his own life without relying on another, namely the government, to take care of him. It has been this independent mindset, ingrained in our culture from its very founding, that has driven the American citizen to provide for self and family.
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Posted: Friday, August 28th, 2015
Driving kills more than 30,000 Americans every year. Wrecks cause billions of dollars in damages. The average commuter spends nearly 40 hours a year stuck in traffic and almost five years just driving in general.
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Posted: Friday, August 28th, 2015
People often say that war is pointless, and it must be admitted that their argument is a good one:
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Politics Is Not the Path to Pro-Life Victory
Posted: Friday, August 28th, 2015
During my time in Congress, I regularly introduced legislation forbidding organizations that perform abortions from receiving federal funding. The US Government should not force taxpayers to subsidize an activity they believe is murder. Thus, while I was horrified by the recently released videos showing Planned Parenthood officials casually discussing selling the organs of aborted babies, I am glad that the reaction to these videos has renewed efforts to end federal funding of abortion.
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Meet the 38 Companies That Donate to Planned Parenthood
Posted: Thursday, July 30th, 2015
In the wake of two videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of aborted fetal body parts, Republicans in Congress are working to ensure that Planned Parenthood is stripped of its federal funding.
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Let Me Be a Woman
Posted: Thursday, July 30th, 2015
"I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." - Ronald Reagan
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Obama Plan Would Extend Overtime Pay to Millions
Posted: Thursday, July 30th, 2015
Under a new Department of Labor proposal, salaried employees making less than $970.00 a week ($50,440.00 annually) will be eligible for overtime pay if they clock any work-time beyond 40 hours per week. Currently, the required time-and-a half pay 'salary threshold' is set at $455.00 a week ($23,660.00 annually).
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Bed Bugs Are the New Plague
Posted: Thursday, June 25th, 2015
We are living in the new Dark Age, with our iPads and bed bugs
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How Common Core Fails at Math
Posted: Thursday, June 25th, 2015
A century of progressive domination of the American educational system has resulted in a growing number of Americans remaining mathematically illiterate. The Common Core standards are a repeat of previously failed federal policies which fail to develop academic skill making the study of mathematics needlessly boring and challenging for too many talented students. These federally supported educational policies have left our society short of talented mathematicians needed to make the American economy competitive with other nations.
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How Much Technology Is Too Much?
Posted: Thursday, June 25th, 2015
Consider the following story. My brother (a retired engineer) has a friend named Tom, who is also a retired engineer. Tom and my brother share an odd and nerdy interest in inks and old-style fountain pens, and they frequently hand write letters to relatives.
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Washington Controlling our Schools through Federal Assessments
Posted: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Once again, the value of effective teaching assessments is being undercut by the problems typically created by an overbearing federal involvement defining teacher accountability.
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The Family of the Past has Departed
Posted: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Our nineteen fifty something station-wagon was loaded with mom, dad, big fat Aunt Nee (300lbs ), myself and four younger siblings. Aunt Nee raised my dad; his surrogate mom. Our family was excited about spending a hot summer day at Carr's Beach, Maryland. I had no idea at that time that it was the only Maryland beach open to blacks.
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Posted: Friday, April 24th, 2015
If you are a parent, you should know the contrasting differences between how Democrats and Republicans view your parental rights.
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Posted: Friday, April 24th, 2015
"Do you think supporting Rand Paul for President is good for liberty?" Here is my incredibly unsatisfying answer: I don't know. Truly, I don't. Neither do you. Why can't we just admit this?
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Posted: Friday, April 24th, 2015
Gun ownership is a fundamental civil liberty, but just like all rights, it requires responsibility. Here are five mistakes that some gun owners make, and how you can avoid them:
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Posted: Friday, April 24th, 2015
California Governor Jerry Brown has announced that private citizens and small businesses - among others - will have their water usage restricted, monitored, and subject to heavy fines if state agents determine that too much water has been used. Noticeably absent from the list of those subject to restrictions are the largest users of water, the farmers.
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Posted: Monday, March 30th, 2015
It wasn't too long ago that the slogan "America: Love it or Leave it" was plastered on billboards and bumper stickers. There was still a semblance of patriotism when seeing our flag waving in the breeze, or hearing a stirring rendering of "Stars and Stripes Forever."
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Posted: Monday, March 30th, 2015
What do you think of when you hear the word creative? Perhaps you imagine a breathtaking work of art or a new musical sound, but creativity is more than artistic expression.
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Posted: Monday, March 30th, 2015
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."- H.L. Mencken
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Posted: Thursday, February 26th, 2015
The new holiday cliché is to complain about hyper-materialism. Everyone is objectified, these critics say, reduced to goods bought and sold in the marketplace by corporate America. That's Christmas in their minds: the wolves of Wall Street devouring the lambs of Main Street on Black Friday.
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Danger of Reality TV
Posted: Thursday, February 26th, 2015
Americans love their reality TV shows-the drama, the insults, the bullying, the callousness, the damaged relationships delivered through the lens of a surveillance camera-and there's no shortage of such dehumanizing spectacles to be found on or off screen, whether it's Cops, Real Housewives or the heavy-handed tactics of police officers who break down doors first and ask questions later.
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National Headlines
Posted: Thursday, February 26th, 2015
Practical Joke SWATting Leads to Tragic Results, Federal Judge Stops Obama Executive Action Amnesty, and more...
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Posted: Friday, January 30th, 2015
I loved my grammas, and I considered them devotedly tough, made of cast iron. I gleaned important life lessons from both of them. They lived for many years alone in their own homes after my grampas passed away, cooking and always prepared with food treats upon a visit. My grammas slipped into heaven quietly, peacefully, and quickly. That is not always the case for our aging and elderly.
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Posted: Friday, January 30th, 2015
When our first child was three days old, I received a scary phone call. As young parents, we were overjoyed with our new baby and had everything ready for her. We had a home business, so my husband was always around to give me support. My mother was a phone call away, our next door neighbor was a doula, we had many books on infant care, and I attended a breastfeeding support group at our local hospital. In short, we were as prepared as we could be for a newborn.
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Reinventing College - Flexibly and Affordably
Posted: Friday, January 30th, 2015
With college tuition becoming more and more unaffordable for the average family, many are looking for a new and better alternative to higher education. Homeschoolers, local and nationwide, already living outside the box of mainstream thinking by schooling their children at home, are discovering a new way to reinvent college through CollegePlus, a viable and fast growing alternative to earning a degree.
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National Headlines
Posted: Friday, January 30th, 2015
Mother Faces 2 Years in Jail for Giving Ailing Son This Medicine That Actually Worked, Obama Administration is Gathering Medical Data to Seize Control of Health Care, and more...
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The Dire State of Our Nation
Posted: Friday, January 30th, 2015
No matter what the politicians might say about how great America is, the fact is that the nation seems to be imploding. Consider the following facts:
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Toys that Encourage "Open" Play
Posted: Saturday, December 27th, 2014
Not all play is created equal.
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Stop Wasting Time on Politics
Posted: Saturday, December 27th, 2014
Many of my friends vote; people I love and respect vote; but I've given it up. That horrifies many people, but-truth be faced-it bothers them mostly because it calls their choices into question.
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National Headlines
Posted: Saturday, December 27th, 2014
Child's Injured Toe Warrants Weekly Unannounced Homeschool Investigation?, Bill Proposed to Limit IRS Power, and more...
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NASA's Search for Life Produces Zilch and Hype
Posted: Saturday, December 27th, 2014
American taxpayers are forced to spend billions of dollars on boondoggles sent to Mars because evolutionists figure that if they can just find signs of life on Mars, they can forever silence Christians and orthodox Jews, who annoy them. "Special creation? Not hardly!"
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National Headlines
Posted: Friday, November 28th, 2014
City to Bulldoze 350 Working Class Homes To Build Fancy Stores, Support for Gun Control Declining, Why Social Security Is Bankrupting the US Economy, and more...
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Posted: Friday, November 28th, 2014
Before November, you had probably never heard of Jonathan Gruber. Gruber is the MIT economist who was once considered to be the intellectual architect behind Obamacare. Nancy Pelosi now says he had nothing to do with Obamacare. But back in 2009 she was quoting him publically and endorsing his published opinions on the matter.
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The Mindset of the Lottery
Posted: Friday, November 28th, 2014
A classic conversational pastime is answering the question, "What would you do if you won the lottery?" The game often reveals to ourselves and one another what we truly value.
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Why I Won't Be a Short-Order Cook
Posted: Friday, November 28th, 2014
Catering to a child's every whim is bad for his character.
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Liberty, Not Government, is Key to Containing Ebola
Posted: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
According to Forbes magazine, at least 5,000 Americans contacted healthcare providers fearful they had contracted Ebola after the media reported that someone with Ebola had entered the United States. All 5,000 cases turned out to be false alarms. In fact, despite all the hype about Ebola generated by the media and government officials, as of this writing there has only been one [two - Ed.] preliminarily identified case of someone contracting Ebola within the United States.
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National Headlines
Posted: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
Judge Overturns Arizona's Ban on Gay Marriage, Mom: Hospital Seized My Children for 'Guinea Pig' Drug Trials, and more...
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Taxpayer Funded NFL
Posted: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
The NFL is running one of its own games on the public, and as one of the most subsidized non-profit organizations in American history, the NFL excels at tackling the American taxpayer. It should be of no surprise that with its religious-like following, the NFL receives the same tax-exempt status as a church, exempted under the IRS 501 (c) 6 code from paying federal taxes. The legislation puts the NFL as a non-profit trade association which it has been under since 1942.
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Handy Home Maintenance Checklist For Fall and Winter
Posted: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
When buying a home, most people probably first think of the financial responsibility. Don't let yourself forget, however, about the time and labor that home ownership also requires. Just like regular oil changes for your car keep your engine happy and healthy, keeping up with regular home maintenance tasks will keep you from future headaches and wasted money.
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How Much Does Poverty Drive Crime?
Posted: Friday, September 26th, 2014
I'm about to make a prediction that is incontrovertible - a claim that cannot be controverted because (a) I am absolutely right in my prediction, and (b) because I will be long dead before my rightness can be proven.
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National Headlines .
Posted: Friday, September 26th, 2014
Is Rand Paul Compromising?, Student Protestors Group Kicked Out of Campus Free Speech Zone, Obamacare Recipients May Have to Pay Back Premiums, and more...
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Chick-Fil-A Founder Truett Cathy Dead at 93
Posted: Friday, September 26th, 2014
Truett Cathy built a food empire by selling chicken sandwiches and doing it only six days a week. All the Chick-Fil-A stores are closed on Sunday.
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Hiring the Perpetually Offended
Posted: Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Back in 1995 prior to the birth of our first child, I went to the local hospital's Birthing Center to register. While filling in the necessary paperwork, I was startled to see that my husband's name was not required. "It might offend the women who aren't married," explained the nurse ruefully.
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Deputizing America
Posted: Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Sooner or later, we'll all work for the State.
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Police Militarization Unneeded, Statistics Show
Posted: Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Private gun ownership, crime, police deaths have all fallen in recent years
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National Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
City Seizes Widow's Home and Car Because Her SON Sold Marijuana, Big Business Tries to Boot Primary Conservative Representative, Study Finds Direct Correlation Between Concealed Carry Permits and Falling Murder Rates, and more...
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Another 10 Books That Changed the World
Posted: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
Why it changed the world: This book (though not the first dictionary) was the first to use literary quotations to illustrate the meanings of words. It set the stage for the scholarly study of language.
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Why There Will Be No Revolution
Posted: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
I recently read an article on the Left-wing website in Great Britain, The Guardian. This has been the most consistently Left-wing publication in Great Britain. It was part of the organized Left as early as the 1920's, and it has never varied in the slightest.
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The Myth of Mental Illness
Posted: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
In 1961, the late, great Thomas Szasz wrote a book called The Myth of Mental Illness.
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No Mental Health Screenings for Gun Purchasing
Posted: Friday, June 27th, 2014
Last week Americans were shocked and saddened by another mass killing, this one near a college campus in California. We all feel deep sympathy for the families of the victims.
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National Headlines
Posted: Friday, June 27th, 2014
Lois Lerner's E-mails: Gone Forever?, Illinois Makes Law Regulating Child's Bake Sale, Senators Blame Dr. Oz for Weight Loss Supplement Scams and more...
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Why We Home School Our Kids
Posted: Friday, June 6th, 2014
Students have different learning styles and teachers are put in the impossible position to see that each student, and each style is adequately addressed so that everyone flourishes. Some students do great in the system, most others do not.
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The Student-Loan Scam
Posted: Friday, June 6th, 2014
The more I see what the modern-day welfare-warfare state has done to the American way of life and to the mindsets of the American people, the more I'm convinced how wise our American ancestors. Imagine: they established a nation with no income tax and no welfare-warfare state, a way of life that lasted more than a century. Isn't it ironic that they were also among the most educated people in history?
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National Headlines
Posted: Friday, May 30th, 2014
Politicians Are Most Unlikely to Help the Poor News Reporters Can Be Nauseating Doctors Are Starting to Speak Up
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Better Alternatives to Prisons
Posted: Friday, May 30th, 2014
"The first American prison was established in Philadelphia when the Walnut Street Jail was converted into a series of solitary cells where offenders were kept in solitary confinement. The theory was that they would become 'penitents,' confessing their crimes before God and thereby gaining a spiritual rehabilitation.
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Wasting Your Vote - Really?
Posted: Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Is it wrong to waste your vote? Is it a waste of your vote if the candidate you vote for has no chance to win? Recently I met with a man running for governor in our state. He, when asked what he would do if he lost, replied that he was going to win! Well, statistically he does not have a chance.
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Embracing Adventure and Danger
Posted: Friday, May 2nd, 2014
One of the worst things that has been done to children over the past generation or two has been insulating them from anything that could possibly have any danger attached. Parents keeping their children under permanent watch has become "what people do." And it's a BIG mistake.
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Obama Administration Fails to Free Oil for Export
Posted: Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Last week Russia's gas monopoly, Gazprom, under orders from Vladimir Putin, raised the price of 1,000 cubic meters of gas from $286.50 to $385.50. Gazprom aims to cripple the already depressed Ukrainian economy and exact a penalty against Europe for opposing Putin's invasion of the Ukraine.
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Have Children Become Unteachable?
Posted: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Almost two years ago, my husband saw an interesting article on PJ Media entitled "The Unteachables: A Generation that Cannot Learn" written by Janice Fiamengo, professor of English at the University of Ottawa. "The greatest tragedy of progressive education," she wrote, "is not the students' lack of skills, but of teachable character."
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Public Schools Recreating Government Approved Children
Posted: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Teachers will be held accountable, apparently, for recreating our children in an image approved by the government. If a teacher fails, there will be serious consequences for the school, the teacher, and the student.
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Tactical Gun Training Can Save Your Life
Posted: Thursday, February 27th, 2014
A large percentage of firearms owners think that just owning a firearm is enough. Take it out, wave it in the face of an aggressor and they'll flee. If they don't turn tail and run, then anyone can shoot a gun - after all, Hollywood actors do it all the time, right? Unfortunately, that isn't the case.
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These Convicted Felons Are More Resilient Than the Average Joe
Posted: Thursday, February 27th, 2014
I've recently read about a program in California whereby inmates at San Quentin state prison plant organic gardens within the prison's walls.
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National Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
Micro-stamping Law Drives Smith and Wesson Out of California, From the Halls of Montezuma... and Everywhere Else, Judge: 1st Amendment Applies to Bloggers, and more...
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True Heroism: What Makes For It?
Posted: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
How does our modern age resist it?
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Beating Back Local Government Taxes
Posted: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014
A couple times a year people will howl for a few days, maybe go into the city or county office and request an explanation and then they will go home and try to figure out how to pay for the massive increase and move on, shrugging, "What can I really do about it?" The falsehood to this propaganda campaign was made clear by...
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National Headlines
Posted: Friday, January 3rd, 2014
Amish Family Flees the Country to Avoid Unwanted Chemotherapy for Daughter, A Mind Blowing Medical Procedure, Study Shows Reduced Heart Attacks with as Little as 2,000 Steps and more...
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Texting While Doing Business: Good or Bad?
Posted: Friday, January 3rd, 2014
A couple of years ago, I bookmarked an article called "We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other" by Sherry Turkle. The writer tells how she was attending a Boston Globe panel on "cyberetiquette" which included such advice as no texting at family dinner, no texting in restaurants, and don't bring your laptop to your children's sporting events (no matter how tempting). In short, how to be polite in a linked society.
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How to Deal with a Job You Don't Like
Posted: Friday, January 3rd, 2014
While in an ideal world, we'd all have our dream jobs at every period in our lives, the reality is that everyone will go through periods of not enjoying their work. Whether its right out of college and you just need to pay the bills, or you're 20 years into a career and finally realizing it's not for you, it'll happen to all of us.
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City Uproots FL Couple's 17-year-old Garden
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
Few things in life are as benign as a home vegetable garden. But for the residents of Miami Shores, Fla., growing veggies can land you a fine - the type you eventually can't afford.
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IRS Seizes $35,000 from Law-Abiding Businessman Simply Because He Made Cash Deposits
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
The owner of a small grocery store in Michigan had all of the cash in his bank account seized by the IRS - simply because he had made frequent cash deposits of less than $10,000 at a local bank.
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America Is The Loneliest Country In The World
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
Of all the nations on the entire planet, the United States is the most lonely place to be. We have the highest percentage of one person households on the entire globe, and the average size of our households has been steadily decreasing.
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In Defense of the Tea Party
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
Just a few years ago some American citizens came together to demand change. They were fed up with decades of out of control government growth; confiscation of their hard-earned income through ever-increasing taxes and unending regulations invading every aspect of their lives. Things were racing out of control.
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National Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
Child Refusing to Protest for Gay Rights,EPA Bans Many Wood Stoves, GOP Establishment Blames Tea Party for Election Failures and more...
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Insurance: Mandatory but not Necessary
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
Increasingly worthless Federal Funny Money - and increasingly hard-to-find decent-paying jobs - have put an economic choke-hold on millions of Americans, compelling them to cut back on everything that's not absolutely essential.
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10 Habits of a Happy Marriage
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
I suppose everyone has their secrets. I definitely have mine. Although, I'd have to tell you that I never looked at it that way, until one of our daughters mentioned it. Actually, she said she "caught" me. She noticed I did certain things that seemed to make a difference. Ways of diffusing tension. Small steps toward loving him.
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Yellowstone Supervolcano Alert
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
Is the most dangerous volcano in America roaring to life?
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Hard Work Is the Engine of Industry and Opportunity
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
Expecting success without hard work is a bit like assuming you shall reap without sowing. As Vince Lombardi once said, "The price of hard work is success."
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Universities are Terrified
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
Universities haven't changed much since the Middle Ages. There is the campus with its lecture halls, dormitories, libraries, and laboratories surrounded by leafy quadrangles. Well, they've added giant sports complexes, gyms and swimming pools, and gourmet restaurants, but the basic layout is the same.
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National Headlines
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
Antibiotics No Longer Effective, Administrators Disregard Right to a Trial by Jury, Seattle Uses Eminent Domain to Steal from 103 Year Old Woman and more...
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Small Farmers Fear New FDA Rules
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
New England farmers are fearful that new food safety rules will have a negative impact on both the agriculture industry and the food supply. Earlier this year the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two new food safety proposals encompassing 1,600 pages of text.
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Sheriffs Lead the Way Against Gun Control
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
The right to keep and bear arms may have been stolen by the Colorado state legislature, but a posse of local lawmen is riding to the rescue.
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Middle of the Road in Healthcare Leads to Socialism
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
The ever-expanding role of government in healthcare provides an excellent example of Ludwig Von Mises' warning that "The Middle of the Road Leads to Socialism." Beginning in the 1940s, government policies distorted the health care market, causing prices to rise and denying many Americans access to quality care.
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Death Penalty: The Latest Culture-War Battle
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Our escalating culture war has many battlefields, but the death penalty is a battlefield liberals hate. When the crime is especially heinous, the public has little patience with politicians who block its use.
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Matt Drudge Finally Gets it, How About You?
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Matt Drudge, the famous creator of the utilitarian news aggregation site, THE DRUDGE REPORT, has had his finger on the pulse of the conservative movement for years. Though he has never been exactly a "Republican party player," you could almost always count on him to at least side against the Democratic party.
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Private Property Is the Essence of Liberty
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Ron Paul, Distinguished Counselor to the Mises Institute, and a founding member, celebrated his 78th birthday this week. In this selection from a speech in the House of Representatives in 1999, Ron Paul outlines why private property and privacy are essential to the preservation of civil liberties.
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Self-Efficacy and the Art of Doing Things
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
In Lethbridge, Alberta, where I went to university and lived for five years, there is a very large, very long, and very high train bridge. It stretches across a giant valley that has been carved away by the Oldman River. It's a beautiful area in the heart of the city.
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How to Survive a Plane Crash - 10 tips that could save your life
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
We often think that plane crashes are catastrophic and unsurvivable events. Thanks to movies and 24/7 news channels, the enduring image of a plane crash usually involves an aircraft plummeting to the ground from 30,000 feet and obliterating everyone on board in a terrifying fireball.
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What Is the Gospel?
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
I've been asked to define the Gospel with an attached question - "What is essential knowledge to salvation?" or "What does a man have to know to have Biblical knowledge to salvation; to have a sure foundation?"
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Declare Detroit a Free City
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
We who advocate the free market as the sure path to peace and prosperity often hear that the U.S. economy has to get much, much worse before any real reforms will be allowed. Why must we continue to wait before taking serious action to throttle back parasitic government?
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Energy Manipulation
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Why is it that natural gas sells in the U.S. for $3.94 per 1,000 cubic feet and in Europe and Japan for $11.60 and $17, respectively? Part of the answer is our huge supply. With high-tech methods of extraction and with discovery of vast gas-rich shale deposits, estimated reserves are about 2.4 quadrillion cubic feet.
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Growing Fraud: 47 Million American Food Stamps Recipients
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
In America, over half the US population registers overweight or obese on the scales each morning. Our country spends more money on weight loss programs than the GNP of many countries.
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The Government a Cabal of Liars
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
In 2001, the Patriot Act opened the door to US government monitoring of Americans without a warrant.
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National Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Streaming Videos a Felony?, Texas School Scraps Student ID Micro Chips, Doctors Find Honey to Have Amazing Healing Abilities and more...
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The Strangest Secret: Why You Should Run Away
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
One of the more instructive experiences of my life occurred when was when I was a teenager, barely sixteen years old.
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American's Thinking Increasingly European
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Historically, the thinking of Americans about such things as personal freedom, property rights, the value of individual life and government by the people and for the people has stood in stark contrast to the thinking that has dominated and now dominates the minds and lives of those who live in other parts of the world.
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Defending Your Home
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
"I just shot through my door with a gun," a Niles, OH man recently told a police dispatcher. The Tribune Chronicle's front page story arrested my attention, for this happened just a few miles from my house.
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Educating Children for Economic Survival
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Educating children for economic survival can be very difficult, especially in a society where most adults don't even know how to survive or thrive economically. Instead, most adults go through life making financial mistake after financial mistake that leaves them unable to save money or even pay the bills.
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Google No Longer Desires a College Education
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
Google has concluded after some research that degrees, grades, GPA's and more are not predictive in hiring the best candidate.
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She Knows that I Love Her
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
This spring, during my two weeks of vacation in North Carolina, I spent most of my time caring for my sweet grandmother. A horrible, all-consuming disease, known as dementia, had stolen her memories and flipped her world upside down.
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National Headlines
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
You May Lose Your Doctor under Obamacare, License Plate Cameras Storing Data on American's Movements, Obama Signs Executive Order for Power to Shut Down US Communications, More Money Does Not Mean Better Education and more...
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School Choice Must be Protected
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
The Federal Government is undermining the quality of school choice options by controlling the curricula of every public, private, home school, or charter school. The federalization of education under Common Core State Standards is the final nail in the coffin of school choice. Will school choice supporters surrender their educational options to the federal government?
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Private Space Telescope to be Funded by Users
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
On May 29 Planetary Resources, one of two private concerns hoping to someday mine near-earth asteroids, announced plans for the first-ever crowdfunded space telescope, a venture that would allow private researchers to conduct space research using a private space telescope - and even display their photo above the Earth.
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The Election of a Black President Has Meant Nothing
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
The greatest hope most Americans -- including Republicans -- had when Barack Obama was elected president was that the election of a black person as the country's president would reduce, if not come close to eliminating, the racial tensions that have plagued America for generations.
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Why Is There a Dole for Farmers?
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
Uncle Sam is broke. After running up $5 trillion in deficits over the last four years, Washington is borrowing another $845 billion this year. And assuming Congress neither adds expensive new programs nor expands expensive old ones, the federal government will run up another $7 trillion in red ink over the next decade.
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Women in Combat Irrational,
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
"The Pentagon unveiled plans Tuesday for fully integrating women into front-line and special combat roles, including elite forces such as Army Rangers and Navy SEALs."
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Caring for the Dying, Especially Those Suffering
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
Recently my mother died after over one half of a year of decline (due to a bad fall) that included much suffering coupled with extreme dementia. She had moments, wonderful moments, of lucidity, for which we are thankful. But all in all it was a great trial for especially our mother along with those attending her bedside.
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This Month's Good News
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
1. Molly Barbery, 7, makes lemonade in Rock Hill, SC and she gives it away, but her popcorn bucket is full of money that she has donated for the lemonade. The money isn't for herself. Molly collects it for people in Latin America who don't have enough money to buy wheelchairs. What a sweetheart!
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How Fear of Lawsuits Diminishes Life
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
There are now 175,000 pages' worth of federal laws. Local governments add more. I'm not so cynical that I think politicians pass laws just to control us. Someone always thinks: "This law is needed. This will protect people."
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The Joys of Central Planning
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
As I watch the masses buying into the recovery scam, I wonder what the next distraction is that the Obamaviks and their socialist media allies will come up with to make it possible for them to continue feeding the fake flames of hope even while the real flames of disaster can be heard crackling in the background.
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Fishing for Survival
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
Some people enjoy catching fish just for the sport of it. I think that's great, but it's not me. I am what you call a "meat fisherman." I never met a fish I didn't like…to eat. When I was a young boy, I would get up before dawn, strap my fishing pole and tackle box to my bike, make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and head for the river.
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Busting the College Monopoly: Latest Phase
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
The monopoly is tottering. Ten more universities have joined Coursera, the site that posts free college courses. This project began less than 36 months ago as a part-time venture.
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If You Don't Buy Insurance, Will You Really Pay the Tax?
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
Now that the Supreme Court has decided that ObamaCare's mandate to buy health insurance is a tax, will the IRS be able to collect it?
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America's Surveillance Culture
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
Surveillance is the act of removing transparency from one person while operating under a veil of secrecy yourself. Surveillance is a one-sided exploitation of cultural violence, like a street mugging backed by ideological rationalizations.
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Seven Foods You Don't Need to Buy Organic
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
A couple weeks ago, I gave you a list of the top 10 foods you should strive to buy organic. Some of you found the list useful, while others felt a bit overwhelmed and disheartened by the information, saying that it felt like they couldn't eat anything that wasn't organic.
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Controlling Your Children from Beyond the Grave
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
I received this inquiry: "I have been purchasing 1 oz gold coins over the past several years as central bank insurance, and am beginning to accumulate a substantial amount. After I die, I'm afraid my heirs will immediately exchange this gold for paper currency units, having no idea or care of the gold's importance.
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The IRS's Job Is to Violate Our Liberties
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
"What do you expect when you target the President?" This is what an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent allegedly said to the head of a conservative organization that was being audited after calling for the impeachment of then-President Clinton. Recent revelations that IRS agents gave "special scrutiny" to organizations opposed to the current administration's policies suggest that many in the IRS still believe harassing the President's opponents is part of their job.
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Paul Attempts Amending Flaws in Immigration Bill
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
On Monday, June 17, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) once again stepped into the breach and tried to compensate for the failure of his colleagues to affect common sense, constitutional immigration reform.
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Understanding Liberals and Progressives
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
In order to understand the liberal and progressive agenda, one must know something about their world vision and values. Let's examine some of the evidence.
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Obamacare Train Wreck Ahead
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Most Americans -- even those who are legislators -- know very little about the details of President Obama's Affordable Care Act, so-called Obamacare. Next year, when it goes into effect, we will learn the hard way.
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The Psycho-Therapeutic School System: Pathologizing Childhood
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control, a staggering 6.4 million American children between the ages of 4 and 17 have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), whose key symptoms are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity-characteristics that most would consider typically childish behavior.
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The IRS Scandal ... When an Apology Isn't Enough
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
A Christian law firm that defends religious freedom and the U.S. Constitution says an apology from the IRS isn't enough to repair the damage done to conservative groups intimidated by the federal agency during the 2012 election campaign.
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Americans Peacefully Surrender Their Republic
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
As Americans surrendered their educational system to the federal government, they also surrendered their republic.
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The Long Term Effects of Starting Something
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
All of us are a product of the past. This is not necessarily bad, but knowing it is true can be powerful. Shall I say it in an even stronger way? Our lives are dictated by the past, and in a way far more than we know it.
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Public Schools Retaliate Nationwide
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
I wrote recently how teachers unions, parent-teacher associations and school bureaucrats form an education "Blob" that makes it hard to improve schools. They also take revenge on those who work around the Blob.
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America Birthed by True Grit
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Are you a real man (or woman)? Do you have "grit"? Compare yourself to the man on the $20 bill: Andrew Jackson, our seventh president. During the Revolutionary War, Jackson volunteered to fight. He was just 13 years old at the time.
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How to Handle Conspiracy Videos
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Here is a fundamental rule by which you can judge every conspiracy theory. If there is only a video, it is not worth trusting.
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This Is How Legends Are Made
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Have you ever had "city folk" ask to hunt your ground? It happens a lot around here. I have let many people hunt our ground over the years. Sometimes it worked out well… other times not so well. Let me tell you how I deal with these requests nowadays.
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National Education Standards Face Backlash
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
The national news media haven't discovered it, but the issue that is bringing out hundreds of citizens who never before attended political meetings is Common Core (CC). More precisely, it is the attempt of Barack Obama's Department of Education to force all states and schools to adopt specified national education standards for each grade level that will dictate what all kids learn and don't learn.
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Unmarried Mothers Increasing
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
The issue of "who's minding the kids" is now taking back seat to "who is having the kids." The just-released Census Bureau Report, "Social and Economic Characteristics of Currently Unmarried Women With a Recent Birth, 2011," (SECCUM) describes for the first time the demographic details of non-marital childbearing -- and it is not a pretty picture.
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How to Carry Concealed
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
You've decided you want to take responsibility for your personal safety and carry a firearm with you on a regular basis. This is one of the most adult decisions you can make, because you've realized that there WILL NOT be a cop around when you need one. In fact, criminals are really, really good at making sure there's no cops around when their potential victims need one: That's why they're called "criminals" and not "felons".
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Teacher or "Change Agent"?
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Many teachers believe that their job is a calling because they shape lives by encouraging students to enjoy learning, to discover and develop their individual talents, and to become productive members of our republic.
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Government Opposes Homeschooling
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
A common feature of authoritarian regimes is the criminalization of alternatives to government-controlled education. Dictators recognize the danger that free thought poses to their rule, and few things promote the thinking of "unapproved" thoughts like an education controlled by parents instead of the state.
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Are Psychiatric Drugs a Factor in School Shootings?
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
As lawmakers on the federal and state level scramble to use the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings as a justification for the adoption of sweeping new gun control measures, one group, AbleChild, is asking a critical, and overlooked, question: Were psychiatric drugs a causative factor for the Sandy Hook shooter and for dozens of other school shootings?
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Everyone Should Know the Warning Signs of a Heart Attack
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Being prepared for any kind of a disaster is important. What about a survival situation with your health? Most people know that chest pain or angina and numbness in the left arm are the classic signs of a heart attack. But in reality most of the warning signs are much more subtle than that, especially in women.
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Man Facing Charges for Not Being Mauled By Bear
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
A 76-year-old Auburn, Massachusetts man Richard Ahlstrand had spotted a black bear in his backyard last Thursday around his bird feeders. On Friday, he went to fill up his bird feeders, and as a precaution, he took his shotgun.
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Tax System is Dishonest
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
With a tax code that exceeds 72,000 pages in length and consumes more than six billion person hours per year to determine taxpayers' taxable income, with an IRS that has become a feared law unto itself, and with a government that continues to extract more wealth from every taxpaying American every year, is it any wonder that April 15th is a day of dread in America? Social Security taxes and income taxes have dogged us all since their institution during the last century, and few politicians have been willing to address these ploys for what they are: theft.
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Glove-Compartment Stash Could Save Your Life
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
All survival scenarios strike when people least expect them. Whether on a cruise vacation or taking a day hike through a scenic national park, you never know when a few basic survival tools can help get you through a bad situation.
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NY Psychiatrists Served With Subpoenas For Patient Records In NY Gun Confiscation
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo's Machiavellian Plot to ignore and subvert the Rights of potentially millions of NY State residents developed another layer late Sunday.
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US Navy's New Rail Gun
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Widely held as the Holy Grail of weapons design, the Electromagnetic Rail Gun has been in development for more than a century. Now, thanks to the extraordinary efforts of the U.S. Navy, it will soon be part of our arsenal.
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Our Savings are Being Stolen
Posted: Friday, April 5th, 2013
It already has The decision of the government in Cyprus to simply take money out of people's bank accounts there sent shock waves around the world. People far removed from that small island nation had to wonder: "Can this happen here?"
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American Schools Replace God with Allah
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Secular Humanists have been shaping educational policy since the late 1800s and have removed religious instruction from the classroom. Their policies created a void which is being filled in some schools with programs like CSCOPE, a curriculum which reportedly teaches that Allah is the Almighty God. Common Core State Standards also play a role in this American transformation.
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The Lazy in America
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Recently I saw an old Disney cartoon from 1934 (the midst of the Great Depression) featuring a rendition of Aesop's famous tale "The Grasshopper and the Ants."
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The Search for More Pork on Mars Continues
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
There isn't any life on Mars. There is no evidence that there ever was life on Mars. But there is surely pork on Mars. NASA wants to continue to slice off plenty of it.
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Term Limits are Not the Answer
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
The main thing wrong with the term limits movement is the "s" at the end of the word "limit."
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Who Speaks Now for the GOP?
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Last Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul rose on the Senate floor to declare a filibuster and pledge he would not sit down until either he could speak no longer or got an answer to his question about Barack Obama's war powers.
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Buying the Right Knife for You
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Due to the ever increasing price of firearms and ammunition, this writer has had to change his expensive hobby to something a lot more cost friendly. Despite this setback, my new hobby is still a little dangerous and just as manly. Over the last couple of months I have been investigating what would be the best knife for the future moment when I am lost in the woods and have to make do with the least amount of essentials - or more practically speaking, when I am dressing a deer or preparing a campfire.
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If the President Does It, It's Legal
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
"I never thought I would see the day when a Justice Department would claim that only the most extreme infliction of pain and physical abuse constitutes torture and that acts that are merely cruel, inhuman and degrading are consistent with United States law and policy, that the Supreme Court would have to order the president of the United States to treat detainees in accordance with the Geneva Convention, never thought that I would see that a president would act in direct defiance of federal law by authorizing warrantless NSA surveillance of American citizens. This disrespect for the rule of law is not only wrong, it is destructive."-Eric Holder, June 2008 speech to the American Constitution Society
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How to be an Awesome Uncle
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Psychologists tell us that one of the most, if not the most important factor in our happiness is the number of quality relationships in our lives. Decades ago, such relationships were easy to come by.
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Frack to the Future
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Celebrities are now upset about fracking, the injection of chemicals into the ground to crack rocks to release oil and gas. With everyone saying they want alternatives to foreign oil, I'd think celebrities would love fracking.
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The Truth About Government Ammo Purchases
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
The last few months have seen troubling news of massive government purchases of ammunition. Agencies from the Social Security Administration to the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Homeland Security have purchased millions of rounds. But is the whole thing more hype than substance?
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Multiculturalism has Harmed America
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Among the many irrational ideas about racial and ethnic groups that have polarized societies over the centuries and around the world, few have been more irrational and counterproductive than the current dogmas of multiculturalism.
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Liberty Is Making the World Richer
Posted: Monday, March 11th, 2013
"The owl of Minerva flies only at dusk." I came across that phrase many times over 45 years ago, when I was writing my first book, Marx's Religion of Revolution (1968). (You can download it for free at GaryNorth.com.) What does it mean? Wikipedia explains.
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The Use and Abuse of "Speed Traps"
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
It doesn't take but a few miles on an interstate to see the "courtesy patrol" in action presenting a traffic violation ticket. Some people chuckle while watching others slapped by the strong hand of law enforcement.
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Why and How Older Americans Can Impact Local Government
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
We, who now find ourselves in, or rapidly approaching the classification of the "elderly," should have the wisdom and experience to affect our local government for the good. Now is not the time for us older Americans to withdraw from involvement in our political process.
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Obama's Secret Court for Killing
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
President Obama willingly admits he dispatched CIA agents to kill an American and his teenage son and the son's American friend while they were in a desert in Yemen in 2011. He says he did so because the adult had encouraged folks to wage war on the United States and the children were just "collateral damage." He says further that he'll do this again when he is convinced that killing Americans will keep America safe.
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Is There A Place For A Militia In Each State?
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Well, Ladies and Gentlemen in the ethereal realm, once again another natural disaster-Hurricane Sandy in this case-has exposed the insouciance, ineptitude, and incompetence of America's incestuously inbred political class.
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The Everyday Marvels of the Market
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Those of us who live in largely market-based economies can too easily take for granted what we might call the everyday marvels of the market. We find ourselves with things that would have amazed and mystified people just a couple of generations ago.
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Mentally Ill Man Duped Into Fake Terror Plot
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Following a series of similar widely ridiculed so-called "sting" operations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced last week that it had foiled yet another "terror plot" that, like virtually every supposed "terrorist" case in recent years, was created and managed from start to finish by the FBI itself.
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Weaning Away From Psychiatric Drugs - Finally a Way Out
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Do you or a family member suffer from attention deficit disorder (ADHD), autism, mental depression, post-natal depression, autism, schizophrenia, anorexia, bipolar disorder or any behavior disorder?
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Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Last year more US troops died by suicide than died in combat in Afghanistan. More than 20 percent of military personnel deployed to combat will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Posted: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
After stonewalling for more than a year federal judges and ordinary citizens who sought the revelation of its secret legal research justifying the presidential use of drones to kill persons overseas &...
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The Dust Bowl Might Happen Again
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
I have been reading a book called The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. Egan shares true stories about the Dust Bowl storms of the Dirty Thirties on the Great Plains - which happened to coincide with the Great Depression.
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Products Made to Fail and Break
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
They just don't make things like they used to - intentionally! If products lasted for years, then we wouldn't have to replace them and manufacturers wouldn't make as much money. Thus, starting in the 1950s and 1960s, manufacturers consciously decided to make products that were designed to fail and break.
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Private Health Insurance vs. Public Health Insurance
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Uwe Reinhardt had a post the other day at The New York Times economics blog comparing Medicare with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. He basically sifts through the evidence on which is less costly: Medicare (a public plan) or the private MA plans. But while his column is definitely worth reading, it does not go far enough.
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Violent and Stealth Jihad in America
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
When the 9/11/01 attacks occurred, I was surprised because I was ignorant. I had heard about the terrorist attacks on the Marine barracks in Beirut, the Pan Am flight 103, the U.S. embassies in Africa, the USS Cole, etc.,
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Gradualism is an Ever Present Err
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
We are all familiar with the story of the frog and the hot water. Remember? He would leap out of the hot water, but when he was put in warm water, he stayed - and before long he was cooked. Hence, gradualism (I did hear that half of the frogs jump out and do not return).
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Soldier to Receive Medal of Honor for Heroism in Afghanistan
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
A former Army staff sergeant who participated in one of the deadliest battles faced by U.S. forces in Afghanistan is set to become the fourth living soldier, and the 11th in total, to receive the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Hiding Objects Within the Home
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Most people have something to hide regardless if the object is valuable, sensitive, dangerous, illegal, or subject to confiscation. Storing objects in a safe under key or combination lock can be a good security measure, but not everyone wants a large, heavy, and expensive safe and a small safe bolted to the floor can only contain a limited number of items.
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Consignment is Chic Again- Are You?
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Consignment stores haven't always been fashionable. In many areas they're considered only a small step above Goodwill or Salvation Army. The perception is that they are smelly, overcrowded corners of the retail world where ugly clothes go to die.
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'Fiscal' Conservatism Needs 'Social' Conservatism
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
For some years now, we have been told about a major division within American conservatism: fiscal conservatives vs. social conservatives.
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America's Restricting Regulations Increasing
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
If someone were to ask you for an example of a "totalitarian society", how would you respond? Most Americans would probably think of horribly repressive regimes such as the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Communist China, East Germany or North Korea, but the truth is that there is one society that has far more rules and regulations than any of those societies ever dreamed of having.
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Social Security Myths
Posted: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Which is the lie, Social Security checks must be delayed if the debt ceiling is not raised or there's $2.7 trillion in the Social Security trust funds?
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Did the Government Drive Aaron Swartz to Suicide?
Posted: Saturday, January 19th, 2013
Zealous and ruthless federal prosecutors have the power to torment people for trivial or imagined offenses, threatening them with decades of barbaric confinement. The consequences can be tragic even when case is not seen through to completion. Take the example of Aaron Swartz.
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No Regulation? No Problem
Posted: Friday, January 11th, 2013
President Obama wants still more rules. Cheering on increased financial regulation, he said, "We've got to keep moving forward." To the president, and probably most Americans, "forward" means passing more laws.
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School Curricula Destroying American Productivity
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
President Obama, an avid supporter of social justice theories, demeaned America's historical focus on rugged individualism and healthy skepticism of too much government. He said, "It fits well on a bumper sticker. Here's the problem: It doesn't work. It's never worked."
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Solving Obesity in Kids-Finding the "Why"
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
As a medical doctor specializing in treating people's individual weight problems (a bariatrician), I get asked frequently about overweight in children. One of the keys to long-term weight-loss success is finding the hot-button items for each individual that will help them develop their own motivations (the "WHY") for losing weight. In order to understand these motivators, it may be helpful to know a bit more about this epidemic.
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25 Facts the Mainstream Media Ignores
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
For decades, the mainstream media in the United States was accustomed to being able to tell the American people what to think. Unfortunately for them, a whole lot of Americans are starting to break free from that paradigm and think for themselves. A Gallup survey from earlier this year found that 60 percent of all Americans "have little or no trust" in the mainstream media.
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Fathers Are the Answer
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
Few things are clearer than that sound fathers are the answer to most of America's problems. Why do I say that? Just look at the homes where a sound father is not there. Look at the homes where there is no father, but a woman struggling to raise a child or children. She and some irresponsible and immoral man are either living together or she had children by him. The result has been a disaster all too often.
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2013: It's Going to Be a Tough Year
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
I candidly confess that I am not very superstitious. I don't care how many cracks I step on on a sidewalk; I don't care how many cracked mirrors I look at; I've never thrown salt over my shoulder; I've never rubbed a red-headed boy's head for luck; I don't carry four-leaf clovers or rabbit's feet in my pocket; and the number 13 doesn't scare me a bit. All of that notwithstanding, however, I can't help but believe that 2013 is going to be a rough year.
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It's Time for a Reality Check
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
The country continues to mourn over the slaughter in Newtown, Connecticut. An overwhelming sense of helplessness blankets that community, and rightly so; to figure out why a 20-year-old young man would wipe out 26 precious lives in a shooting spree is beyond human comprehension. That's why folks made their way to the church house, rather than the White House. Significantly, the so-called "separation of church and state" was meaningless, for broken-hearted people found some solace in God and prayer.
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2013: It's Going to Be a Rough Year
Posted: Monday, December 31st, 2012
Already, 2013 is shaping up to rival the monstrous year of 1913. Here are some of the reasons why...
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The Political Use and Abuse of Children
Posted: Monday, December 31st, 2012
Certainly, child abuse exists, but more than enough laws already exist to address the issue in all its manifestations. More than enough cameras and law-enforcement officers monitor the streets and the school system. Caution has become paranoia. And paranoia makes the state expand.
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Facts on Guns and Crime
Posted: Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Must every tragic mass shooting bring out the shrill ignorance of "gun control" advocates?
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Media Ignores Clackmas CCW Citizen
Posted: Sunday, December 16th, 2012
There are many people in Portland, Oregon, who are alive today most likely because of Nick Meli possessing a concealed firearm. One could only wish for such an outcome yesterday in Connecticut.
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"End Abortion on Demand Once and For All"
Posted: Saturday, December 8th, 2012
Justice Harry Blackmun wrote in the 1973 ruling that if a fetus can be defined as a person, the "right" to abortion "collapses, for the fetus's right to life is then guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment."
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Hotels and Hassles
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Few things can make you appreciate home like staying in a hotel. This includes not only low-budget, bare bones hotels but also sweepingly large and ornate luxury hotels. What many hotels seem to have in common are needless hassles.
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Silencing General Petraeus
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
The evidence that Gen. David Petraeus, formerly the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the author of the current Army field manual, Princeton Ph.D. and, until last week, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was forced to resign from the CIA to silence him is far stronger than is the version of events that the Obama administration has given us.
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How to Stay Warm Outside in Winter
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
It was first light in January, and we were unloading snowmobiles at the caretaker's house at the Taylor Park Dam in Colorado. We were almost ready to fire up the sleds when the caretaker came out and asked, "Do you guys realize it's sixty-one below?" I thought it seemed a little chillier than normal.
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Reject the Standard American Diet!
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Understanding "natural health" is sometimes confusing because our society likes things fixed with a single pill. A natural approach to health focuses on underlying causes. In other words, a naturopath would not recommend aspirin for a headache, but would try to determine if the headache resulted from mineral deficiencies, food sensitivities, blood sugar imbalances or stress and would make recommendations to restore balance to the person so that the headaches did not occur.
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Homeland Security Uses Local Police to Set Up Surveillance Buffer Zones
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
In order to sweeten the pot of federalization, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is giving gifts of expensive gadgets to local police forces. Cops in North Jersey, for example, were showered with gifts from their would-be overseers. As reported by The Record:
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How the New York Times Covers Evil
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
The way in which the New York Times reports good vs. evil is one of the most important stories of our time. Take the war between Israel and Hamas that is taking place right now.
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Obama Breaks Laws to Force Educational Policy
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
President Obama ignored federal statutes and federal student-privacy laws while he bullied states into accepting Common Core Standards (CCS) as part of the Race to the Top initiative. For nearly 100 years, educators have focused upon changing America.
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Obama's Abuse of American's Rights
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Among the objections to ObamaCare, one that has not gotten as much attention as it should is the president's power to waive the law for any company, union or other enterprise he chooses.
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Are States Free to Secede from the U.S.?
Posted: Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
The Constitution would have never been ratified if states thought that they could not maintain their sovereignty.
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Posted: Friday, November 30th, 2012
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What are Vitamins?
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Vitamin is a term that applies only to a specific group of organic, or carbon containing compounds that are essential to good health and normal functioning of the body. For a vitamin to be identified as such, its deficiency must result in identifiable and reproducible symptoms of disease.
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Hyperinflation Around the Globe
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Angola (1991-1999) Angola went through the worst inflation from 1991 to 1995. In early 1991, the highest denomination was 50,000 kwanzas. By 1994, it was 500,000 kwanzas. In the 1995 currency reform, 1 kwanza reajustado was exchanged for 1,000 kwanzas. The highest denomination in 1995 was 5,000,000 kwanzas reajustados.
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Excessive Use of Electronic Communications Not Good
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Dr. Archibald Hart, senior professor of psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary's School of Psychology, maintains that digital addictions have created a spiritual deficit. With one in every nine people on the planet now on Facebook or some other form of social media like Twitter and YouTube, Dr. Hart calls it the "digital invasion."
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Traditional Families Key to Reducing Child Poverty
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
A new study by the Heritage Foundation reveals that U.S. children in married-parent families are more than 80 percent less likely to live in poverty than kids in single-parent homes. The Heritage study finds that nearly three out of four poor families in America are headed by a single parent - usually a mother - but when a child's father is married to his mother, and is a presence in the home, the poverty level tends to plummet.
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Talking to Your Kids about Safety
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Educating your kids about realistic dangers that they're likely to encounter shouldn't be an ordeal. In fact, with my parents, it was always a game. Even if your child isn't the victim of a violent crime, they're likely to see it on television, know a victim, or otherwise encounter violence. How you deal with the topic of violence is of vital importance, especially with younger, more impressionable children.
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Big Business Is Not Conservative
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Stephen Moore, of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board, reported Friday that the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Arizona, Congressman Jeff Flake, has little support among some powerful big businessmen in Arizona:
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The Most Radical Social Movement in America
Posted: Thursday, November 1st, 2012
To Progressive educators everywhere, let me say in confidence: Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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Republicans - Wake Up!
Posted: Thursday, November 1st, 2012
We have a responsibility as well. We need to stop demanding that the government do things for us while getting someone else to pay for them. It's our addiction too.
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Romney's New Abortion Ad
Posted: Monday, October 22nd, 2012
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Florida School District Considers Paddling
Posted: Friday, September 28th, 2012
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The "Do Nothing" Plan For More Jobs
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Former president Bill Clinton told the Democratic National Convention that Barack Obama has a plan to rescue the economy, and only the fact that the Republicans stood in his way has stopped him from getting the economy out of the doldrums.
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Smile, the Government Is Watching: Next Generation Identification
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
"You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement was scrutinized." ~ George Orwell, 1984 Brace yourselves for the next wave in the surveillance state's steady incursions into our lives. It's coming at us with a lethal one-two punch.
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Why the Polls Are All Wrong
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
As the evidence grows that the mainstream media is fighting almost as hard for an Obama victory as the Obama campaign itself, there seems to be a growing fear and resignation from those with a more conservative point of view about the inevitability of four more years of hope and change. There is, however, no foundation in reality about this fear and resignation. "But the polls show Obama consistently ahead in the swing states," you might say.
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America - Still a Great Place to Live
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
I admit that I have done a fair amount of complaining about America. And there is no denying we have issues in our nation. We have problems with our economy, illegal immigration, our educational standards, broken marriages and drugs. We seem to be in a mess regarding our foreign policy. And to be very honest, we are on a road away from our original purpose of a limited government. What we will become only God knows.
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What If November Changes Nothing?
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
What if the principal parties' candidates for president really agree more than they disagree? What if they both support the authority of the federal government to spy on Americans without search warrants? What if they both support confining foreigners, uncharged and untried, in Guantanamo Bay? What if they both believe the president can arrest without charge and confine without trial any American he hates or fears?
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A Miracle in Wyoming
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
At the base of the Wind River mountain range in central Wyoming lies the tiny town of Lander, population 7,000. A community where everybody knows virtually everyone else's name and their dogs', too.
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The War on Drugs: Because Prohibition Worked So Well...
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Forty years ago, the United States locked up fewer than 200 of every 100,000 Americans. Then President Nixon declared war on drugs. Now we lock up more of our people than any other country -- more even than the authoritarian regimes in Russia and China.
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Are We Smarter Than Our Cars?
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
An SUV speeds out of control down the interstate highway; its accelerator stuck, the vehicle exceeds 100 mph as the woman behind the wheel swerves to avoid other traffic, even veering onto the grassy median to pass slower-moving vehicles.
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Stung by a Scorpion, Then by a Hospital
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
An Arizona woman was stung by a scorpion. She went to the hospital. It gave her two shots. Then it charged her $39,652. Per shot. In Mexico, the same shot costs $100. Then it charged her extra fees for the visit. Total bill: over $83,000.
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Why Are Kids So Sassy These Days?
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
This article originally appeared on LewRockwell.com I can recall a program to teach manners when I was in grade school. Every student in every grade was taught to say "please" when making a request and not to interrupt adults when they were speaking and if walking in front of someone to say "excuse me."
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Understanding Back Door Gun Control
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
The Daily Caller Back door gun control is the phenomena where an entity will enact a law that indirectly affects your right to keep and bear arms. It's easier to pass legislation that harms Second Amendment rights when it does not directly require the citizen to surrender a gun. Examples of back door gun control are:
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Romney and the Future of Obamacare
Posted: Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
After calling for the repeal of Obamacare, Romney said, "By the way, that doesn't mean that health care is perfect. We've got to do reforms in health care and I have some experience doing that, as you know." Oh, we know!
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Paying Cash for a House
Posted: Monday, September 10th, 2012
The title to this looks like a possible scam. But it is the farthest thing from that. Did you know there was a time when people bought a home with cash? My own father bought the first home he and my mother owned with cash. It was $2,500 in 1951. How times have changed.
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The "Other" Candidates for President
Posted: Friday, September 7th, 2012
Are you unhappy with the choice between big-spending incumbent Barack Obama and the Republican Mitt Romney, who refuses to outline any significant spending cuts over Obama's agenda? Take heart! In November, you'll likely have one or more alternatives on the ballot for president who provide real differences from the two major-party candidates.
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Obama's Dreams
Posted: Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Sowell shows how President Obama's views were set early on, how this resulted in his blindness regarding basic events of history, and how it may result in a national disaster.
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How to Administer the "New" CPR
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
I have to admit-as a certified graduate of a cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course-the first time I saw a link for online instruction in CPR I didn't know whether to be amused or appalled.
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November's Choices
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
We are in terrible straits this presidential election. We have a choice between a president who has posed more of a danger to personal freedom than any in the past 150 years and a Republican team that wants to return to Bush-style big government.
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Paul Ryan: Would-Be Savior of the Welfare-Warfare State
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Paul Ryan may be the conservative's conservative, but understand what that means: He's out to save the welfare/warfare state from its own intrinsic unsustainability. He's no small-government man.
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How Times Have Changed
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Having been born in 1936 has allowed me to witness both societal progress and retrogression. High on the list of things made better in our society are the great gains in civil liberties and economic opportunities, especially for racial minorities and women.
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The New World Disorder
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
After his great victory in Desert Storm, George H.W. Bush went before the United Nations to declare the coming of a New World Order.
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City Mandates Gun Ownership
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
The anti-Second Amendment crowd is on the warpath again. PBS' Bill Moyers, who served as White House Press Secretary in the Lyndon Johnson administration from 1965 to 1967, called the NRA "the enabler of death." It seems to me that James Holmes is the Enabler of Death. 65 million other gun owners in the United States didn't kill anybody last Thursday evening.
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Are We Losing Parental Rights?
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
The ongoing debate of Obamacare involves much more than governmental or socialized health care. Apart from Medicare and Medicaid, our medical system has been part of our great free enterprise system. Like the famous Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, other outstanding hospitals and medical schools have been founded by a cross-section of religious societies throughout our history. Truly, our medical system has been second to none in the world. But that seems to be rapidly changing with the encroaching tentacles of Socialism or government controlled medicine.
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Concerns on "Smart Meters" Growing Globally
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
As the international effort to deploy so-called "smart meters" to monitor electricity usage marches on, resistance to the controversial devices is increasing around the world as well. Proponents argue that the scheme could save money and reduce energy use.
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Happy Capital Day?
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Any good economist will tell you that as complementary factors of production, labor and capital are not only indispensable but hugely dependent upon each other as well.
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Here Not to Serve You
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
There's no way around it: I have to go through waterboarding. Actually, my daughter and I have to go to the local Department of Motor Vehicles to get her learner's permit. We're excited, but bummed about the prospect of waiting in one of those DMV lines.
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November's Choices
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
We are in terrible straits this presidential election. We have a choice between a president who has posed more of a danger to personal freedom than any in the past 150 years and a Republican team that wants to return to Bush-style big government.
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How the Government Breaks up Marriages
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
A very public marital melodrama is now playing in San Francisco. It shows the idiocy of domestic violence laws and the extremism of the feminists whose ideology paints men as innate batterers and women as victims of the patriarchy.
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It's Time for States to End Abortion
Posted: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Never has there been a better time to ride the wave of "nullification" and "state sovereignty" to liberty and justice for all preborn children. People all over the country are awakening to the fact that Washington's leaders refuse to restore our lost liberties.
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Gov't Pulls Families Apart
Posted: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
the marriage is being destroyed by U.S. laws that encourage marriage breakup, divorce, arrests when no victim makes a complaint, restraining orders designed to separate family members, hearsay used as evidence in court, child punishment that is called child protection, child-custody disputes instead of shared custody, always blaming the man, assuming the woman is incompetent to assert her own interests, police policies that require the cops to arrest somebody (guess who that always turns out to be), exaggerating a minor argument into a criminal case, and ignoring the marital privilege.
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Blue or White Collar - Which is Best?
Posted: Saturday, August 18th, 2012
I was raised with the understanding that a desk job was to be coveted. Manual labor was alright and necessary, but not the most desirable.
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Keep Praying Sec'y Vilsack, It's Working
Posted: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
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Sen. Paul: Americans Spied on "Gazillion" Times
Posted: Thursday, August 9th, 2012
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Common Core Standards and Local Control of Schools
Posted: Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
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Limiting Permits to Chick-Fil-A
Posted: Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
What is bigger and more important in all this, though, aside from the attack on marriage as between a man and a woman, is the issue of the city issuing a license to have a business
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Gunman Kills 12 at Aurora, CO Theater
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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Reflections on Joe Paterno's Legacy
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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"Leave the Home Mums"
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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A Letter to Young Voters
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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Local Governments in Crisis
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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Careless Love - Hookup sex culture a symbol of America
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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America Is at a Turning Point
Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2012
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President has Outsourced Jobs
Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2012
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Jailing Americans for Profit - The rise of the prison industrial complex
Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2012
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Should the Bald Eagle Be Our National Bird?
Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2012
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Governors Rallying to Resist Obamacare
Posted: Friday, July 6th, 2012
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How the Elderly Can Save Our Country
Posted: Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
And this is why I am begging you; please stop accepting Social Security and Medicare. We promise that we will do all it takes to take care of your needs. But please help us do it in such a way that spares the bankruptcy of our country.
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How to Decide What is Right?
Posted: Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Today we are abuzz with opinions coming from hordes of news programs to the very Supreme Court itself. Add to that the Congress and their compulsion to write new laws along with the Senate confirming, the President and his dictates, the educators and their philosophies...
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The Bell Tolls for the Government Unions
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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On Leaking Government Secrets
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Ron Paul's Task: Build Up the Remnant
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Former AZ Sheriff Directs Traffic in NYC
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Government Funded Muslim Schools in USA
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Shooting Law Enforcement Officers in Defense?
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Unconstitutional Uses of Drones Must Stop
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Local Government and the Age of Petty Tyranny
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Criminalizing Food
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Too Much College
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Marriage vs. The Individual Health Care Mandate
Posted: Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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A Racial Revolution?
Posted: Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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The 'No Fear' Mentality
Posted: Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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Why Women Should Not be Allowed in Combat
Posted: Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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The Right to Keep and Bear Arms Preceded the Second Amendment:
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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Enough Oil on Federal Lands to Pay Off National Debt
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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Should Black People Tolerate This?
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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Big Lies in Politics
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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The Many and Varied Virtues of Bartering
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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The Flags at the Cemetery
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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Paul Wins LA, Police Injure Supporter's Hip
Posted: Sunday, May 27th, 2012
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Leading Dairy States' War on Milk
Posted: Monday, May 21st, 2012
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A Balanced View of Environmentalism
Posted: Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Stop the laziness and return to being diligent and industrious and waste will disappear and the environment will do quite well.
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The US Journal Store Locations
Posted: Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
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What If Oil and Natural Gas Are Renewable Resources?
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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A Government of Waste
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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Obama's War on Women
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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Leaving the Big City Rat Race
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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50% of All Americans Can't Handle Financial Emergency
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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What Ever Happened to "Accidents"?
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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Sen. Paul's Bill to Protect Property Owners
Posted: Thursday, April 12th, 2012
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Homeschooling: A Hope for America
Posted: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
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Who Is Happy?
Posted: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
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The Amazing Story of Molly the Pony
Posted: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
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Time to Repeal Daylight Savings Time?
Posted: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
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Should Men Dial 9-1-1?
Posted: Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
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Could Pet Care Be Better than Health Care?
Posted: Thursday, March 15th, 2012
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AHCC - Another 'Cancer Killer'
Posted: Monday, March 5th, 2012
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Government Can't Make Us Happy
Posted: Monday, March 5th, 2012
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The Family Torn Apart
Posted: Monday, March 5th, 2012
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Does Gambling Really Boost the Economy?
Posted: Monday, March 5th, 2012
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If You're Ever Murdered, Here's an Idea
Posted: Thursday, March 1st, 2012
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The Revival of the Tenth Amendment
Posted: Thursday, March 1st, 2012
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Does Santorum Really Oppose Public Schooling?
Posted: Thursday, March 1st, 2012
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Left-Right Paradigm a Hoax
Posted: Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Instead of worrying about whether one professes to be a "conservative" or a "liberal," we should be concerned about whether the people we vote for understand the fundamental principles of liberty and constitutional government and have the moral character to defend such principles at all costs. Furthermore, we should be concerned that both "conservatives" and "liberals" look to government for the solutions to our problems instead of looking to the Natural Law principles of our Creator. Yes, Martha, the Golden Rule really does matter--even in Washington, D.C.
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Where's the Tea Party!?!
Posted: Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
The whisper in the ranks is that we have lost that cohesive, united voice. There are fears that the movement is over.
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Are Parents Felons For Misuse of the Rod
Posted: Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
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Should Christians Vote for Ron Paul?
Posted: Thursday, February 9th, 2012
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Protect Your Health and Prevent Strokes with the Off-Grid Lifestyle
Posted: Thursday, February 9th, 2012
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The Danger of Standing Armies
Posted: Thursday, February 9th, 2012
James Madison said, "A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen."
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Meeting The Ron Paul Challenge
Posted: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
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Why the Establishment Really Fears Ron Paul
Posted: Friday, February 3rd, 2012
"As Ron Paul has risen in the polls, so has the frequency of attacks against him. "Any stick will do to beat a dog" goes the old saying, and the whacks against Paul range from reasonable to ridiculous. Expect the attacks to continue. Expect them to get more ridiculous."
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The Quiet Triumph of Life
Posted: Friday, February 3rd, 2012
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Financial Tips from Your Grandpa
Posted: Monday, January 16th, 2012
"Grandpa learned his financial lessons from the school of hard knocks. He lived through the Great Depression, which taught him to live leanly, to save, and to be grateful for what he had. And he lived in a time where staying out of debt was a matter of independence, pride, and self-reliance, something he believed reflected on a man's most precious resource-his character."
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Benefits of Homeschooling
Posted: Monday, January 16th, 2012
"While these reasons are nowhere near exhaustive, choosing to homeschool your children can bring great rewards for the entire family. It may seem like a huge mountain to climb if you're new to the idea, but as you slowly sift out the intricacies, you will see how valuable what you are doing is. You can have well-educated, respectful children who are able to contribute to society and be well rounded individuals that you are proud of."
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Microsoft's Allen Launches New Space Company
Posted: Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
"The field of private space ventures is gaining a new competitor, Stratolaunch Systems, the brainchild of former Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen. According to press reports, Allen is prepared to commit at least $200 million of his own fortune to the creation of a launch vehicle he believes will allow for inexpensive launches of satellites into low Earth orbit."
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Snow Driving 101
Posted: Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
"I've done a lot of driving in all kinds of different conditions, from the sublime to the brutal, in thousands of different types of vehicles -everything from a UAZ Soviet military truck to a Jaguar XJ220 supercar back to a Geo Metro after a week in a Viper ACR. I've spent hours on empty stretches of highway near Regina in the biting cold of Saskatchewan of Canada - and endless hours of frustration in bumper-to-bumper in DC Beltway gridlock. I've been off-road, I've been on-track and lots of places in between. It's a decent CV for offering some advice from experience about driving in winter."
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Estrogen; A Silent Killer
Posted: Monday, January 9th, 2012
"It goes without saying that cancer is a continually growing epidemic affecting more and more people at younger and younger ages. This is becoming more evident in cancers of the reproductive organs in women (uterine, ovarian, cervical and breast) and prostate and breast cancer in males."
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Overcoming Government Dependency
Posted: Friday, January 6th, 2012
"But here is the rub. You government dependency junkies do not get of Scott free. Remember, nothing in life is free. You ultimately pay a devastating price for your class envy, laziness, hate and fear. In the process, you lose yourself."
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Alabama Jobless Rate Falls Amid Immigration Reform
Posted: Friday, January 6th, 2012
"Alabama's unemployment rate fell at a record pace in November amid stepped-up efforts by President Barack Obama's deputies to frustrate enforcement of the state's popular new immigration reform."
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Mayor Rejects Federal Handout
Posted: Thursday, January 5th, 2012
"We need more mayors and governors like her. And a President who will cut federal expenses by at least a trillion dollars. The crippling of our way of life must stop, if we want America to survive."
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Are Americans really to be jailed at Gitmo?
Posted: Thursday, January 5th, 2012
"Buried within an 1,844-page bill currently sitting on Barack Obama's desk awaiting his signature is text that many critics are warning could give the president legal authority to send Americans to jail without charges, without trial, without end."
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Post-Republic America
Posted: Monday, January 2nd, 2012
"Texas Gov. Rick Perry came in for much ridicule for his televised failure to remember which three federal agencies he has pledged to eliminate if elected president. More embarrassing for Mr. Perry, however, is the fact that he thinks any federal agency could be eliminated (much less three) - and that he says so with a straight face."
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An Open Letter to Bill Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
You are not mistaken in believing that drugs are tearing asunder our social fabric, ruining the lives of many young people, and imposing heavy costs on some of the most disadvantaged among us. You are not mistaken in believing that the majority of the public share your concerns. In short, you are not mistaken in the end you seek to achieve. Your mistake is failing to recognize that the very measures you favor are a major source of the evils you deplore.
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The Marvelous Message of Christmas
Posted: Sunday, December 25th, 2011
But, the date is really not the important issue. The fact that Jesus was born of a virgin as prophesied by Isaiah, and lived a sinless life, and gave Himself a ransom for many, by shedding His blood and dying for the sins of the whole world, and then was resurrected from the dead, ascended to the Right Hand of the Father and now lives forevermore to make intercession for His own, yes, these are the important facts that can never be changed, for they are rooted and grounded in the eternal Word of God!
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How to Perform the Heimlich Maneuver in 6 Different Situations
Posted: Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
So today's the day you're finally going to commit this important and potentially lifesaving skill to memory, and not only that, learn how to do it in six different situations-on an average person, an obese person, a baby, a pregnant woman, a dog, and even yourself. Bet you never thought about giving the Heimlich to your pooch did, you? Well now Fido can sleep easy at night, with visions of gristly bones dancing in his head.
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Optimistic or Pessimistic About America?
Posted: Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Many Americans are gaining clarity about the threat posed by leftism to core American values. They understand that the bigger the government, the smaller the citizen; that the death of God leads to the death of objective moral standards; and that the Marine Corps, not the Peace Corps, is the greatest force for world peace.
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The Latest Pearl Spanking Controversy
Posted: Monday, December 12th, 2011
Michael and Debi Pearl's backwoods Tennessee family outreach exploded in popularity by the publication of their 1995 best seller, To Train Up a Child. Now with over 600,000 in print, the Pearls are once again embroiled in controversy over what was taught in the book about child discipline. This is because a third child has been beaten to death by parents who claim they are practicing the principles in the Pearl's book.
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The Stupidity of "Buy American"
Posted: Monday, December 12th, 2011
"Buy American" is a dumb idea. It would not only not create prosperity, it would cost jobs and make us all poorer. David R. Henderson, an economist at the Hoover Institution, explained why. "Almost all economists say it's nonsense," he said. "And the reason is: We should buy things where they're cheapest. That frees up more of our resources to buy other things, and other Americans get jobs producing those things."
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Just for Women: 23 Truths about Firearms
Posted: Saturday, December 10th, 2011
You can never have too much ammo. It's amazing how quickly one or two people can shoot through 100 rounds or more in a single target practice. If you're smart, your firearms will be common calibers. It will be easier to find ammo and easier to get replacement parts.
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Ron Paul Campaign Gains in Iowa
Posted: Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Paul's campaign has focused on his proposals to make significant cuts to government spending, with little mention of his foreign policy stance, as that has been his toughest sell. Paul's campaign has been so effective thus far that it has some considering a possible Paul victory in the January 3 Iowa caucus. Two state polls show Paul tied for first, one of which was released on Monday, showing Paul with 19 percent of likely Republican caucus voters.
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Why Are So Many Conservatives Liberal?
Posted: Friday, December 2nd, 2011
A lot of generally conservative people fall for the logic of the Left. I suspect that most of them support the minimum wage even though it is coercive and causes unemployment and higher prices. Our elected officials should get out of the warning business and spend more time doing what they took an oath to do: Protect us from enemies foreign and domestic. And that does not mean sending young men and women overseas to fight wars.
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Sheriffs Stand Up to Feds
Posted: Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Residents were told that if they cut down any trees, they would be arrested. But Sheriff Raymond Cobos told the Forest Service that if they made any arrests, they would be arrested for false arrest.
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Reactions to the Penn State Tragedy
Posted: Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Anyone who even occasionally keeps up on the news will be aware of the sexual abuse tragedy that exploded across the Penn State Campus and nation in November. As a result, legendary football coach Joe Paterno and the college president Graham B. Spanier were fired. Many responses have been forthcoming. Students rioted when they learned that their beloved coach had been dismissed. Others simply exonerated or condemned Paterno verbally.
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Missile Defense Systems: Why and How
Posted: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
"Which brings me to the best option to keep America (and its allies) safe: missile defense. This protective weaponry can actually intercept incoming missiles if they are launched far above the Earth, thus allowing the target to remain unharmed and rendering an enemy's nuclear weapons useless unless deployed in large numbers (vide Russia and China). And if an enemy does launch a nuclear-armed missile, only missile defense systems will offer the target any protection."
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The 'Hunger' Hoax
Posted: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
"When the Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Agriculture examined people from a variety of income levels, however, they found no evidence of malnutrition among those in the lowest income brackets. Nor was there any significant difference in the intake of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from one income level to another."
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Protecting Our Elderly From Scammers
Posted: Saturday, November 19th, 2011
"It is almost impossible to open the paper without seeing yet another sordid drama unfolding about a terrible person who has taken advantage of the elderly. A vulnerable population for certain, the FBI reports receiving hundreds of complaints a week from people who have been victim of unspeakable crimes or whose loved ones have been. The majority of these cases are financial, and sadly some involve family members who are committing devious acts against their own relatives."
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Enzymes: The Key to Good Health and Longevity
Posted: Saturday, November 19th, 2011
"The absurd, unhealthy lifestyles practiced by most people in this day and age compromise physical health in an astounding number of ways. In reality, there are dozens of good reasons for making significant dietary changes if one has become over reliant on the processed, empty junk that so many consume by the shovelful on a daily basis. Elevating enzyme levels is one of those reasons, and it is one of the most important."
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Handicapped Parking and a Free Society
Posted: Thursday, November 17th, 2011
"True, in a free society, the possibility would exist that business owners would not want to set aside a special parking spot for anyone, including the handicapped. But to have a truly free society, it would have to be their decision to make. In the end, setting aside special parking spaces for the handicapped has nothing to do with someone's being disabled. It has to do with liberty, property, and a free society."
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Property Rights Being Taken
Posted: Friday, November 11th, 2011
"The very concept of rogue government agencies operating according to their own rules, bullying and abusing private citizens, bankrupting businesses, damaging dreams and destroying lives, based on the flimsiest of reasons and often without legal challenge - it's hard to fathom anything more un-American."
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From the Attacks to the Memorial
Posted: Thursday, November 10th, 2011
"Where the attackers wanted chaos, we built serenity and peace- a place for reconciliation and legacy. The Memorial focused on rebuilding while emphasizing the enormity of those lost. It strikes the perfect balance between grief and growth. On my way out of the memorial I looked at the surviving tree one more time. Others were clamored around it and solemnly left coins in honor of what it represented."
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Santorum: Failing Families Ruining Economy
Posted: Monday, November 7th, 2011
"For over 40 years, liberals have promoted the idea that single parent households, and single parent mothers in particular, should be accepted within society. However, this idea was never about social acceptance and has been promoted in order to make more people dependent on government assistance."
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It's Romney's Record, not His Religion
Posted: Friday, November 4th, 2011
"Mitt Romney and his supporters are after the sympathy vote. Just as folks voted for Obama in 2008 to prove they were not racist, Romney is hoping the same effect will occur when his Mormonism is attacked. "Conservatives" will want to prove that they are not bigoted against other religions. And we are taking the bait. It is a straw man, Romney's religion, and not nearly as important as his record."
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Capitalism, Greed, and Mankind
Posted: Thursday, October 27th, 2011
"Is there some society you know that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?"
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America: Not the Freest Nation
Posted: Thursday, October 27th, 2011
"According to Deroy Murdock, 'Among the 179 countries examined in the Index, Hong Kong is ranked first, followed by Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, Ireland, and Denmark. These nations all outscored the U.S. across ten categories, including taxes, free trade, regulation, monetary policy, and corruption.'"
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Soy: Healthy or Harmful?
Posted: Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
"As a result of millions of dollars spent on advertising and intense lobbying to the FDA, it is not surprising that most U.S. consumers now believe soy products are healthy. The darker side of soy is revealed through numerous studies that indicate soy products may..."
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Ron Paul Campaign Receives Most Military Donations
Posted: Friday, October 21st, 2011
"Politifact.com concluded that it is in fact true that military contributions to Paul are more than double that of the contributions to all other Republican presidential candidates, and that those donations also exceed those received by President Obama."
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The Loss of Parental Authority in America
Posted: Monday, October 17th, 2011
"In modern times, there has been something of a revolt against traditional authority. As a result of this, all forms of authority are increasingly being called into question. After all, if the authority of the king and the priest and the politician can be interrogated, why not call into question the authority of pater familias, too, the status of the mother or grandparent?"
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Private Industry's "Moon Race" Now Underway
Posted: Thursday, October 13th, 2011
"Given such an understanding of the Outer Space Treaty, private industry may prove that it can "boldly go" where government cannot go: Establishing a human presence off of the Earth's surface and possibly beginning a process which could eventually lead to human settlements throughout the solar system. The first tentative steps were taken being taken even as the shuttle neared its last days; it remains to be seen whether or not such efforts will accelerate and take flight in the days to come."
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Questions on the Martin Luther King Washington Monument?
Posted: Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
"First, the King monument is placed in the National Mall, a location specifically designated for U.S. Presidents and fallen soldiers. There is a strong argument to be made that the sculpture of the civil rights icon would be better placed in a different location. However, this argument pales in comparison to the residual implications derived from who actually created the monument and how King is portrayed in stone."
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Why Young Americans Can't Think Morally
Posted: Saturday, October 8th, 2011
"When asked to describe a moral dilemma they had faced, two-thirds of the young people either couldn't answer the question or described problems that are not moral at all ..."
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Men and Women's Work Roles Defined
Posted: Thursday, October 6th, 2011
"The gender gap the feminists gripe about is a good gender gap because it gives babies what they need most - personal care by their own mother."
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Joe Namath and the Old-Fashioned View of Punishment
Posted: Thursday, October 6th, 2011
"According to Mark Kriegel's excellent book, Namath, after a short deliberation, Coach Bryant told Namath he could allow Namath to continue to play, but to do so would violate Bryant's principles, and the coach would have to resign. Instead, Coach Bryant decided to suspend Namath for the final regular-season game against Miami and for the upcoming Sugar Bowl."
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SpongeBob May Impact Behavior of 4-Year Olds
Posted: Monday, October 3rd, 2011
"According to a new behavioral study, Spongebob SquarePants may cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year olds. The study indicates that watching a mere nine minutes of the program can have such an effect."
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Christian Just War Theory
Posted: Saturday, October 1st, 2011
"The idea of Christianity is really very simple. In our reading of the Bible, Jesus would not accept war under any other circumstances than described in the Just War Theory and perhaps not even then. In the case of the American invasion of post-911 Afghanistan, we should ask ourselves the question, "what would Jesus have done?" The answer should be clear to any Christian."
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Candidates Can't Get to the Point
Posted: Saturday, October 1st, 2011
"I am not sure about you, but for me, all too often I am 'yelling inside' for the candidates for office or those in office to get to the point. How many times do we think the President or Congressman or Senator or elected official will say it plainly only to find ourselves disappointed. "Come on, just say it," we say. But they don't."
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State Senator Leaves Good Example Behind
Posted: Saturday, October 1st, 2011
"As I like to say, 'the duty is ours … the outcome is God's.' We can only do our duty to be faithful in the jurisdiction the Lord has called us to without worrying about whether someone else in another jurisdiction will do his duty. We must be faithful and leave the results to the Lord."
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Rhode Island City Goes Bankrupt
Posted: Thursday, September 29th, 2011
"Only a financially sound government, which avoids massive long-term deficit spending, can honestly present citizens with informed proposals to allocate resources. By spending money it doesn't have, government falsely leads citizens to believe they don't have to choose between priorities."
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2011's Deadliest and Costliest Weather Phonomenons
Posted: Thursday, September 29th, 2011
"It's been an unprecedented year for weather disasters in the United States, with the dangerous portion of hurricane season still to come. We've already seen nine billion-dollar weather disasters so far in 2011."
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Battlegrounds of Resentment
Posted: Thursday, September 29th, 2011
"Barack Obama has faced bad economic circumstances from the moment he walked into the Oval Office. A generous press and electorate -- remember, not just Democrats supported him; he had independents and Republicans, too -- gave him broad sway to implement policies to spur growth."
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Becoming a Man of the World: How to Learn Another Language
Posted: Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
"Imagine exchanging inside jokes at a foreign restaurant in another language. Imagine being invited to a festival in the countryside on the other side of the planet, eating with a local family and having no need for an interpreter. Sounds like something out of a Jason Bourne novel, doesn't it?"
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National Healthcare Plan Still Doesn't Work
Posted: Monday, September 26th, 2011
"The federal government's management of its health care programs has turned out to be a financial disaster. So what, according to progressives, is the solution? More government management of health care. Of course."
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Living Together Unmarried Threat to Children
Posted: Saturday, September 24th, 2011
The study, released by the National Marriage Project and the Institute for American Values, found that while, toward the end of the 20th century, "divorce posed the biggest threat to marriage in the United States," in today's world "the rise of cohabiting households with children is the largest unrecognized threat to the quality and stability of children's family lives."
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Illinois Shutting Down Small Ice Cream Business
Posted: Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
"Kris Swanberg, a laid-off Chicago public school teacher who chased the American Dream by starting her own business making artisanal ice cream, was recently told by the Illinois Department of Public Health that she will have to stop selling her product, Nice Cream, until she obtains a dairy license."
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The Founding Fathers and Slavery
Posted: Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
"Prior to the great Revolution, the great majority . . . of our people had been so long accustomed to the practice and convenience of having slaves that very few among them even doubted the propriety and rectitude of it."
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The Value of Test-Taking in Public Schools
Posted: Friday, September 16th, 2011
"Society has the right to set academic expectations for schools and to expect that accurate methods be used to verify student mastery of basic skills. For example: society has the right to expect students to have instant recall of multiplication facts one through ten and to expect an assessment of the student's level of mastery. In this case, please, teach to the test!"
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Feminists Have a Tantrum
Posted: Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
"The feminists are so accustomed to having their gender doctrines prevail in the courts, in the bureaucracy, in the media and in academia that they can't deal with being told the truth, i.e., that their notions don't make sense and are unfair to others, especially employers, husbands and fathers."
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Teaching Kids How to Survive in the Forest
Posted: Monday, September 12th, 2011
"Adults and children can both use the following survival tips in they find themselves lost. The point is to teach yourself and your loved ones about basic survival skills. Without this knowledge, chances of survival diminish if you are exposed to the elements for long periods of time."
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The Illogical Janet Napolitano
Posted: Friday, September 9th, 2011
"Now as an intelligence analyst, with over 15 years of experience ranging from strategic to tactical, I know a little of what she is talking about. Every organization in the U.S. Government, that has an analytical intelligence capability, has a mission area that defines their intelligence boundaries. We'll speak more to this shortly."
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The Illusion of Safety
Posted: Monday, September 5th, 2011
"Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference unless they use force or fraud against others. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place."
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This Isn't Meddling - It's Murder
Posted: Monday, September 5th, 2011
"The procedure so dishonestly called 'reduction' is really not about mere 'meddling.' It is murder."
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USPS "Going the Way of the Dinosaur"
Posted: Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
"The closings and job cuts are meant to make up for a second year of $8 billion or more in losses. Although USPS management has been able to cut costs in the past, Tad DeHaven of the Cato Institute says the savings have not been nearly enough to stem the rising tide of red ink."
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The Relevance of Ron Paul
Posted: Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Let's begin with a Youtube video that made the rounds at a brisk pace last Sunday titled "Being Ron Paul: The Media Fix is In." It pretty much says it all and covers a variety of MSM contributions about the Straw Poll results. The ire and disgust at the pathetic and blatantly obvious removal or marginalization of Ron Paul's close finish with Michelle Bachman is evident in the poster's voice."
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Goodbye Social Security
Posted: Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
"This is why I conclude that there is enormous self-deception in all adult age groups in the United States regarding the prospects of retirement. This self-deception is so comprehensive and so widespread that I have doubts about people's ability to make assessments and then make decisions that are consistent with their assessments."
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Gold's Meteoric Rise
Posted: Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
"Well, if you bought gold last spring, you're looking pretty smart. And if you bought gold a decade ago at $300 per ounce, you're looking like a whiz. Imagine buying a stock 10 years ago, having it appreciate fairly steadily over the decade, and then watching its price increase in less than two months by more than your original purchase price. For a commodity to increase at such a rate is truly extraordinary, even portentous."
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Will There Be War?
Posted: Friday, August 26th, 2011
"About a decade ago, The National Review's John Derbyshire wrote that the odds of us, or our children, dying in a 'genuine mass-mobilization-type, carriers-going-down-with-all-hands-type, flattened-cities-type war' were higher than most people believed. At the time, even after September 11th, it didn't seem likely to come to pass -- at least in the short term."
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Ann Coulter Named "Honorary Chair" of Homosexual Political Group
Posted: Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel Action tells OneNewsNow that he has had a good deal of respect for Coulter in the past. "[But] unfortunately I think she really is putting herself in a position here where she could marginalize herself and do damage to her conservative credentials, if you will," he offers.
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Republicans Blew It!
Posted: Thursday, August 18th, 2011
"I actually believed that 241 House Republicans, coming off an election that had placed them in the majority, could be persuaded to restore constitutionally limited government in Washington with a simple no-vote on more borrowing."
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Stopping Abortion Without the Supreme Court
Posted: Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
"Some of the avenues pursued to have government protect the unborn include efforts to pass a constitutional amendment, place pro-life judges on the Supreme Court, or enact various types of legislation. Those remedies, however, have been sought for decades with nothing to show for it but billions of tax dollars showered on Planned Parenthood and other abortionists and pro-abortion lobbying groups."
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We Don't Need a "Super Congress"
Posted: Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
"Today, few recognize any limits on what the federal government can do. Obamacare is 'constitutional' because Nancy Pelosi says it is. President Obama can wage war against Libya simply because he thinks it's a good idea. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan even admitted last year that the federal government has the power to force Americans to eat three vegetables a day."
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August 20th: Lemonade Freedom Day
Posted: Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
"Small business ventures in America are being regulated into bankruptcy. According to a report from the Heritage Foundation entitled 'Red Tape Rising: Obama's Torrent of New Regulation' (Oct. 16, 2010), '[T]otal regulatory costs [to business] amount to about $1.75 trillion annually, nearly twice as much as all individual income taxes collected last year.'"
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Give and You Will Receive
Posted: Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
"This is not the same as giving to charity. There are so many other ways to give that are underappreciated. But its exactly these types of giving where the world will give you back ten times more than you gave."
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Presidential Candidate Ron Paul's "Extremism"
Posted: Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
"Claiming that presidential candidate Ron Paul leads the 'economic suicide wing' of the Republican Party, Brent Budowsky, writing for The Hill, says that Paul is the 'worst possible role model' for Republicans because he suggested that a default by the government 'would be OK.' Budowsky calls Paul a 'Banana Republican,' claiming that Paul is taking an extremist position."
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Which Tornado Myths Do You Believe?
Posted: Monday, August 15th, 2011
After the tornadoes that whipped through the South and Northeast, tornado tips and myths have been flying around the Internet. Some are harmless, some are based in truth, but others can get you killed if you believe them. Which ones do you believe?
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"It's the Law" Is a Cover Up
Posted: Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
"The ability to break the law today is so great, that my guess is we are all breaking it in some fashion and don't know it. We are on the edge in regards to what we even say due to being charged with offense towards someone's color, religion or sex. It is almost surreal if it was not true. But it is true. Sometime we go, 'Are you kidding?!' No, we are not, even though unbelievable."
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The American Poor Are Not Poor
Posted: Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
"Though to most people, 'poverty' implies material deprivation (meaning that people are homeless, hungry, or otherwise have a destitute standard of living), Rector says the reality is that the average poor American has a home that's in good repair, isn't overcrowded, and is larger than the average European's living space. The average poor family isn't hungry, either."
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The Hidden Dangers of Soft Drinks
Posted: Friday, August 5th, 2011
"If there is one thing that the success and popularity of soft drinks proves, it is that the people who are in positions of power in government and industry care always put profits before people. It is foolish to assume that anything is safe simply because it is sold legally or because a lot of people buy it. Everyone has to take responsibility for their own health, as well as the health of their children."
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Debt Ceiling Compromise Will Destroy Economy
Posted: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
"This deal will reportedly cut spending by only slightly over $900 billion over 10 years. But we will have a $1.6 trillion deficit after this year alone, meaning those meager cuts will do nothing to solve our unsustainable spending problem. In fact, this bill will never balance the budget."
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Over-Insured America
Posted: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
"Combined, the annual cost of the premiums for all this 'coverage' can easily be $5,000-$10,00 a year. Over twenty or thirty years, this adds up to a very large sum - as much as $100,000 or more. That's without taking into account the potential growth of that principle, had it been devoted to actual productive purposes."
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Job Destruction Makes Us Richer
Posted: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
"You say, 'Williams, certain jobs are destroyed by technology.' You're right, but many more are created. Think about it. If 90 percent of Americans still had been farmers in 1900, where in the world would we have gotten workers to produce all those goods that were not even heard of in 1790, such as telephones, steamships and oil wells?"
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It's Illegal to Use Gold and Silver as Money
Posted: Monday, August 1st, 2011
"Allowing market participants to choose a sound currency will ensure that individuals' needs are met, rather than the needs of the government. Restoring sound money will restrict the ability of the government to reduce the citizenry's purchasing power and burden future generations with debt. Unlike the current system which benefits the Fed and its banking cartel, all Americans are better off with a sound currency."
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Glamorizing the Grandfather of Porn
Posted: Friday, July 29th, 2011
"Given his legacy, there are few men more deserving of media scrutiny than Hugh Hefner. And few less deserving of pandering profiles shamefully broadcast by CBS News."
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Reducing - Try This Approach to Summer Dieting!
Posted: Thursday, July 28th, 2011
"Reducing or losing weight is a topic I get a lot of questions about. Many of you already know that I don't believe in diet pills or magic solutions that simply melt off excess weight without proper changes in diet and exercise."
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Illegal Immigration, E-Verify, and the Emerging Surveillance State
Posted: Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
"Those who profess a love of freedom must learn quickly that granting government massive new powers to control employment is not freedom, but tyranny beyond any ever experienced in the United States. H.R. 2164 and E-Verify in any form must be stopped."
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The Rise of the Barter Economy
Posted: Monday, July 25th, 2011
"Overall, this bodes well for our investments and for our country. If gold and silver are successfully re-monetized, our children may know a rate of economic growth not seen since our great-grandparents were in their prime. And prices may never return to today's levels again."
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Government Default is not the End of the World
Posted: Monday, July 25th, 2011
"Consenting creditors - people who chose to buy T-bills - count on getting repaid with stolen property, aka tax revenue, which in my book taints the contract. If justice is the standard, the State's victims should get restitution first."
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News in Short - USA 0212
Posted: Friday, July 22nd, 2011
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Police Shut Down Kids' Lemonade Stand
Posted: Friday, July 22nd, 2011
"Police in Midway, Georgia shut down a lemonade stand run by three girls trying to make money for a trip to a water park in Savannah because the youngsters didn't have the license and permits required for their fledgling enterprise. City ordinances require a business license, a peddler's permit, and a food permit for the vending of food or beverages, even on residential property in the small city (pop. approximately 1,100) just south of Savannah. The license and permits cost $50 a day or $180 a year, according to Coastal Source, a website of Savannah TV stations WJCL and WTGS."
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America's Historical Sites Inspire Us to Fight to Preserve Our Liberty
Posted: Thursday, July 21st, 2011
"As we measure the forces determined to structurally change this nation, divest us of our liberties and, in the process, inevitably bankrupt us, let us always be mindful of the sacrifice of these great men, who bequeathed to us our liberties, and honor them and our posterity by redoubling our commitment to fight to the end to preserve them."
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Want to See a Corpse on a Can of Pringles?
Posted: Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
"'We'll begin ... studies to make sure that we are keeping people sensitized,' says Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius. 'What may seem quite shocking at the beginning, people get used to quite quickly.' So if people build up a tolerance for the repulsive, the FDA will amp the dial up to grotesque."
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Abortion and Punishment
Posted: Monday, July 18th, 2011
"When we are asked what the punishment should be for women who have illegal abortions, we should unashamedly respond - whatever the penalty is for murder in the state where it takes place. Of course, as Christians, we offer the good news of redemption through Christ to those guilty of abortion, just as we would any other criminal guilty of a capital crime. But that does not negate the justness of punishment administered by the civil magistrate on behalf of society."
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America's Violent Black Racists
Posted: Thursday, July 14th, 2011
"Today all that has changed. Most racist assaults are committed by blacks. What's worse is there're blacks, still alive, who lived through the times of lynching, Jim Crow laws and open racism who remain silent in the face of it."
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New York State Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
Posted: Thursday, July 14th, 2011
"Last Friday was a sad day for marriage and, if the advocates of same-sex marriage are right, it was also a sign of things to come."
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The Importance of Rote Learning
Posted: Friday, July 8th, 2011
"Repetition, in fact, is not only the easiest way to learn something, it often is the only way to learn something. Today's public educators, of course, look down on rote learning and consider it akin to a form of child abuse. Imagine, forcing a child to actually memorize something! They see rote learning as an old-fashioned teaching method associated with birch rods, dunce caps and other quaint paraphernalia of the strict, disciplinarian educational practices of the past."
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Abortion and Punishment
Posted: Friday, July 8th, 2011
"Justice demands punishment. Even the man doing the interviews in the YouTubeepisode understood that there was something absurd with the idea of calling abortion the capital crime of murder, and then saying there should be no punishment. This moral schizophrenia is an insult to the very nature of justice."
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Airline Security: We Can Do Better than the Israelis
Posted: Thursday, July 7th, 2011
"The answer is not as simple as replacing oil with solar power or Coca-Cola with Coke Zero. The federal government's TSA is broken by design. It is Goliath to Al-Qaeda's David. It is the US Army to Al-Qaeda's Viet Cong. A top-down, lumbering bureaucracy will never be a match for the agile, peer-to-peer Al-Qaeda, if you think they are the threat."
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Why Was a Man Wearing Women's Underwear Allowed to Fly?
Posted: Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
"On June 9, a man boarded a US Airways flight from Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix, dressed in women's panties, a bra and thigh-high stockings."
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Oppressive Government Licensing Hurts Small Businesses
Posted: Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
"Politicians care about poor people. I know because they always say that. But then why do they make it so hard for the poor to escape poverty? Licensing prices poor people out of the business."
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A Whiff of Secession and Nullification
Posted: Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
"There is no debate that something is terribly wrong when a president is elected whose eligibility and legitimacy is in serious question while the courts do nothing to address this critical constitutional issue and the Congress does nothing while sending bills for his signature."
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16 Tips for those Considering Homeschooling
Posted: Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
"Taking on the education of your children is a daunting task, and most of us need simple baby steps to get started. Here are a few that have worked for me and other homeschooling families."
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Seniors Swindling America's Youth
Posted: Thursday, June 30th, 2011
"Rather than sentencing today's younger Americans to a lifetime of bondage to debts that we have incurred, justice and mercy suggest that we need to retire the federal debt burden. We must begin shrinking federal spending this year. If we don't slay the debt monster, our children may someday-and justifiably-curse us."
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Islamists and the American Media
Posted: Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
"I'm sure many have asked this question: "Why is the secular media so sympathetic to Islamists?" The answer is because most of those who make up the secular media apparatus are on the left side of the Left. The Left has always been sympathetic to Islamists. In fact, they share some deeply held commonalities."
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The Sad Consequences of "Shacking Up"
Posted: Friday, June 24th, 2011
"As I wrote a few years ago, I believe that at the foundation of any great nation there must be a healthy view of and a great respect for traditional (biblical) marriage. Strong and healthy marriages lead to strong and healthy families. Strong and healthy families lead to strong and healthy communities. Strong and healthy communities lead to strong and healthy churches, schools, businesses, governments, and so on. Each of these institutions lies at the heart of any great nation."
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Fortifying Yourself and Your Home Against Crime, Part Two
Posted: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
"I would be remiss not to emphasize how important it is for you to fortify yourself, not just your home. You (your mind, your disciplines, your skills) are the keys to keeping your home safe from burglary. Whatever you do and whatever upgrades you add to your residence, be disciplined and use whatever you've got diligently."
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Ron Paul and Gay Marriage: Should government define marriage?
Posted: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
"I am always intrigued when conservatives, many of whom genuinely believe themselves to be devoted to human liberty, make a point of attacking its most principled and consistent advocates. So, it was amusing to read the anti-libertarian arguments recently presented by Ann Coulter, whom I rather like and whose work I have praised in the past."
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Obnoxious Classroom Curricula
Posted: Monday, June 20th, 2011
"The lessons seem more likely to confuse the kids about who they are, and indeed, Gender Spectrum boasted that its goal is to confuse the children and make them question traditional ideas about who is a boy and who is a girl. It is not surprising that many parents were upset when they heard about the two-day course."
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Letter to the Editor - "Vaccinations" are Necessary to a Healthy Medicare System
Posted: Saturday, June 18th, 2011
"Our seniors have become dependent on Medicare which is facing bankruptcy. Rather than leading on these tough issues when they were in the majority, Democrats and the President have dodged the issue to the point where our country is now over $14 trillion dollars in debt."
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In Defense of Liberty - Daily News - 6/17/2011
Posted: Friday, June 17th, 2011
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In Defense of Liberty - Daily News - 6/16/2011
Posted: Thursday, June 16th, 2011
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Letter to the Editor - General Electric and Light Rail
Posted: Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
"Private industry uses its own dollars to invest in projects making them accountable for their own financial success. Through legislation, our government uses our tax dollars to manipulate markets and protect government-directed businesses from liability."
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President Wants Personal Information on Your Children
Posted: Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
"The goal is to give the government access to a giant computer data warehouse with personal information on all children."
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"Big Meat" and Big Government
Posted: Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
"New Zealand agriculture is profitable without subsidies, and that means more people staying in the business. Alone among developed countries of the world, New Zealand has virtually the same percentage of its population employed in agriculture today as it did 30 years ago, and the same number of people living in rural areas as it did in 1920."
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Communism Is Alive and Well in America
Posted: Saturday, June 11th, 2011
"Chilling!" "Frightening!" "Promising!" These are some typical reactions by those who watched the DVD Agenda, Grinding America Down. And for good reason.
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Enabling a Future American Dictator
Posted: Thursday, June 9th, 2011
"It is unclear if Mr. Obama will ever obtain congressional consent, and astonishingly it is being argued that he doesn't need it."
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President Obama: Socialist or Fascist?
Posted: Monday, June 6th, 2011
"The corporatist state not only destroys free enterprise but it also expands enormously the corrupt influences of government and destroys individual rights to life, liberty, and property on a selective basis."
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Romney Is Not The Tea Party
Posted: Monday, June 6th, 2011
"The real problem with Romney is that he is simply not a Tea Party conservative, he's a traditional Republican conservative, the kind who will never repeal a liberal program. He will only try to make it better."
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The Milk Police
Posted: Sunday, June 5th, 2011
"Most Americans understand that if you don't want to drink unpasteurized milk you simply do not buy it. But the federal government solution is pre-dawn raids which destroy the livelihoods of honest, hardworking families in this time of continued economic hardship."
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In Defense of Liberty - Daily News - 6/02/2011
Posted: Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
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NASA's Endeavour Begins Final Mission
Posted: Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
"Following the Endeavour mission, only one flight remains for the space shuttle program: the scheduled launch of Atlantis in June. The 30-year shuttle program will then end, leaving the future of government-funded manned space flight in doubt."
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FDA Prohibits Commending of Fruit
Posted: Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
"The stakes in the case could not be higher. A ruling in the FTC's favor would be a major expansion of the FDA's regulatory authority. What's next - broccoli? As to any food, the FDA would arguably have the power to dictate how it was marketed."
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Fortifying Yourself and Your Home Against Crime
Posted: Monday, May 30th, 2011
"In my first article on crime, I urged you to accept the reality of the criminal threat and to mentally choose not to allow yourself to be easily victimized. Hopefully you're reading this second article because you've sworn off the denial, distraction, and passivity that characterizes most people and decided to do whatever you reasonably can to protect yourself, your family, and your home. If this mindset of yours is authentic and deeply felt, you're more than halfway to your goal."
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Are America's Wounded Troops Getting a Square Deal?
Posted: Friday, May 27th, 2011
"With the patriotic Memorial Day holiday approaching, now is the perfect time to ask if our troops who have shed their blood in Afghanistan or Iraq are being properly thanked for their sacrifice. The answer, sadly, is no."
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Ethanol: More Welfare for Farmers
Posted: Thursday, May 26th, 2011
"We have paid farmers extra money (price supports) for growing certain crops we don't need as evidenced by the low prices resulting from oversupply and lack of demand. We allow farmers special privileges to public lands, exemptions from regulations, pay them to site wind turbines or put in a retention pond. We routinely pay farmers not to grow crops at all."
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Today's Faulty View of Love
Posted: Thursday, May 26th, 2011
"The writer is a college student, who describes going to a pharmacy one morning with his girlfriend to buy the morning-after pill. 'I paid, we went home, Sam [his girlfriend] took the pill and I'm not a father: all good,' he writes. 'But something felt off.'
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College Education: The Largest Scam in U.S. History
Posted: Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
"For parents and teens looking at colleges, we suggest taking a close look at the amount of money that will need to be spent and borrowed, compared to the benefits that will come out of the degree pursued."
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Government Creates Poverty
Posted: Monday, May 23rd, 2011
"We shouldn't take it!" Chavis said. He says if federal money comes, members of his tribe "are going to become welfare cases. It's going to stifle creativity. On the reservations, they haven't trained to be capitalists. They've been trained to be communists."
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In Defense of Liberty - Daily News - 5/20/2011
Posted: Friday, May 20th, 2011
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Car Insurance is a Con
Posted: Monday, May 16th, 2011
"Think about this. Most people don't have major accidents. Insurance companies know this - and bank on it. For every dollar they pay out (grudgingly and after much-ado, usually) they take in probably ten more. Insurance companies are hugely profitable enterprises. I won't call them businesses, because businesses - properly described - provide a useful product or service."
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Adult stem cells - Good for the Heart
Posted: Saturday, May 14th, 2011
"What the doctors at the University of Miami did was they took some of the patients' own bone marrow adult stem cells. They injected them into these enlarged hearts to try and reduce the size [and to] reduce scar tissue. It did all of that. It improved the function and the pumping of these injured hearts and it was maintained long term," says Prentice.
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Constant Conservative Ron Paul
Posted: Saturday, May 14th, 2011
"Ron Paul is the conservative constant in American politics. In 2012 and beyond, may there be more Americans willing to be as consistently conservative."
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Letters to the Editor
Posted: Saturday, May 14th, 2011
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The Welfare State and the Selfish Society
Posted: Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
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Watch the Watchmen
Posted: Friday, April 29th, 2011
"'Those of us who are publc officials and are entrusted with the power of the state should not expect our actions to be shielded from public observation.' - state judge"
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Liberals for Slavery
Posted: Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
"Was the Civil War just about slavery? Not according to President Abraham Lincoln, who wrote in 1862: 'My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.'"
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Obama Leading Nation to Fiscal Disaster
Posted: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
"The probability of a financial crisis increased this week after President Obama's trashing of Rep. Paul Ryan's deficit reduction plan as dragging us all back to the Dickensian days of 'Oliver Twist.' For the savagery of Obama's attack persuaded Standard & Poor's to begin to move to downgrade U.S. sovereign debt from the triple-A rating it has held since Pearl Harbor."
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Saving the Warfare-Welfare State
Posted: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
"Rep. Paul Ryan, who leads the Republican side, declares that his goal in seeking a balanced budget (someday) is to save the three pillars of the welfare state-Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid-for 'our children's generation.' 'I support these missions,' he says. He would 'voucherize' Medicare [correction: give "premium support" through regulated insurance exchanges] and give states discretionary Medicaid block grants because, he says, the alternative is insolvency."
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Tea Party Activists Boiling over Budget Compromise
Posted: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
"To voters, particularly Tea Party-affiliated voters, this crop of freshmen lawmakers are perceived to have broken their campaign vows to reduce government and break the cycle of deficit increases."
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Tax the Rich?
Posted: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
"The fact of the matter is there are not enough rich people to come anywhere close to satisfying Congress' voracious spending appetite."
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Chicago School Bans Bag Lunches, Forces Kids to Eat School Fare
Posted: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
"While school officials like Carmona at the Little Village Academy insist that such policies are all about taking good care of someone else's children, Dr. Karen Gushta, a former school teacher and author of the book The War on Children: How Pop Culture and Public Schools Put Our Kids at Risk, says it's all about usurping parental authority."
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Married Fathers: America's Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty
Posted: Friday, April 22nd, 2011
"If poor single mothers were married to the actual fathers of their children, two-thirds would immediately be lifted out of poverty."
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Boy Genius Sets out to Disprove Big Bang Theory
Posted: Monday, April 18th, 2011
"Because of that, that means that the world would have never been created because none of the carbon would have been given 7 billion years to fuse together. We'd have to be 21 billion years old ... and that would just screw everything up." - Jacob Barnett
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Legalized Suicide: What the Numbers Don't Tell Us
Posted: Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
"'In fact,' said Geller, 'the published data from the DOH's 2010 report is so limited and unreliable that even some proponents of assisted suicide are troubled by the state's inability to fully guarantee that the law is being administered 'with the full safety and voluntariness its proponents promised.''"
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Are Living Standards Improving?
Posted: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
"At first glance, it looks like things have gotten more expensive over the years. But that would fail to take into account three things: inflation of the currency by the Federal Reserve (which went off the international gold standard in 1971, leaving Fed officials free to inflate the currency to their heart's content since then), the resulting steady increase in average or nominal wages, and the remarkable resilience of what's left of the free market in providing goods for customers. Expecting the BLS website to provide accurate data is very presumptuous as so many other factors are impacted by their "data," or as one wag said: 'the BLS provides government numbers for government purposes only. Any relation to reality is strictly accidental.'"
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Sheriff Claims Border Patrol Officials Want Reduced Border Arrests
Posted: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
"Dever explains: 'The senior supervisor agent is telling me about how their mission is now to scare people back. I had to go back to my guys and tell them not to catch anybody, that their job is to chase people away…. They were not to catch anyone, arrest anyone. Their job was to set up posture, to intimidate people, to get them to go back.'"
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The Clover Test
Posted: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
"Hopefully, this isn't you. And if it is you, why not just move over? It's not very hard - and you'll feel better in the morning."
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Santorum: Abortion to Blame for Some Social Security Problems
Posted: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
"We don't have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion." - Rick Santorum
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The Deep, Virulent Evil of the United Nations
Posted: Thursday, April 7th, 2011
"The U.N. has no authority, legal or ethical. Any legislator who votes for further funding for that perverse institution has blood on his or her hands."
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Stop Telling Obama to Lead
Posted: Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
"Prudence can sometimes look like weakness…. Prudence is important, but Americans do have an expectation that their president will be the one out front, dominating the agenda, projecting strength and offering vision…"
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A Living Wooly Mammoth?
Posted: Sunday, April 3rd, 2011
"When we think of Mammoths, we generally associate them with the Ice Age, living in a world fairly different than our own. This is partially true, but certainly not to the extent that evolutionists would have us believe. According to evolutionary beliefs, there have been over 30 ice ages, some of them dating back as far as billions of years ago. They purport that the mammoths became extinct during the last ice age, which they say ended about 10,000 years ago. We'll have to wait until a future article to discuss more detail about the Ice Age, but this at least gives you the context within which evolutionists are working."
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When Marital Vows Mean Something
Posted: Thursday, March 31st, 2011
"Most young people do not know HOW to be married. They never grew up with intact, stable parents who modeled proper spousal behavior."
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A Foolish and Unconstitutional War
Posted: Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
"So many U.S. missiles and bombs have struck Libya that the Arab League is bailing out. League chief Amr Moussa has called an emergency meeting of the 22 Arab states to discuss attacks that have "led to the deaths and injuries of many Libyan civilians." We asked for a no-fly zone, said Moussa, not the 'bombardment of civilians.' What caused Obama's about-face from the Pentagon position that imposing a no-fly zone on Libya was an unwise act of war?"
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The Causes of Rising Food Prices
Posted: Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
"Trends which appear ominous, such as rising population and shrinking acreage, are countered, when an honest farmer can made a profit producing food, by a wide range of positive actions."
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Abortion or Aborticide: Is there a Difference? Is the Unborn Child Really a Fetus?
Posted: Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
"An aborticide was the "intentional act of destroying an unborn baby in the womb." This is different than an abortion as we know it. An abortion was the expulsion of a dead child within the womb. So we might say the child 'aborted.' This is something many mothers have experienced. It is better known as a miscarriage."
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Westboro Ruling Gets Mixed Reactions
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
The funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder in Westminster, Md., is one of hundreds chosen by Westboro pastor Fred Phelps and fellow members for protests at which they display such signs as "God hates fags," "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "Semper fi fags."
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Union Myths
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
The most fundamental fact about labor unions is that they do not create any wealth. They are one of a growing number of institutions which specialize in siphoning off wealth created by others, whether those others are businesses or the taxpayers.
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Why Same-Sex Marriage Makes Sense to So Many
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
"Same-sex marriage is not an idea that emerged from a vacuum. The project of normalizing homosexuality has deep roots and ideological momentum. The elites, the entertainment culture, the news media, and the educational establishment celebrate all three of these ideas as central to the modern experience and as ideological propulsion into a better future."
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Can Rural America Be Saved?
Posted: Friday, March 18th, 2011
"The movement of people out of rural areas and into cities is hardly a new story. In places like Welch, West Virginia, however, government could help the community by simply reducing its role."
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The "Purpose" and "Job" of Government: Wealth Distribution?
Posted: Friday, March 18th, 2011
"No, I'm not calling Lawrence O'Donnell and Howard Dean communists, but I am calling them Leftists and redistributionists. That's what they are, as is their definition of government. Their definition is, first and foremost, theirs-not America's."
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What's Behind Increasing Gas Prices?
Posted: Friday, March 18th, 2011
"It's not just gasoline. The average consumer in the Northeast this winter will, according to the Energy Information Administration, be forced to spend $2,431 on heating oil, an increase of 23.8 percent in just one year. Airlines are moving to increase their fares, and small businesses from chemical makers to truckers are feeling the pinch."
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Regan-Era Paperboy
Posted: Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
"Bad customers didn't tip; worse ones avoided paying altogether. Fourth-graders aren't very difficult to bowl over. Collection could be more negotiation session than straight receipt of payment. "Oh, goodness, no. Four weeks? You must be mistaken. Here's two weeks." The Globe didn't absorb the losses. The paperboy did."
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Losing Freedom Little by Little
Posted: Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
A new line in the sand has been drawn for those of us concerned about protecting our most personal freedoms. Don't think for a moment TSA has backed down. In fact, the lack of response by Congress -- including new House Republicans -- to the concerns of the people has all but ensured that the enhanced security screenings will not only continue, but they will become more widespread and more invasive.
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Gold: A Valuable Thing to Store
Posted: Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
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Can Our Union be Saved?
Posted: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
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Cheers for Repeal of ObamaCare
Posted: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
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Mainstreaming Bicycles
Posted: Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
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Is President Obama Leaving the Left Behind?
Posted: Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
The day that President Obama departed for Arizona to address the nation on the Tucson massacre, Washington was abuzz.
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A Strong Nation Needs Strong Families
Posted: Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
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Threats to Troops Opposed to Open Homosexuality
Posted: Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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Government is not Evil
Posted: Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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Eight Straight Suicides
Posted: Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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In Defense of Plastic
Posted: Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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"What is Right About America"
Posted: Monday, September 27th, 2010
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Why Liberty Needs Morality to Survive
Posted: Monday, September 27th, 2010
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Lightning as a Power Source: Pulling Energy Out of Thin Air
Posted: Monday, September 27th, 2010
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S.510 Law Could Criminalize Small Farms
Posted: Monday, September 27th, 2010
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Federal Make-Work Jobs Betray Teenagers
Posted: Monday, September 27th, 2010
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Private Enterprise Does It Better
Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2010
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Saving Your Family from Music Porn
Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2010
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Medal of Honor: Jay R. Vargas
Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2010
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Polls, Polls, Polls
Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2010
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The Shotgun and Home Defense
Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2010
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How A GOP November Victory Could Bring Its Death
Posted: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
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Bad Medicine: A Guide to the Real Costs and Consequences of the New Health Care Law
Posted: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
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John McCain's Attack on Liberty
Posted: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
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Lumberjacks of the 19th Century: The Toughest Men in History
Posted: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
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Can a Newspaper Truly be Neutral?
Posted: Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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The Devestating Truth About the Obama Health Plan
Posted: Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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Posted: Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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Lose Christianity or Face Expulsion
Posted: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
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Constitutional Challenge to ObamaCare Wins the First Round
Posted: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
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Hidden Facts About RITALIN
Posted: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
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Judge's Words During Sentencing of the Shoe Bomber
Posted: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
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Harry Reid: Friend or Foe of the 2nd Amendment?
Posted: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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John Stossel Reveals Weak Side of Libertarianism
Posted: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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Will Jobs Ever Return to America?
Posted: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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Victory for Louisiana Florists
Posted: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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Got a Troubling Diagnosis?
Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Lawyers Can Be Honest
Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Breast Cancer Reduced: How? Answer: No Abortions and Having Childlren
Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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There is No Good Communist
Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Are Americans Addicted to Oil?
Posted: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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Is the Tea Party too Afraid to Cut Programs?
Posted: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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My Brother, My Rock, My Hero
Posted: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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Citizens Speak: Giant Cover Up on Illegal Immigration
Posted: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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Lesbians Look to Boot Boy Scouts from Own Facilities
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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Modesty in America: Do We Need Blindfolds Again?
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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A Teachable Moment for Liberty
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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Armed Militias
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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FDA: You Have No Right to Consume Food
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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Does the "General Welfare Clause" Force Us to Buy Health Insurance
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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Chicago Gun Ban Results in Soaring Murder Rate
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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Monetary Dictatorship
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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Is the War Coming Home?
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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The Road to Repeal is Well Under Way
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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A Political Insurrection has Begun
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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Sen. Jim DeMint: Leading the Charge for GOP Insurgents
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Standing up for the Rights of the Tall
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Why Restrict Immigration at All?
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Minimum Wage Protects the Rich
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Amnesty Agenda Exposed
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Great American Inventions
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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USA Headlines
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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No New Public School Bailout
Posted: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
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Shooting for Self-Defense?
Posted: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
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Do You Know the Bill of Rights?
Posted: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
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Obama's Born-in-USA Mandate
Posted: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
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In the Year of Our Lord
Posted: Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
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Old Farmer's Advice
Posted: Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
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Lessons from the Nullification Crisis
Posted: Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
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A Tyrannical Act
Posted: Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
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Jury Rights! Jury Nullification!
Posted: Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
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The Truth about Terrorism - Both the Left and Right make ideological excuses for terror.
Posted: Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
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Abortion and Roman Times
Posted: Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
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Marriage Vs. the Healthfare State
Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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Retirement Armageddon - The Danger of the Collaps of the Social Security System
Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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The Census Is Getting Personal
Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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Health Bill Not Dead Yet
Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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Corporatism and Socialism in America
Posted: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
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Physicians Are Closing Their Offices
Posted: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
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Health Care Nullification and Interposition
Posted: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
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Posted: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
Effective Treatment for Cavities Delayed by the FDA, First Pizza ATM Appears at US College, and more...
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Posted: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
"We talk about our interests, and what's important to us - like having political power and advancement and all those things - and then we are turning around and we are killing our children." - Ben Watson
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How to Be a Person - A Look at Personality Tests
Posted: Sunday, July 31st, 2016
On Thanksgiving, a few years ago, my uncle decided the family was just sedated enough by the feast to talk us into taking a personality test. Indeed, we were too full to object to a questionnaire of seemingly nonsensical questions, and agreed to be Uncle David's personality guinea pigs.
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Homeschoolers SAT Scores Markedly Superior
Posted: Sunday, July 31st, 2016
Homeschoolers in America proved to score decisively better on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) than their peers in conventional public and private schools, outperforming the national average by more than 100 points.
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Muslim Blowback in Orlando
Posted: Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
As long as the U.S. government is killing people in the Middle East, including Muslims, the threat of anti-American terrorism is never going to go away. There will always be people who are going to want to retaliate.
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Transgender Decree: Breaking the Camel's Back?
Posted: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
As the federal judiciary sides with Obama in the coming months - states, government officials (federal, state, county, and local), and citizens will be forced to either submit to such filth or defy the federal courts - that's right - defy the federal courts - something that should have happened decades ago.
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A Father's Greatest Lessons
Posted: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
A father paves the way for what young girls look for in men and what she should expect from her husband. Her father shows her how she should be treated and valued.
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Posted: Saturday, April 30th, 2016
My name is Charlotte Fisher, but does it even matter? Mostly I'm just Mom or Honey, the butter lady or the driver. Sometimes I'm "Would you mind?" or "Whenever you get a minute …" I also go by "While you're up" or "Since you're going out anyway …" In Nicole Johnson's book, The Invisible Woman, she describes Charlotte's dilemma of feeling invisible.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
Pro-Lifers' Messages Deemed 'Too Political', Trump Softens Stance on Legal Immigration, Down Syndrome Declining Due to Abortion, Iranian Hackers Infiltrated American Dam, and more
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
Coming Soon to Law-Abiding Gun Owners Everywhere
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Why Millennials are So Stressed Out
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
They are at once the most educated and most technologically sophisticated generation as well as the most ignorant and naive in terms of monetizing their knowledge in the real world
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Intrusive Homeschool Investigations Continue
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
HSLDA points out that government abuses on parental rights occurs on a regular basis, but are seldom reported or publicized
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Explaining the Mystique of Donald Trump
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
How can we explain the surprising electoral success of Donald Trump, especially in light of his lack of political experience, limited knowledge of and specificity about policy issues, and crude and insulting rhetoric? Who supports him and why do they find the business tycoon to be so attractive?
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Posted: Saturday, February 27th, 2016
"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Wayne Dyer
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Posted: Saturday, February 27th, 2016
Too often, corporations serve as quiet collaborators for the surveillance state to avoid retribution from the government. On Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook provided a rare and extraordinary exception to this unfortunate trend in the tech industry by publicly resisting a court order to compromise iPhone security.
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Are You Raising 'Bummer' Children?
Posted: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
"[F]or I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and forth generations of those who hate me..." - Deuteronomy 5:9
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National Headlines
Posted: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
Legislators Call for Reform on Criminal Intent Laws, Liberal Values Required to Receive Teacher's Certificate, and more...
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Tiny Houses; Big Lives
Posted: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
You have how many kids in that house? This is a question that I often hear when people realize that our family has 9 (soon to be 10) kids in a 1,200 square foot home. Truthfully, I was very discontent with the lack of space that we had until my husband and I did a major de-cluttering last year and discovered the freedom of minimalist living.
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Myths And Realities Of Shotguns For Home Defense
Posted: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
Shotguns are one of the most popular weapons for home defense, but they're also one of the most misunderstood. Let's look at a few myths and realities of them:
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The Tyranny of 'Settled' Science
Posted: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
In classrooms across the country, high school students are taught the scientific method. It consists of constructing a doubtful hypothesis and designing a series of experiments to test the hypothesis with the observable facts. After a number of tests prove positive. The student can then take the facts and reach a conclusion. When a conclusion is constantly verified, it is enshrined in what might be called "established" science.
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Every Television Newscast: Staged Reality
Posted: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
"The news is all about artificially manipulating the context of stories. The thinner the context, the thinner the mind must become to accept it. If you want to visualize this, imagine a rectangular solid. The news covers the top surface. Therefore, the mind is trained to work in only two dimensions. Then it can't fathom depth, and it certainly can't appreciate the fact that the whole rectangular solid moves through time, the fourth dimension." (The Underground, Jon Rappoport)
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National Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
Paul Ryan-led House: Spending, Capitulation to Democrats, and Rising Debt Continue, Activists Challenging Religious Colleges Prohibition of Transgender Students, and more..
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Facebook and the Fear of Missing Out
Posted: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
These days it seems most Americans have a Twitter or Facebook account - usually both. I don't wish to offend but Twitter is just plain stupid. It's merely a platform for most to "pop off" about something or someone. On occasion, it has its uses, like a breaking news event, but mostly its just nonsense.
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The Unjust Power of Prosecutors
Posted: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
In the early morning hours of May 21, 2015, more than 10 FBI agents with guns drawn invaded the home of prominent physics professor Xiaoxing Xi, the chairman of the physics department of Temple University, and arrested the highly-honored scientist for allegedly spying for his native country of China. Agents handcuffed Xi in front of his wife and two children and paraded him for the television cameras and held him under $100,000 bond.
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National Headlines
Posted: Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
Residents Kick Out City Council Members After Council Removes Cross Memorial, Only 7% of Journalists Identify as Republicans, and more...
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Should Taxpayers Pay for Secret Service Protection for Candidates?
Posted: Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
On November 5, the news ticker on Fox News reported that "U.S. Secret Service now protecting presidential campaigns of Ben Carson and Donald Trump. Homeland Security has authorized its agents to work on protective details for two leading candidates who both requested protection last month. Secret Service protection is generally afforded to presidential and vice presidential candidates 120 days before election but some, like President Obama in 2007, have gotten it much earlier."
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What's More Important than the Election?
Posted: Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
Here's something I wrote in my subscription newsletter a few months back:
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5 Ways to Fight Depression
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
Whether you're 16 or 106, chances are you've had some bad days. It could be anything from hormones, physical ailments, or the circumstances of life that cause varying degrees of depression. Trying to do something good for yourself, when the world seems to be against you, can be as hard as learning to yodel by watching YouTube tutorials. But if you're reading this, then maybe you're up for trying a few simple ideas that can go a long way to restoring your sanity and happiness.
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I Feel Sorry For Real Men
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
Men have it rougher in America than most people realize. In part, that's because they're one of the few groups (along with white people, conservatives and Christians) it's cool to crap on at every opportunity. In case you haven't noticed, there's a non-stop assault on masculinity in America. Just to give you an idea of what I mean by that, here are articles written that show up on the first three pages of Google when you do a search for "masculinity."
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Can Government Get Nutrition Right?
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
Dr. Melik: "This morning for breakfast he requested something called 'wheat germ, organic honey and tiger's milk.'"
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The American Empire Won't Be Fixed
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
Another American election cycle is upon us, and large numbers of people are lining up to pour their time and money into the sewer of politics, to be lost forever.
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USA Headlines
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
FDA to Ban Raw Milk Cheese?,Land Confiscated after Family Refuses Government Buyout, and more...
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Playboy Drowning in Flood it Created; Drags Culture Down with It
Posted: Friday, October 30th, 2015
A venerable parable from Confucian China told of an elderly man who had seen emperors and events come and go, and observed from his Confucian worldview that good news and bad news were often difficult to tell apart. "Good news? Bad news? Who's to say?," he would reply to any news from his neighbors.
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Posted: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
"In God we trust, all others bring data" - Apollo Project Motto
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Letters to the Editor
Posted: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Drowned Boy
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Is Your Contractor Smarter than a Professor?
Posted: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
"So, I figured I'd ask you," said my contractor. "You're a lot smarter than me and-" That's when I stopped him.
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Posted: Friday, August 28th, 2015
What should be done with the estimated 15 million people living in the United States without the legal right to be here? It seems most politicians and many Americans come down on one or the other extreme. Many Republicans, including Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, have the idea that they can round up 15 million people and ship them back to wherever they came from. Many Democrats, on the other hand, would grant them blanket amnesty, give them citizenship, and make sure as many as possible are fully signed up to the welfare ranks.
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5 Facts to Help Bring Down Obamacare
Posted: Friday, August 28th, 2015
So you want to end Obamacare, but are wondering what you can actually do about it today. You're not alone.
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What Is Trumpism?
Posted: Thursday, July 30th, 2015
Just a few weeks ago, Donald Trump was a crank and joke, living proof that making lots of money doesn't mean you have the answers, and further proof that being a capitalist doesn't mean you necessarily like or understand capitalism. His dabbling in politics was widely regarded as a silly distraction.
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National Headlines
Posted: Thursday, July 30th, 2015
Obama Seeks to Ban Handguns to All on Social Security Disability, Woman Jailed for Failing to Renew Dog License, General Clark Calls for WWII-type Internment Camps for U.S. Citizens, and more...
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Why Your Great-Great Grandparents Didn't Sleep Like You
Posted: Thursday, July 30th, 2015
There's nothing like flying home to the Pacific Time Zone after spending time in the Central European Time Zone to get you focused on sleep. You gain nine hours in the process, but the resulting jet lag is punishing to the body's sleep cycle. Rapid travel across time zones disrupts our circadian rhythm - the inner clock that helps control when we fall asleep and when we wake up.
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The Six A's of Apology
Posted: Thursday, June 25th, 2015
Has an apology ever left you feeling frustrated and unvalidated? How about the apology that subtly blames you? It usually goes something like this, "I'm sorry that you got your feelings hurt."
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Look For These Signs to Spot a Stroke
Posted: Thursday, June 25th, 2015
Stroke can be treated if detection and treatment happen quickly. But would you know if you or a loved one was having one?
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USA Headlines
Posted: Thursday, June 25th, 2015
"National Crime-Wave" Is Media Hype, Climate Monitoring System Contradicts Global Warming Claims, FDA Plans to Ban Trans-Fat, and more...
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National Headlines
Posted: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
5th Blow to ObamaCare: Sup. Ct. Rejects Abortion Mandate, Congress to Crack Down On Homemade Soap?, and more...
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Obama Usurps Local Police with Fake "Ban" on Militarization
Posted: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
After having drastically accelerated the militarization of local police forces by the federal government, Obama is now having second thoughts about it - or so the administration and the establishment press would have you believe based on widely reported "de-militarization" edicts issued last week.
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Who's Responsible for Our Kids Anyway?
Posted: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Where will it end? Peter P., 17, has been sleeping on his school's roof since becoming homeless in April. When the administrators of Dominguez High School learned of the situation, they suspended Peter without offering "essential services or support.
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Posted: Friday, April 24th, 2015
Congress has a unique opportunity to spend time without the pressure of various cliffs and shutdown deadlines to create a pathway to a more free-market-oriented agriculture policy over the next few years with the contentious 2014 farm bill out of the way.
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Posted: Friday, April 24th, 2015
SC Police Shooting and Delinquent Child Support Laws, Judge Rules Manure a Pollutant - and a Danger to Public Health, and more...
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Posted: Friday, April 24th, 2015
This is not an over statement. Things have changed in our everyday life. Growing up, my generation did not live in a fearful society. Children played, parents made decisions, men worked in their shops and had no thoughts about the possibility that what they might say or do could somehow land them in jail or cause them to be invaded by outsiders.
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Posted: Monday, March 30th, 2015
The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) has been on the front lines in defending the rights of parents to homeschool in America and abroad. They have handled many landmark cases, including the well-known reversal of a court decision that outlawed homeschooling in the state of California
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Posted: Monday, March 30th, 2015
In the minds of many Americans, outhouses are a symbol of the old west, an antique concept that predates electricity and running water, and a commodity that, for most, is long forgotten. Unless, of course, you are one of the lucky few who understands the benefits and has come to love taking a walk outside.
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Posted: Monday, March 30th, 2015
AL State Supreme Court Stops Same-Sex Unions, ACLU Joins Redskins Fight for Trademark Protection, DHS Declares "Sovereign Citizens" More Dangerous than ISIS, and more...
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Posted: Thursday, February 26th, 2015
The child would daydream in class, his elementary-school teachers said. He often just didn't pay attention the way they would have liked. This was before the age of prevalent ADHD diagnoses and Ritalin, so no remedy was at hand, either. If one had been, though, who knows what he might have been?
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Posted: Thursday, February 26th, 2015
A Minnesota man spent nearly three months in jail on felony drug charges because police could not tell the difference between amphetamines and organic vitamin supplements.
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Things Are Getting Better, or Are They?
Posted: Thursday, February 26th, 2015
Recently Bob Aldelmann wrote that human progress is accelerating. You can read the full article at TheNewAmerican.com. Below is a list of the things that Adelmann uses to support this:
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Public Education Responsible for Obama's Crusade Comments and Flaws in Foreign Policy
Posted: Thursday, February 26th, 2015
President Obama is one of many modern presidents whose foreign policy has been a disappointment because of flawed educational policies and political correctness.
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Posted: Friday, January 30th, 2015
Why would a woman in this modern, technological age want to give birth at home? Due to a recent news story where the state kidnapped a family's three children because the baby was born at home, I decided to clarify some misconceptions that some people have concerning home births. I myself have birthed seven of my nine children in my home, with the assistance of a midwife, so I speak from experience.
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Obamacare and the IRS: What You Need to Know
Posted: Friday, January 30th, 2015
We knew the day was coming when the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) would affect our tax returns. Well, that day is here.
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Audit, then End the Fed
Posted: Friday, January 30th, 2015
Since the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913, the dollar has lost over 97 percent of its purchasing power, the US economy has been subjected to a series of painful Federal Reserve-created recessions and depressions, and government has grown to dangerous levels thanks to the Fed's policy of monetizing the debt. Yet the Federal Reserve still operates under a congressionally-created shroud of secrecy.
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State Persecuting 88-year-old Doctor Who Treats Poor from His Car
Posted: Friday, January 30th, 2015
Doctors' house calls are considered a thing of the past, but not in the appointment book of Dr. Carrol Frazier Landrum, an 88-year-old physician from Edwards, Mississippi. The good doctor will see you no matter who you are, where you are, or how much money you have - as long his 2007 Toyota Camry can deliver him to your location. But now his state's medical board wants to see him gone.
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Ladies: The Dangers of Carrying a Gun in Your Purse
Posted: Friday, January 30th, 2015
In light of the recent tragic death of Veronica Rutledge in Idaho, I wanted to give some insight into the dangers of carrying concealed inside a purse. For those of you who aren't familiar with the story, a 29-year-old mother was killed by her two-year-old at the store when he found her gun in her purse and pulled the trigger.
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Volunteer Militia Provides Riot Security
Posted: Saturday, December 27th, 2014
Many times in the past I have discussed the concept of what I call the "non-participation principle," but often people misinterpret what "non-participation" really entails.
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IRS Budget Cut Well-Deserved, Says Tax Expert
Posted: Saturday, December 27th, 2014
A tax policy analyst says the Internal Revenue Service got what it deserved when Congress included the agency in budget cuts.
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A Personal Story Dealing with a Possible Heart Attack
Posted: Saturday, December 27th, 2014
Men go to the hospital for treatment for one of three reasons: pain, fear, or a nagging wife. I went because of pain. Then fear showed up.
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"Class Dismissed": New Film Promotes Homeschooling
Posted: Saturday, December 27th, 2014
Class Dismissed, a new full-length documentary film about homeschooling, was screened in the Boston area on December 1, having already been seen by sold out audiences in November on the West Coast (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland).
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Why You Shouldn't Trust the U.S. News Media
Posted: Friday, November 28th, 2014
Do you trust the news media? Do you believe that the information that they are giving you is true and accurate? If you answered yes to either of those questions, that places you in a steadily shrinking minority.
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What Does The Republican Victory Mean?
Posted: Friday, November 28th, 2014
According to many pundits, the results of the November 4th elections, where Republicans gained at least seven seats in the US Senate and several more in the House of Representatives, represents a sea change in American politics.
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Are You Mentally Ready to Carry That Pistol?
Posted: Friday, November 28th, 2014
You have your concealed carry permit. You have the pistol that fits great in your hand. You have figured out your carry method that would allow you to get to the pistol quickly and easily should the need arise. Everything is a go for you to carry your pistol with the confidence that you could protect yourself, your loved ones, or your property from any bad guys that might be out there.
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The Reason People Stay Poor
Posted: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
This week a reader sent an article entitled "If You're Still Poor at 35, You Deserve It."
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Phone Scam Warning
Posted: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
Individuals impersonating IRS agents are calling taxpayers.
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'Don't Follow Your Passions!'
Posted: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
Mike Rowe responded to one of his followers on Facebook after asked why he doesn't recommend "following your passion." Check it out…
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America's Dirty Little Secret: Sex Trafficking Is Big Business
Posted: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
"For every 10 women rescued, there are 50 to 100 more women are brought in by the traffickers. Unfortunately, they're not 18- or 20-year-olds anymore. They're minors as young as 13 who are being trafficked. They're little girls."-25-year-old victim of trafficking
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Voting Hasn't Worked, So Now What?
Posted: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
"Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure one's freedom." -Friedrich August von Hayek, economist, philosopher
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Father, Not Doctor Knows Best
Posted: Friday, September 26th, 2014
"Interpol Arrests Parents for Disobeying Doctors" was the main headline for the day on the Drudge Report. In it is the story of a set of parents who took their five year old child out of England in order to find better medical treatment for their child.
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Feminism Has Slain Our Protectors
Posted: Friday, September 26th, 2014
Specifically, I admire men who are controlled, confident and who fulfill their biological destiny as protectors and providers. Men are essential for training boys to tame the testosterone and channel their natural strengths and aggressiveness in appropriate ways.
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Republicans and the Welfare State
Posted: Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Back in 2007, the Weekly Standard magazine described Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, and Paul Ryan as the "Young Guns of the House GOP." Make that just McCarthy and Ryan.
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National Headlines
Posted: Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Lawmakers Working to Demilitarize Federal Bureaucracies, Congressman Wants Body Armor Banned for Non-Police, Most Folks OK with States Tackling Illegal Immigration, and more...
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The Power of Music for Health
Posted: Thursday, August 28th, 2014
There was one aspect of my childhood that was especially lucky. My parents insisted that I learn how to play a musical instrument at a young age. I think that eventually I would have played an instrument in any case. Music, in my gene pool, seems to be a genetic disease (but a good one).
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Federal Education Policies Pushing Out Excellent Teachers
Posted: Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Federal programs are failing the teaching profession once again. Supreme Court rulings on tenure are emboldening principals who are firing successful teachers for economic and political reasons.
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Are We a Couch Potato Nation?
Posted: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
According to a recent study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, exercise data reveals that America has become "a couch potato nation." Edward C. Archer, a nutrition researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, states that "we've engineered physical activity out of our daily lives; and that's causing the health disparities that we have in this country." He goes on to say, "How you spend your day determines whether you store your food as fat, or store your food in your muscles, healthfully."
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Rand Paul vs. Rick Perry on Foreign Policy: A 2016 Preview
Posted: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
There is no debate we're a country in transition. The only debate is what we're actually transitioning to, and whether we'll be better or worse as a people for it.
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What is Behind Detroit's Drop in Crime?
Posted: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
After barely more than a year on the job, Detroit's new chief of police, James Craig, reported significant gains in his war against serious crime. According to Craig on Wednesday, his city has seen a 37-percent drop in robberies, a 22-percent drop in home- and business-invasions and a 30-percent decrease in carjackings.
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Immigration Reform: 8 Steps
Posted: Friday, June 27th, 2014
We are told that there is going to be immigration reform sometime later this year. We are told that the Republican Party in Congress is ready for this. That was before Cantor had his head handed to him in the Republican primary.
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Why Are People Having Fewer Kids?
Posted: Friday, June 27th, 2014
Call it the Obama birth dearth. While the immigrant-fueled birthrate of the United States had recently been fairly robust, it has now dropped below replacement level. And demographers are unsure as to why. Writes Joseph Lawler at Washington Examiner:
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How Electronics Are Destroying Our Children
Posted: Friday, June 6th, 2014
When it comes down to it, there are pros and cons to technology and children are affected just as much as anyone else. As parents, it's our job to guide how and when our children use mobile devices, not only instituting rules, but helping them develop the ability to make wise choices and maintain healthy habits.
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Who's Afraid of a Conservative President?
Posted: Friday, June 6th, 2014
Basically it is a big government "conservative" position. Neoconservatism does not fear government and government expansion the way traditional or "paleoconservatives" do. Neocons believe, like progressives, that the state should be used to craft a better society. (At home and abroad.) It can be argued well that neo-conservatives are a branch of the progressive tradition in this country.
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More Americans "Prepping" for Disasters
Posted: Friday, June 6th, 2014
I can now walk into almost any large grocery store and see emergency food supplies available in either large cans or bucketed food kits. I can buy powdered honey or powdered eggs as easily as I can buy milk or potatoes. This wasn't possible five years ago.
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Ben Carson Endorses Pro-Choice Candidate
Posted: Friday, May 30th, 2014
Ben Carson Endorses Pro-Choice Candidate
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Are Americans Starting to Resist: The Bundy Lesson
Posted: Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Those tempted to write off the standoff at the Bundy Ranch as little more than a show of force by militia-minded citizens would do well to reconsider their easy dismissal of this brewing rebellion. This goes far beyond concerns about grazing rights or the tension between the state and the federal government.
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Post-War Trauma Caused by Unjust Wars
Posted: Friday, May 2nd, 2014
last week we saw yet another tragedy at Ft. Hood, Texas, as a distraught Iraq war veteran killed three of his fellow soldiers before killing himself. It is nearly five years after the last Ft. Hood shooting, where 13 people were killed. These tragedies are heartbreaking and we certainly feel much sympathy for the families of the victims.
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National Headlines
Posted: Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Reaction: SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action Affirms States' Rights, Can Personality Affect Your Lifespan?, California High Court May Ban Judges Affiliated With Boy Scouts, and more...
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Hospitals Seizing Custody Rights to Children
Posted: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
You could lose custody of your children if doctors or hospital staff don't approve of your parenting methods or medical decisions. There have been a number of cases in recent years where doctors and social workers have conspired to strip parents of their rights and their children.
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National Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Georgia Joins States Denying Tax Dollars for Abortions, CA City Wants to Seize Private Water Company to Lower Water Bills, EPA Gives Farmer's Data to Radical Activist Groups, and more...
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Citizens Can Control School Curricula
Posted: Thursday, February 27th, 2014
Citizens can control the curricula taught in our schools. Parents sitting on curriculum-selection committees that choose textbooks can identify objectionable materials and protest before the state or district purchases the text book.
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National Headlines
Posted: Thursday, February 27th, 2014
Farmer Fined $1,500 for Crime against Eagles, NY Teen Learns 23 Languages, NY Teen Learns 23 Languages and more...
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Criminal Laws Are Unjust
Posted: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
It is not hard to find warnings to Americans about gun control and how it is coming our way. A new law in Connecticut that makes gun registration mandatory for certain type of guns is one of many examples in our country.
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Unplug For an Old-Fashioned Family Game Night
Posted: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
When you hear the words "games" or "gaming," you probably think of video games. Playing games over the Internet or through a variety of electronic devices has become the new normal for our society.
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Detroit Police Chief Says "Good Americans are Armed"
Posted: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
Detroit's new police chief James Craig has seemingly made an immediate impact. The murder rate dropped by almost 14% in 2013 from its record breaking high in 2012, and the police department's rate of clearing murders has climbed in that time as well.
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Courageous Parents Threatened when Opting Out of Common Core
Posted: Friday, January 3rd, 2014
In a video on Common Core, New York State PTA Education Coordinator Bob Aloise supported calling Child Protective Services and charging parents with "educational neglect" for opting-out their kids from the curricula or testing.
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The End of Childhood in the Era of the Emerging American Police State
Posted: Friday, January 3rd, 2014
It wouldn't be a week in America without another slew of children being punished for childish behavior under the regime of zero tolerance which plagues our nation's schools. Here are some of the latest incidents.
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Sheriffs' Resistance to Federal Gun Control Acts Makes Major Media
Posted: Friday, January 3rd, 2014
Sheriffs' refusal to enforce unconstitutional federal gun control measures has garnered national media attention.
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Thanksgiving Lesson Taught Hate, Fear, and Racism
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
A Thanksgiving lesson that teaches hate, fear, and racism rather than collaboration, diversity, and respect for truth has been prepared for students in Wisconsin K-5 classrooms. According to the Department of Public Instruction website, this approach was first recommended in 1977.
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What Do You Do All Day?
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.
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A Case of Judicial Success
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
The verdict is in! The jury is recommending that Louis Mann "serve the rest of his life behind bars for murdering his parents two years ago." This was met with varied reactions, for some wanted the death penalty, which would have been warranted; others wanted imprisonment with possibility of parole in 25-30 years. Two "expert" psychologists with faulty evidence tried the "mental illness" and insanity route. But the jury spoke.
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The Turtle Man a Good Example
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
The popularization of the vulgar and the sacrilegious; the refusal of many to accept personal responsibility for their lives and to expect public assistance at every turn; and the duplicity so common in politicians makes us long for a return to a simpler America, to an America that once was.
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5 Reasons I Stopped Taking the News Seriously
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
Back in the early 90s, I felt a need to understand politics far better than I had, and I spent a lot of time and effort on it. Along the way - and partly by accident - I learned a few things that put me off broadcast news ever since.
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Who Ultimately Decides the Child's Healthcare?
Posted: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
According to the report by onenewsnow.com author Becky Yeh, the doctors ultimately decide our children's healthcare. The reason given is exemplified by a Jehovah Witness case wherein the parents refused a blood transfusion for their child. The promoter of this conclusion is Dr. Stevens, a CEO of the Christian Medical and Dentist Associations.
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Weight Loss - Practical Steps
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
Reducing or losing weight is a topic I get a lot of questions about. Many of you already know that I don't believe in diet pills or magic solutions that simply melt off excess weight without proper changes in diet and exercise.
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Where Are You, Will Rogers?
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
I lived in Rogers County, Oklahoma, for 16 years. No, the county is not named for Will Rogers. It is named for his daddy, Clem (Clement) Rogers who was a rancher, banker and hotel proprietor while Will was growing up on their ranch near Oologah, about 12 miles north of Claremore, the county seat of Rogers County.
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Is Obama Creating a Martial-law-ready Military?
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
What kind of leader wants a military more loyal to himself than to the rule of law? And why?
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New EPA Guidelines Could Control Streams and Ditches
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency for what they call an "unprecedented" water rights power grab that could affect the private property of millions of Americans.
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Exercise Your Right to Local Control of Schools
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
If you live in Wisconsin or any state that supports "local control" of schools, here is some exciting news. School districts that replace Common Core Standards with a different set of standards are entitled to receive state and federal funding. The process is simple. It is time to stop complaining and take some action. Become a voice for the children.
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Return All National Parks to the States
Posted: Friday, November 1st, 2013
All the wrangling over closing National Parks should be a wake-up call to tax payers and the size and scope of government. We're told over and over again that there's nothing in the budget that can't be cut. Most of what our federal government does is unconstitutional. Entire agencies should be shut down.
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Does The Federal Government Own Your Property?
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Is your property truly your own or may the federal government on virtually any pretext take it away from you?
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National Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Patent and Trademark Office Turns Down Anti-Islamic Trademar, Feds Using Border Checks to Conduct Unlawful Searches, Obama Issues Two More Anti-gun Executive Orders and more...
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Teachers, Guns, and Safe Schools
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
In preparation for a new school year, school officials are considering allowing teachers to be armed to increase school safety. Educators and sheriffs across Wisconsin find this issue to be more complex than expected.
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Keeping Children Safe Around Firearms
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Our Second Amendment Rights in the past decade or so throughout most of the United States (including here in WI) have seen very strong gains as personal civil rights goes.
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Good News Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Good News Headlines, Good Samaritan Suffers but Would "Do It Again", Family Discovers Sunken Treasure and more...
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Turns Out I'm Not Crazy, Area 51 Exists
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Recently the CIA released a hitherto classified report acknowledging the existence of Area 51. The agency remains suspiciously silent on the juicy parts: There's no mention of alien spacecraft or a profitable wing of the U.S. Postal Service operating there. But at least the revelation that Area 51 exists, now officially, validates the underappreciated sentiments of myself and thousands of other armchair conspiracy theorists throughout this great nation.
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70 Percent of Americans Addicted to Drugs
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
If you could get 70 percent of Americans addicted to your drugs and rake in $280 billion a year in the process, would you do it? If you could come up with a "pill for every problem" and charge Americans twice as much for those pills as people in other countries pay, would you do it?
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Expert Questions Legitimacy of Organic Food Certification
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
The so-called "organic" foods industry may not be as natural as consumers have been led to believe, owing to a lack of serious testing and other major flaws in the system, according to a former inspector of organic foods in the United States and Canada who grew up on an organic farm.
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What Can We Do About America?
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
This is the question many sound Americans are asking themselves. They read the news (from good and bad sources) and have to come to the conclusion that there are major problems that, if not addressed and changed, will change America into God only knows what. He does but we don't. So what, if anything, can we do?
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Alternative Choices to Carrying a Gun
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
About 1.5 million violent crimes are committed in the United States every year. Crime goes up in direct correlation to the economic situation people are in. When the economy fails and people are out of work and desperate, some will turn to crime to survive. Law enforcement agencies aren't equipped to respond to every emergency call.
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School Children Reject Federal Intervention; Adults Surrender
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Reminiscent of the Boston Tea Party of 1773, American children are dumping plates full of federally-regulated school meals into the garbage. Meanwhile, adults quake under the fear of being punished by the federal government through the loss of federal dollars if the district rejects the federal guidelines for menus.
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Good Mood Food!
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Many nutritional factors affect our mood. Mood is determined not only by what we think and feel, but by physiological things such as blood sugar, food sensitivities, liver function and vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
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First Detroit, Now Chicago?
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
The unfunded pension liabilities facing Chicago are only the most recent troubles threatening the Windy City, according to the New York Times. The recent credit downgrade of Chicago's general obligation bonds by Moody's, Standard and Poor's, and Fitch just brought the matter to the surface.
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Top 5 Reasons I Stopped Caring About Politics
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
When I was young, I felt a need to understand politics, and I spent time studying. But as time progressed, I received diminishing returns on that investment. And in the past few years, I have given it up altogether.
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Time to Get tough! Save America's Masculinity
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
I get a lot of calls from parents who have questions about the survival courses we offer here at Willow Haven. Many parents are concerned whether I think their boy(s) will enjoy the course.
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Simple Ways to Get People to Like You
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
I'm going to share two things I've done that have changed my life for the better and I don't know anyone else who does them.
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Young Entrepreneurs' Beach Business Threatened by Gov't Subsidized Competition
Posted: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Last year, two young college graduates had a great business idea that has become a huge success in the beach town of Delray Beach, Florida. Observing the ordeal of vacationers lugging beach chairs and other heavy beach equipment for the long, hot walk to the beach, they introduced a free golf cart shuttle service called "The Downtowner."
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The New War Between the States
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
Meredith Whitney. Fate of the States: The New Geography of American Prosperity. New York: Portfolio, 2013. 272 pages.
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Let Market Forces Solve Organ Transplant Crisis
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
Ten-year old cystic fibrosis patient Sarah Murnaghan captured the nation's attention when federal bureaucrats imposed a de facto death sentence on her by refusing to modify the rules governing organ transplants. The rules in question forbid children under 12 from receiving transplants of adult organs.
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Conservatives Are Favoring Socialism
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
Last week, I inadvertently hit the dreaded Fox News Channel button on the remote, and there he was, that creepy little Issa fellow, the one who's been working on the Fast and Furious scandal for what seems like most of my life. I watched just long enough to hear him say that Eric Holder should resign. Wow! What a bold guy Issa is.
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Supreme Court Marriage Decisions
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
The Supreme Court decision on marriage, as Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in his dissent, "is an assertion of judicial supremacy over the people's Representatives in Congress and the Executive. It envisions a Supreme Court standing (or rather enthroned) at the apex of government, empowered to decide all constitutional questions, always and everywhere 'primary' in its role."
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Exploring the Bullying Epidemic
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
I recently heard about a "Back to School Bully Buster Bootcamp" held for families at Kyuki-Do Marital Arts in Huntley, IL. According to Stephanie Hanes, of the Christian Science Monitor, students were trained not only in self-defense moves, but how to stay calm when confronted by a bully; learning what to say, along with other strategic techniques in dealing with bullies, were also part of the training program. An interesting approach!
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Will the Cultural Divide Lead to Civil Unrest and State Secession?
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
If you have never seen the blue-state-red-state map broken down to blue-counties and red-counties, you should take a long, hard look at it. It is a striking divide. If you mapped the nation according to gun crimes, gun control, welfare, and approval ratings for same-sex marriage, you'd find that it superimposes nicely on the blue-red breakdown by county.
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'Burn your ObamaCare Card'
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
An organization that believes in lower taxes, smaller government, and more freedom is urging like-minded activists to join them in a campaign to resist ObamaCare - simply by exercising an option available under the law itself.
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Ticking Time Bombs That Threaten Our Country
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
A minimum of four ticking time bombs threatens to take down not just the U.S. but much of the rest of the developed and developing worlds. It is becoming a question of how much of Western civilization will survive to see the year 2020.
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Distrusting Government
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
Recent opinion polls demonstrate a deepening distrust of the federal government. That's not an altogether bad thing. Our nation's founders recognized that most human abuses are the result of government. As Thomas Paine said, "government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil."
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Is Government Above the Law?
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
Fidelity to the rule of law is the centerpiece of a free society. It means that no one is beneath the protection of the law and no one is absolved of the obligation to comply with it. The government may not make a person or a class of persons exempt from constitutional protections, as it did during slavery, nor may it make government officials exempt from complying with the law, as it does today.
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Resisting the Urge for Welfare
Posted: Friday, July 26th, 2013
My oldest brother, Thomas, was an engineer and was selected for Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. I had a brother who was three or four years younger but he died at the age of four of spinal meningitis. It was a fulminant case and took him in just 24 hours.
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Helpful Tips for Sleeping Better This Summer
Posted: Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
If you're like most Americans, you're likely not getting enough sleep. Nearly 41 million US adults are sleeping just six hours or less each night, which recent research has linked to an increased risk of chronic inflammation and heart disease in women
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Sheriff Arrested For Defending 2nd Amendment
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
Recently, there have been groups of sheriffs from around the country banding together in their opposition to federal and state gun control efforts. They're coming together and announcing that they won't be enforcing any unconstitutional laws that pertain to people's 2nd Amendment rights.
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Undoing College Brainwashing
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
This time of year, as college students return home for the summer, many parents may notice how many politically correct ideas they have acquired on campus. Some of those parents may wonder how they can undo some of the brainwashing that has become so common in what are supposed to be institutions of higher learning.
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Sixteen Billion Dollar Educational Scam
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
The government is planning to spend about 16 BILLION dollars to implement programs that are basically the same as those paid for in the 1950s. Many have been given the false impression that Common Core State Standards and the International Baccalaureate programs will reform and improve education.
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Advice to Young, Unemployed Workers
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
We are now in the fifth year of very choppy hiring markets for young workers. The latest unemployment numbers once again leave them out from posted gains. Not even the boom in temporary employment included them.
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Disarmament doesn't Work
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
The Left (including RINOs such as John McCain, George P. Shultz, Henry Kissinger, Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell) constantly (and falsely) claims that the US needs to continue reducing its nuclear arsenal, even unilaterally, with a view towards ultimate complete nuclear disarmament of the US.
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Increased Involvement By Fathers
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
There has been an increase in certain circles of fathers being more involved in their family life. This is good and is long overdue. This is especially seen relationally. Through sports, hobbies, and activities, fathers have slowed down, taking time to get to know their children.
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Homeland Security Trains for Fanatical Homeschoolers
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
I saw an article this week that I first thought was a joke … until I realized it was serious.
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National Headlines
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
Rep. Questions Why IRS Needs AR-15s, Water Shortages in the West as Lakes Mead and Powell Decline, Teacher Disciplined for Instructing Students on 5th Amendment Rights, Tesla Opposed for Eliminating Middle Man and more...
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Hail Secession! - 'North Colorado' Is On To Something
Posted: Friday, June 21st, 2013
It's finally happened. Residents of several northern Colorado counties are petitioning for their counties to secede from their state and form America's fifty-first, "North Colorado".
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Grandparents - Your Grandchildren Need You
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
A recent conversation with a lamenting mother of grandchildren provoked this word for your consideration, especially if you are a grandparent. Her parents lived far away and showed no interest in her and her sibling's children. It was a sore point to say the least in the life of that family.
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Honest Examination of Race
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
One definition given for insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results; it might also be a definition of stupidity. Let's look at some cities where large percentages of black Americans live under poor conditions.
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The Good Guys Are Not Coming to Save Us
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
A lot of Americans know that the US government is out of control. Anyone who has cared enough to study the US Constitution even a little knows this. Still, very few of these people are taking any significant action, and largely because of one error: They are waiting for "the good guys" to show up and fix things.
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Storm Clouds Gathering
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Government is bad for personal freedom. That argument is premised upon the truism that everything government does interferes with freedom because it either prohibits or compels. Everything it owns it has taken from others. Much of what it says is divorced from the truth. President Obama, like President George W. Bush, has argued that his first job is to keep America safe, and if he impairs personal freedom in the process, that is a small price to pay for safety.
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USA Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Petition Seeks to Destroy , Texas Considers Gold Backed Credit, Youth Affected By Entitlement Mentality... and more
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Learning Disorders - A Natural Approach
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Learning disorders are the fastest growing childhood disorder in the United States, affecting 9 to 10 percent of all school-aged children. ADD and ADHD are disorders of the central nervous system that have documented links to diet. Development of a healthy nervous system depends upon appropriate nutrition.
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Schools and Universities Teaching Hatred for America
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who are accused of setting the bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon, attended the University of Massachusetts. Maybe they hated our nation before college, but if you want lessons on hating America, college attendance might be a good start. Let's look at it.
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Safety by Force Is Unnatural
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
We are all for being safe. I personally am thankful over the years for various ones, especially my parents, who warned me about things and people who were dangerous. And I am thankful for inventions that have made many things much safer. When we were children, now and then someone slipped and their foot got snipped by the blade on the mower.
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"Upon The Advice of My Attorney"
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Admittedly, I have heard this phrase a little too often. No doubt there is a time to say it, but not when the request is for a normal conversation around serious matters, especially if you are in leadership and authority.
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The Inevitable Effects of Increased Immigration
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Jason Richwine, the young conservative scholar who co-authored the Heritage Foundation report on the long-term costs of the amnesty bill backed by the "Gang of Eight," is gone from Heritage.
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Raw Coconut Oil: The Benefits and Uses You Are Missing
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Coconut oil has been dubbed the worst choice in oils for the last few decades. This hasn't been true throughout history, however. Before World War II, it was one of the main oils used in America's kitchens. After the war, coconut oil became hard to get, and the U.S. turned its focus toward the plants grown within the country and the production of products such as margarine, shortening, and refined oils from sources such as corn, oil, soy and canola.
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40 Years of Doomsaying Earth Day Predictions
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
In case you missed it, Earth Day was last month. Frankly, I don't know how you could. If you turn on the TV, a radio or went on any Internet search engine you could not help but notice the in your face green themes.
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Teaching Your Children about Twisted Words
Posted: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
The very best spiritual and life lesson I taught my three daughters was through a silly game I sometimes played with them while they were toddlers. I'd ask them about a random fact, such as, "What color are your eyes?" They'd reply "hazel" or "brown."
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The Push for Gun Control to Continue
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
As of today, a major showdown continues to unfold in the battle between statist ideologues vs. reality constitutionalists.
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The Coming Micro-Drone Revolution
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
[Drones are a] game-changing technology, akin to gunpowder, the steam engine, the atomic bomb-opening up possibilities that were fiction a generation earlier but also opening up perils that were unknown a generation ago."-Peter Singer, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
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Who Needs the Family?
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
For most of human history the family was the basic social unit of the species. Family was a way of passing down genes, beliefs and wealth. It was a retirement plan that you paid into by keeping your children alive long enough for them to grow up and support you. It allowed the individual to pass on his ideas to people who would care about them because they were part of their heritage.
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When the Government Goes Bankrupt
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
What happens when the government goes bankrupt? This question is one that sounds like a hypothetical exercise in a law school classroom from just a few years ago, where it might have been met with some derision.
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Immigration 'Reform' Will Turn the US Into a Police State
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Whenever the federal government decides to reform something we can be fairly sure that the problem is about to get worse, especially if they call the plan bi-partisan. The bi-partisan immigration reform proposal launched last week in the US Senate will be no different.
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Fathers Still Give Away Daughters
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
A recent video of a father being interviewed prompted me to write on the matter of the father's role in his daughters getting married. In the video, the father was questioned due to his list of things necessary for his daughter to find an acceptable marriage partner. During this interview, his daughter was included. It was a good exchange in all regards
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National Headlines 0403
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Advocacy Group Gives Guns for the Poor, Government Spends More Per Household than Median Household Income, "Rain Tax" to Soak Maryland Taxpayers, and more...
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The Virtue of Refusing Taxpayer's Money
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Recently I got together with a friend I hadn't seen in years (I'll call her Mary). It was very pleasant, catching up on each others' lives. Among other things, I told Mary about our teenage daughter's plans to attend nanny school next year, once she graduates from our homeschool. The tuition for the school is very reasonable, I told Mary, and as a credential nanny school graduate, our daughter's job prospects would be excellent.
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Small Town Still Better for Marriage
Posted: Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Granted, I have only one small town to draw from, but something tells me it is the same everywhere all across America, especially in small towns that still have a sense of community.
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Roughing It versus Modernity
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
There is a certain amount of conflict that arises between those who want to return to living a lifestyle that is fully self-sufficient versus those who like our modern day conveniences. This is not new, but definitely is sharper in relief in America, especially as we zoom forward into our electronic and global like day and age.
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National Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Is Ben Carson a Conservative Champion Against Obamacare?, Women to Be Forced to Register for Draft after Combat Restrictions Are Lifted, Judge Tosses NYC's Super-Sized Soda Ban and more...
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Should Elected Leaders Decide for Us?
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
John Stuart Mill's classic essay "On Liberty" gives reasons why some people should not be taking over other people's decisions about their own lives. But Professor Cass Sunstein of Harvard has given reasons to the contrary. He cites research showing "that people make a lot of mistakes, and that those mistakes can prove extremely damaging."
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Useful Ways to Teach your Children the System
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Because I write about politics, people are forever asking me the best way to teach children how our system of government works. I tell them that they can give their own children a basic civics course right in their own homes.
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Who is Robert Louis?
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
About 10 years ago, I hooked up an answering machine, so I could take messages from my friends. My machine started recording messages from a telemarketing company for "Robert Louis" or "Robert Lewis," which ever you prefer.
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The Underpopulation Problem
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
"Census Record 1 in 3 US countries are now dying," reported Hope Yen in AP News. The details in the report regarding this decline in many counties of our nation are the best I have read so far.
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Keep Moving As You Get Older
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Recently I read an interesting article about gaining weight as we get older. In particular the author did a study and came to the conclusion that women are more likely to gain weight due to a decrease in doing household chores. He gave cooking and washing clothes as an example.
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Get Government Out of Marriage
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Within the next few months, Justice Anthony Kennedy will likely rule that same-sex marriage is mandated by the Constitution of the United States. The ruling will offend both common sense and Constitutional law.
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Why You Should Oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
There is one reason why you should oppose the proposed $5.3 billion Keystone XL Pipeline. And it has nothing to do with "green religionists," as The Wall Street Journal calls the opposition in today's paper.
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Star Struck Stupidity
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Americans are star struck. No I am not talking about star gazers. Their observation of stars makes much more sense than Americans fascination with celebrities. Even those of us who have no interest in Hollywood or athletes or rock stars are inundated with reports of what celebrities are doing. Star struck stupidity is permeating our society and leading to destruction.
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Using Sugar and Spices for Healthy Living
Posted: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
There are some pantry items that I believe are very important to have on hand in any emergency situation. They are sugar, cinnamon and cayenne pepper. I strongly advise you to store these items and get used to using them so you will think of them in a crisis situation. They could save you a trip to the emergency room and possibly even save your life.
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Gun Control and the Mentally Ill
Posted: Monday, March 11th, 2013
The current push toward gun control is being presented in a particularly dangerous and dishonest manner. It is being framed in terms of mental health and packaged in a way that almost guarantees victory for the advocates of control.
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Put the Postal Service Out Of Its Misery
Posted: Monday, March 11th, 2013
In the latest episode in its periodic throes of pain and misery, the Postal Service has announced that it intends to cancel Saturday delivery of mail in order to save money. I've got a better idea: Get the government totally out of the business of delivering mail, by closing down the Postal Service and repealing the government's legal monopoly on the delivery of first-class mail.
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Five Tools to Protect your Privacy Online
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
We've discussed many times before-hardly a month goes by without some major action against Internet users… from Obama's 'kill switch', to ACTA, SOPA and PIPA, to stasi tactics against people like Kim Dotcom.
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Pre-K Won't Help Kids
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
President Obama ended his State of the Union speech on a warm and fuzzy note by calling for pre-K programs for almost all children. The best thing he could do for pre-kindergarten children is to make sure he doesn't hang trillions of dollars of debt around their necks, but that isn't the route he is taking.
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Family Values Attacked in Public Schools
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
When will our children be taught that true sexual freedom exists when the right of refusal is respected? Some people support the sexual exploitation of children under a misguided interpretation of sexual freedom. Modern Secular Humanists (MSH), the National Organization of Women (NOW), and Planned Parenthood claim to protect women and children, but their actions accomplish the opposite.
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The Minimum Wage is Bad for Employers, Workers, and the Economy
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
The minimum wage is about freedom. Think about it. The government is forcing employers to pay people a certain amount of money. It's no wonder that a majority of voters have no problem with the government taking ever higher amounts of money from workers in the form of taxes.
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Gun Bill Passage Unlikely Despite Democrat's Push
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Shortly after the Newton massacre, California Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D) legislative pen began heating up to craft new severe knee jerk restrictions aimed at 2nd amendment civil rights.
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The Dangers of Regional Planning
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Gone are the days when government was limited, where individuals were politically acknowledged to possess unalienable rights, and where money was honest. The American political structure has been transformed.
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Who Killed the Middle Class?
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
"It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth -- a rising, thriving middle class."
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The Status of the Tea Party - Stateside and Worldwide (!)
Posted: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
The truth of the matter is the Tea Party is not going away, despite any setbacks in the elections. It is still a force in politics, and as long as government continues to disregard the Constitution and infringe upon our freedoms, the Tea Party will be there to take a stand.
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A Real State of the Union
Posted: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
I have this dream - one where my president walks to the podium, and he instead says this...
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Too Seldom Is Heard an Encouraging Word: Why and How to Offer More Compliments
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
As I detailed in this seminal post about the importance of hustling, when I started playing football in high school I was slow and fat and generally terrible. But I worked as hard as I could for three years and eventually became a starter my senior year.
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Fracking Is OK, Says Buried Report From New York State's Health Department
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
A report favoring fracking that was buried for nearly a year was given to the New York Times yesterday by a whistleblower who "did not believe it should be kept secret," according to Danny Hakim. The eight-page analysis summarizes "previous research [done] by the state and others, and concludes that fracking can be done safely." Specifically, the report says:
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Panetta's Cowardly Decision
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
In a newsworthy act of political cowardice, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta ran through the Pentagon's exit door as he announced he is striking down the 1994 Combat Exclusion Law. His timing means his successor, presumably Chuck Hagel, will inherit the task of defending the order to assign women to front-line military combat.
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Goodbye, Immigration - Hello, Global Citizenship
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
We won't see it in any headline, but immigration is dead.
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Freedom to Move to Another State
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Thanks, California! Thanks for your monstrous spending and absurd regulatory overreach! America needs you. We need Connecticut and Illinois, too! We need you the way we needed the Soviet Union, as models of failure, to warn us what happens if we believe those who say, "Government can."
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Losing Ever Since Roe? - TIME Sounds the Siren for Abortion Rights
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
The 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade will bring the nation face to face with the abortion question once again. More accurately, it will serve as an opportunity for activists and supporters on both sides of the abortion controversy in America to consider where the nation stands, four decades after Roe.
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Boys Acting Like Boys
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, people have been endlessly pointing the finger of blame and trying to come up with a one-size-fits-all solution that will prevent such a massacre from ever happening again.
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USA Headlines
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Women to Be Allowed in Combat, West Point Professor Teaches that Conservatives Are Terrorists, Crime Increases in Suburbs, Bully Given Jail Time for Teasing, and more...
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Why Stay Married? - The Children
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
As you know, many couples in our day and age are living together unmarried. This is beyond not good and the consequences are rolling in daily. Nevertheless, some couples are actually getting married.
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Is This the America You Remember?
Posted: Thursday, January 31st, 2013
"Second Term Begins With a Sweeping Agenda for Equality," ran the eight-column banner in which The Washington Post captured the essence of Obama's second inaugural. There he declared:
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Lilliputian Homes and the New American Dream
Posted: Monday, January 28th, 2013
Saving money on heating and cooling, of course, features prominently into the playbook of Agenda 21 supporters who would prefer to roll back the clock to pre-industrial America in terms of energy use and living conditions, preferably to pioneer days.
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Newspapers Are Here to Stay
Posted: Friday, January 18th, 2013
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Future Generations to Pay for Today's Gov't Excesses
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
Is there any reason for today's Americans to care about what happens to tomorrow's Americans? After all, what have tomorrow's Americans done for today's Americans? Moreover, since tomorrow's Americans don't vote, we can dump on them with impunity. That's a vision that describes the actual behavior of today's Americans. It would be seen as selfish, callous and ruthless only if it were actually articulated. Let's look at it.
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A Handy Man
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
I like to build things. There is no feeling in the world like finishing a project, stepping back and admiring your accomplishments. It's a man thing, or so I thought until the other day.
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Can I Go 5,000 Miles Between Oil Changes?
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
In my last article I mentioned a customer who had been sold on a 10,000 mile oil change. Can you imagine it? A 10,000 mile oil change? Wow! I have a hard time imagining it as well. I wanted to use this month's article to clarify oil change options for you. Every vehicle is different, and different vehicles have different needs or requirements. For this particular customer of mine, the 10,000 mile oil change was not good for her Dodge.
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USA Headlines
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
Abortion-Breast Cancer Link Real; Widely Ignored - Senator Jim DeMint Replaced by Tim Scott - Disabled Student Receives Phoney High Grades - Concealed Carrier Prevents Mass Shooting; Media Silent - Do Burger Shops Cause Crime? - and more...
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Reasons for Firearm Protection
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
The drum beat of anti-gun sentiment has reached an alarmingly fevered pitch as of late. The recent shooting massacre in Connecticut where 20 children were killed no doubt is the latest point of origin from which this sentiment now flares. Suggestions and ideas from the emotionally driven responses by many range from a review of gun laws to outright bans on certain types of very commonly owned firearms.
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Why aren't there Men at Elementary Schools?
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
In reviewing the list of Connecticut school shooting victims an observation occurred to me which seems to have received little attention or commentary. There were evidently no adult males present at the school. The reports suggest plausible but probably unverifiable actions by the female teachers and principal to heroically stop the shooter.All of the adult victims were female.
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The Political Use and Abuse of Children
Posted: Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
On December 7, President Obama signed the Child Protection Act of 2012. The act continues a political trend that harms children psychologically and endangers them physically - namely, the trend of fearmongering about child abuse.
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School Curricula Destroying US Productivity
Posted: Monday, December 31st, 2012
Social justice proponents explain that a specific goal of social justice curricula is to encourage students and educators to expose and eradicate the power structures of the status quo. In other words, destroy America's productivity.
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Government Abuse of Family Law
Posted: Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Why has Congress appropriated taxpayers' money to give perverse incentives that break up families and deprive children of their fathers? The built-in financial incentives in the current child-support system have expanded the tragedy of fatherless children from the welfare class to millions of non-welfare divorced couples.
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Opinions and Answers to Mass Shooting
Posted: Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
There are many voices giving their assessments and their answers to the tragedy that occured last week in Newtown CT. Here is a collection of a few of them in no particular order.
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Public School Shooting Brings Things into Focus
Posted: Friday, December 14th, 2012
Many of us remember when we would never have heard of this happening, but those days are long gone. What then shall we do?
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What if His Girlfriend Had a Gun?
Posted: Saturday, December 8th, 2012
Guns are used over 4,000 times a day (using conservative research findings) in self-defense.
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Why Is Preventive Maintenance Important For My Vehicle?
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Imagine this scenario: You haven't changed your oil in a while because you didn't think you could afford it. Your car just dies one day so you get it towed to your mechanic. After inspecting your vehicle, he or she determines that it ran out of oil and the engine has seized.
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Why Your Kid Can't Write
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
For years American employers have been complaining about the poor writing skills of college graduates. Teaching assistants in English departments across the country are shocked after their first week teaching Freshman Comp: "We can't be expected to make up for twelve years of lost grammar in one semester!" they cry, while sipping their green tea, and pushing up the sleeves of their oversized cardigans.
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Abortions Down as New Technology Opens Window to the Womb
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Two stories in the news are making a defense of abortions more difficult to maintain. The first is news that abortions are down about 5 percent. It's possible that the decline is because of the efforts of the pro-life, anti-abortion community.
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Protect Yourself and your Information When Using Facebook
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Many Facebook users fail to realize how much information about themselves they're giving away and how easily unprincipled app makers and identity thieves can exploit that data. Here are some things you should and should not do to protect your privacy on Facebook.
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Acts of Courage during Hurricane Sandy
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
The presidential election is over, but the tragic saga of Sandy is still in play. The Northeast coastline was devastated with an unbelievable "super storm" that stretched over 800 miles. Particularly hard hit were places like Atlantic City, near my home, and various boroughs in NY, like Queens and Staten Island.
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Why our Gun Rights Are Secure
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
I cannot truly express in words how aggravating it was reading some of the defeatist minded opinions written by prominent pro-gun figures leading up to this most recent presidential election. Oftentimes comments included (and I am paraphrasing here) things like, "....if Obama gets elected to a second term, our 2nd Amendment rights are finished, through, done, gone, etc. etc. etc...."
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Hurricane Victims Suffer from More Government
Posted: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
I expect that by the time you read this, President Obama will have been re-elected. Get ready for four more years of Big Bloated Government. Hurricane Sandy didn't help.
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Blasted Twinkie Killers!
Posted: Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
The bakery union lost sight of an important truth understood by Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American Federal of Labor, over a century ago: what workers need is a company that operates at a profit.
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U.N.'s Sinister Plans for Congress
Posted: Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
The globalists have been plotting to use the volatility of this lame-duck session to achieve some of their internationalist goals that they couldn't get passed during the last four years. In particular, they would like to lock us into treaties that slice out various parts of our national sovereignty, a concept that they have been trying to promote as obsolete.
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Quality Overseas Healthcare Cheaper than America's
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
If you've followed this letter for any length of time, you know that I hardly spend any time in the United States. Sure I visit friends and family from time to time, but professionally I'm much more interested in what's happening outside of North America.
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Culture War Caused by Government Intervention
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Gay rights, abortion, religion, education, freedom - citizens are pitted against citizens
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The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
In his book The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom, Laurence Vance illustrates the absurdities and inconsistencies of the federal government's drug war in America, and explains why, in his view, the war on drugs is unconstitutional and should be ended immediately.
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National Heritage Areas: The Land Grab Continues
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
National Heritage Areas. What does that term mean to you? We hear it a lot. There are many government programs dealing with historic preservation.There is the Scenic Rivers designation. The American Heritage Rivers Initiative.
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Local Civil Leadership
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
While not a new subject, it is one that is fundamental to the welfare not only of Eau Claire, but any gathering of people in America into a town or city. Leaders are men and women who by vote or appointment end up being our city managers, council members, board members, police chiefs, sheriffs, judges and legislators.
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New Program Improves Learning Abilities
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Both K-12 teachers and parents who homeschool their children may find Naiku, an interactive quiz, homework and assessment program, one option that will improve evaluation methods and increase efficiency in the learning process while encouraging students to excel academically.
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Republicans - Wake Up!
Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Let's be clear. If Romney wins in November, we are not out of the woods. We've only stopped the bear from attacking us. There's still a lot of work to do. Republicans are also socialists. They tend to be a slower moving train. They hope to win the liberal dependent classes to vote for them by proposing a program like George Bush's prescription drug program. It never works. We just get "another day older and deeper in debt."
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George Would have Loved a Large Magazine
Posted: Thursday, November 1st, 2012
Would George Washington have used a .50 cal sniper rifle or .308 cal assault rifle with hi-tech optics if he had the option? Would he rather have a 4 round, one in the chamber rifle, or a huge magazine cartridge with multiple back-ups?
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Unemployment Programs Don't Work
Posted: Thursday, November 1st, 2012
"There are no jobs!" That is what people told me outside a government "jobs center" in New York City. To check this out, I sent four researchers around the area. They quickly found 40 job openings. Twenty-four were entry-level positions. One restaurant owner told me he would hire 12 people if workers would just apply.
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How Crucial is the Election?
Posted: Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
We are told that this Presidential election is the most important in 50 years. One nationally prominent Christian Right columnist has written that this is the most important Presidential election in the history of the United States.
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Educational Experts and Policy Makers Push Global Interdependence
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Local control of schools hinders the ability of leaders of educational policy to influence student acceptance of interdependence, the idea that America's success and well-being is interdependent with other nations. Hundreds of leaders believe that the concept of interdependence can be successfully incorporated into our society only when American citizens and students accept a lower life style and a change in the types of work available to them.
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What Is Integrative Cancer Therapy?
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
First let me make one thing perfectly clear - I do not treat cancer! In truth, I don't treat anything. Cancer is a disease that sick people get; I take sick people and help them get better and sometimes the cancer, or MS, or seizures, or headaches, or Autism - goes away…I never cured it nor did I treat it.
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Bryce Canyon isn't a canyon at all, but a twenty-mile-long series of massive eroded amphitheaters carved out of the eastern edge of the verdant Paunsaugunt Plateau, shaped like horseshoes crammed tight with freestanding walls, slots, and windows and fins.
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21 Things a Burglar Won't Tell You
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
The economic and employment situation in America these days is, well…less than ideal. This is making life increasingly difficult for a growing number of individuals and families as the months tick by every year. To combat their money problems, many have taken the approach of doing whatever it takes from working odd jobs to going on government social programs and some have even gone as far as becoming criminals to make ends meet.
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Patriots Died For Taxes like Today's
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
The average tax (combining the state and national taxes) on gasoline is about fifty cents a gallon. In California, that tax reaches sixty-nine cents. Most of us don't really keep up with these taxes because they are pre-included in the gas prices. That's about a 13% tax on something we use everyday-not a luxury, but a necessity, for most Americans
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Dependency on the Government is Bad
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
As readers of this column and viewers of Fox News Channel may know, I have not hesitated to criticize Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and the governor himself. I have argued that his message is muddled and his values are unknown beyond his ardent wish to improve economic conditions through the use of free market mechanisms rather than central economic planning, a position with which I agree entirely.
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Bill Clinton: A Superb Salesman
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Recently many of us heard former President Bill Clinton speak at the Democratic National Convention. It was not the first time I had heard him speak. Once I was able to listen to him speak in a religious setting. He expounded I Corinthians Chapter 13 in the Bible. The theme was love. His speech was moving, just as his speech at the Democratic National Convention was moving and inspiring.
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Natural Immune-Boosting Foods
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
As we enter the cooler months, we also enter the time of year when we encounter more illness. This is especially true as school comes back in session. Kids are regularly exposed to new illnesses that they then bring home and share while we simultaneously close up our houses to keep the cold (and fresh air) out. Little do we know, we are cooping ourselves up in these spaces as the germs and viruses hang out with us and have a party.
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Nursing Homes and the Elderly
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
It seems good to at least broach the subject of the elderly, our parents and grandparents, regarding the issue of nursing homes. As you know, it is much more common for our parents to live their final days in a nursing home than in our own home. I do not know the percentages, but my guess is few resorted to their children' home to finish their sojourn in this life.
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What is Free Enterprise?
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
The argument for free enterprise is won at "free". And the thing that enterprise must be liberated from is, of course, government. When people are free (from government) to produce, own, exchange, store, transport, invest, save, buy, sell, invent, work, and consume in any manner they see fit, the most possible prosperity is delivered to the widest possible number of people in the shortest possible time.
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Felon - An Abused Word
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Those who are labeled as felons in our day and age seem to be increasing. I have lost track of the reasons so many people are now so classified. What I do know is it has become excessive in my opinion. It seems a person can be charged as a felon and even become one in a surprising way.
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The Impact of Porn - Through Statistics
Posted: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
marysaggies.blogspot.com Here are some startling statistics compiled from a variety of academic and popular sources. I am sure you have heard how much money porn makes, how much there is, etc. But, what many don't see as much is the impact porn is having on individuals and society. Here are some stats I have found (links give sources).
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Liberty, Never Forget
Posted: Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
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A Godless Party Expels the Creator
Posted: Friday, September 7th, 2012
No platform celebrating homosexual marriage and backing a woman's right to abort her child at any time in her pregnancy can be credibly adopted by a party that also purports to revere the God of our Founding Fathers.
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$16,000,000,000,000!!!
Posted: Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
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Banning Life Jackets and Abortions
Posted: Monday, September 3rd, 2012
As many on the left will continue to take advantage of the apparent conservative "war on women", it is good to be prepared to answer their objections.
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An Athlete with Virtue
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Raising kids - especially sons - has made me pay attention to heroes. Of course, heroes can - and should - be found in all walks of life, but there is something remarkable about a champion. Just think of the Olympic excitement, and you can see what I mean.
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Loss of Community Brings Amish Kids Back Home
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
According to an article in the Washington Times, the Amish are on the rise. The article says the main reasons are two-fold: the traditionally high Amish birth rates coupled with an unusual absence of defection among Amish youths.
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Why the GOP Hates Todd Akin
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
I don't know much about Missouri Senatorial candidate Todd Akin but I am giving serious consideration to going out to Missouri and volunteering for his campaign.
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"Discipline..........The Lost Word"
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
I was perusing through my Facebook newsfeed and came across a meme that said "the distance between dreams and reality is called discipline". I replied back to the friend that posted it "Or, the distance between smart, well adjusted, contributing members of society and tantrum throwing, obnoxious brats is DISCIPLINE!" One word, two connotations, both lost on society today as a whole.
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Community Vs. Collectivism
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Tyranny thrives by feeding on human necessity. It examines what sustains us, what we hope for, what we desire and what we love, and it uses those needs as leverage against us.
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Environmental Hypocrisy: Massive Forest Fires Are Unnecessary
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
U.S. Forest Service (USFS) employees throughout the west say an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or an Environmental Review (ER) can take from one (1) to ten (10) years to complete. Upon completion, there is an additional process for logging contracts or to thin trees on our National and State forest lands.
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Fear of Homosexuals Tearing America Apart
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Before he evolved, Dennis Miller once quipped that "the radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt." Today, that joke comes across like Billy Ray Cyrus' mullet, yet it is still part of the standard cultural stereotype of the Christian booboisie: clothes that don't match, a bad haircut, an overbite and a long abiding fear of "the gays".
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Welfare before the Welfare State
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Many people think life without the welfare state would be chaos. In their minds, nobody would help support the less fortunate, and there would be riots in the streets. Little do they know that people found innovative ways of supporting each other before the welfare state existed. One of the most important of these ways was the mutual-aid society.
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Boy's Hot Dog Stand Shut Down
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
According to Tim Brown writing for Freedom Outpost, "Nathan Duszynski, a 13-year-old boy who saved up $1,300 to purchase a hot dog cart and then was shut down by the city of Holland, Michigan, has now found himself homeless, along with his parent." What happened to this young man happens all over the country on a regular basis.
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Winners Just Don't Happen
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Millions of eyes have been focused recently on Gabby Douglas, the first U.S. woman to win the gold in both the team competition and the all-round. The crowd at the gymnastic hall in London was enamored by both the smile and the performance of this young American athlete.
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Fiber - This Makes You Work Better!
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Fiber is essential to good health. It is the bulk that helps move food and waste through our digestive tract. It acts like a broom in sweeping our digestive system clean, and it also acts like a sponge in absorbing toxins, hormones, cholesterol and bile salts so that they will not be reabsorbed by our body.
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Common Core Standards and Local Control of Schools
Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Common Core Standards are a federal program in which the federal government will define the curricula and the academic standards for each subject taught in every school setting. These Federal Standards will basically eliminate local control of schools and provide unfettered access to curricula by the Federal Government and eventually, by the United Nations.
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The New World Disorder
Posted: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
The bipolar world of the Cold War is history. The new world order... is a Balkanizing world where race, tribe, culture and creed matter most, and democracy is seen not as an end in itself but as a means to an end -- the accretion of power by one's own kind to achieve one's own dreams.
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Businesses Standing Up to Gov't Bullies
Posted: Saturday, August 18th, 2012
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Commending a Brave Pastor
Posted: Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Miller may soon be in prison, but few Americans can enjoy the freedom that Miller feels in his heart.
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One and a Half Cheers for Paul Ryan
Posted: Monday, August 13th, 2012
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Using Eminent Domain Against the Poor
Posted: Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
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National Debt Will Destroy America
Posted: Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
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Who are the Educational Experts and Theorists?
Posted: Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
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A Letter to Older Voters
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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WI, FL, Spared from Billion Dollar Train Disaster
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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John Roberts Makes His Career Move
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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Drug Prescription Skepticism
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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Home Birth Should Be an Option for Every Mother
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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The Importance of Being on Time
Posted: Friday, July 27th, 2012
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The Spirit of Giving
Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2012
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NH Juries Can Acquit if Law is Bad
Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2012
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The Importance of the Great Outdoors
Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2012
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Gun Laws Make us Defenseless
Posted: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
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A Day To Read The Declaration
Posted: Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
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Socialized Medicine Is Here to Stay
Posted: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
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Let Create a Small Business Movement
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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The Deadly Dangers of Dental Infections
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Can the President Rewrite Federal Law?
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Studies Challenge Positive Portrayal of "Gay" Parenting
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Immoral Beyond Redemption
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Virgil Goode: Constitution Party Candidate for President
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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To Married People
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Sandusky Found Guilty
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Considering Colonoscopies
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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Becoming Well-Spoken: How to Minimize Your Uh's and Um's
Posted: Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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What Jerry Falwell Can Teach Rand Paul
Posted: Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
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Paul Clement For Supreme Court
Posted: Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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9 Practical Tips for a Healthier Life - Try Them!
Posted: Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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To the Class of 2012
Posted: Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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Collectivism In our Public Schools
Posted: Thursday, May 31st, 2012
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Who's Responsible for Losing America?
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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Pitting Neighbor Against Neighbor
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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No, Mr. President, Same-sex Couples Cannot Marry
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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Will We Obey Unjust Laws?
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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The Unlawful Use of Drones
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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Ron Paul Taking Over GOP
Posted: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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Conservatives Are Winning!
Posted: Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The fact that there are individual examples of petty tyrannical behavior, meaning arrogant bureaucratic behavior, is not proof of systematic policy to take us down the road to serfdom.
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Minnesota's War on Moms and Milk
Posted: Monday, May 14th, 2012
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Romney Dislikes Ron Paul's Budget Fix
Posted: Thursday, May 10th, 2012
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"This Is Conservatism?"
Posted: Saturday, April 28th, 2012
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Michigan DNR Threatens Small Farmers
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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A Nation Arms Itself -- For What?
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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Georgia Kindergartner Handcuffed, Arrested for Temper Tantrum
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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How States Can Protect Themselves from Financial Collapse
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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Let the Dollar have Some Competition
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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Ending Racial Violence
Posted: Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
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Rest in Print, Britannica
Posted: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
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False Divide Between Fiscal and Social Issues
Posted: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
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Should Parents Have The Final Say?
Posted: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
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Should Christians Support the War on Drugs?
Posted: Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
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We Are Too Compliant
Posted: Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
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"Made in America" Making a Comeback
Posted: Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
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Know What You Believe
Posted: Monday, March 5th, 2012
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The "Progressive" Legacy
Posted: Monday, March 5th, 2012
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Walking - A Weapon Against Alzheimer's?
Posted: Monday, March 5th, 2012
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Developing Responsibility and Good Work Habits
Posted: Monday, March 5th, 2012
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Basic Safety Tips for Women
Posted: Thursday, March 1st, 2012
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Did 'The Great Society' Ruin Society?
Posted: Thursday, March 1st, 2012
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Unintended Cruelty of Compassion
Posted: Thursday, March 1st, 2012
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Politicians Fiddle While America Burns
Posted: Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
We're on the way to becoming Greece -- while our "leaders" stand and watch. A catastrophe is happening before our eyes, but the politicians won't act to avert it. How did they ever end up with enough power to sink our society?
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Raw Milk, Wisconsin, and the Sheriff
Posted: Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Sheriff Mack wants everyone to know that the Sheriff is the highest constitutional executive authority in the county. "Very few people realize that the Sheriff has the legitimate authority to prevent federal and state agents from entering the county - that they have the power to throw them out once they are there."
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Big Government: Do We Really Want to Eliminate It?
Posted: Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
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How to Wrestle an Alligator
Posted: Thursday, February 9th, 2012
The gator is likely to turn and open its mouth at you and snarl or hiss. Let it. Keep your eyes on it and slowly back away. If the gator chases you, run directly away from it in a straight line. It will quickly grow tired and turn back to the water.
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Spark Up Your Marriage
Posted: Thursday, February 9th, 2012
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Children and Cell Phones
Posted: Thursday, February 9th, 2012
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A Kuwaiti Prince Publicly Embraces Christ, Denounces Islam
Posted: Thursday, February 9th, 2012
The conversion of a Kuwaiti prince is important news. It is shameful that the American church is not there with its missionaries to complete the task but supports the war drums banging of the liberal-progressive government in Washington DC.
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Why Johnny Still Can't Read
Posted: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
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Immigration and the GOP Debate
Posted: Friday, February 3rd, 2012
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America's Greatness Will Defeat Obama
Posted: Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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10 Things You May Notice About America When Travelling Abroad
Posted: Monday, January 16th, 2012
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." ~ Mark Twain"
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Does a Full-Time Homemaker Swap Her Mind for a Mop?
Posted: Monday, January 16th, 2012
"So it is not only nonsense that full-time homemaking means swapping the mind for a mop. It is also nonsense that the vast majority of paid work outside the home develops the mind. One may prefer to work outside the home for many reasons: a need or desire for extra income; a need to get out of the house; a need to be admired for work beyond making a home; a need for regular interaction with other adults. But the development of the intellect is not necessarily among them."
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North Dakota Oil Boom Produces Labor Shortage
Posted: Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
"Benefiting from the oil boom made possible by hydraulic fracturing, the American Dream is still quite well and alive in North Dakota."
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Voters: Give Us Smaller Government
Posted: Monday, January 9th, 2012
"The gap between what the voters want to hear and what the politicians want to talk about is widening. The politicians want war. The voters want a return to the Constitution and limited government. The politicians insist that the voters are afraid of Iran. In reality, the voters are more and more afraid of the politicians. Such widening gap is dangerous but it can be promising as well. Such gap lead to the Communist revolution in Russia in 1917. And such gap lead to the American Revolutionary War, and to the Velvet Revolutions in Eastern Europe. In all these cases, those that bet on the continuation of politics as usual, lost the bets. A good lesson for our politicians and pundits."
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Immune Building Tips - Stay Well This Winter!
Posted: Friday, January 6th, 2012
"Stress and the typical American diet tend to make us good homes for viruses because they make our pH acid and deplete our vitamins and minerals. We are also inundated with chemicals that are bodies cannot break down and eliminate. To stay in balance, alkalize your diet, use herbal cleanses periodically to get rid of excess toxins, and take good high quality supplements that help keep you balanced."
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Should We Leave the Poor to Die?
Posted: Friday, January 6th, 2012
"I share James Madison's vision, articulated when Congress appropriated $15,000 to assist some French refugees in 1794. Madison stood on the floor of the House to object, saying, "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents," adding later that "charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government." This vision of morality, I'm afraid, is repulsive to most Americans."
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Obamacare Abominations
Posted: Friday, January 6th, 2012
"Mike Whalen, CEO of Heart of America Group, which runs hotels and restaurants, said that when he asked his company's health insurance experts to summarize the impact of Obamacare, "the three of them kind of looked at each other and said, 'We've gone to seminar after seminar, and, Mike, we can't tell you.' I think that just kind of sums up the uncertainty."
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America's Current Civil War
Posted: Thursday, January 5th, 2012
"It is time American citizens recognize that a civil war is being fought. The battleground is the classroom, and American children are being shaped into the weapons necessary to destroy our republic."
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Louisiana Girl Scout Leaders Disband Troops over Gender Confusion Issue
Posted: Monday, January 2nd, 2012
"A group of Girl Scout leaders in Louisiana has decided to dismantle its troops because of a recent decision by the national organization to allow boys who are confused about their gender to join the ranks of the female scouting program. The leaders, who oversee three Girl Scout troops at Northlake Christian School in Lacombe, Louisiana, explained that the move by the group's national leadership conflicted with their host organization's Christian beliefs. "This goes against what we [Northlake Christian School] believe," Susan Bryant-Snure, one of the leaders, told Baptist Press News. Snure has three daughters of her own among the 25 girls participating in the Girl Scout program through the school."
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An Effective Way to Eradicate Poverty
Posted: Monday, January 2nd, 2012
"Eradication of poverty in the world won't come from endless aid designed for mere existence, nor will it come from simply providing jobs. The answer to poverty in the world will come only from providing the tools needed to create new, independent wealth. That tool is private property ownership."
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Nurses Don't Want to Be Abortionists
Posted: Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Laws exist at both the Federal and State levels that give medical professionals the right to opt out of participation in abortions. The Federal law prohibits medical facilities that receive Federal funding from requiring employees to participate in the procedures-UMDNJ receives about $60 million in said funding each year, money the nurses are asking the court to revoke.
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The FDA Kills
Posted: Saturday, December 24th, 2011
Lawyers and reporters encourage bureaucrats to move slowly. If something goes wrong, the media make a huge fuss about it, and the class-action parasites pounce. But when the FDA delays a device for years and people die, we don't report that. We don't even know who the victims are. Useful HIV drugs were available in Europe for years before the FDA approved them for use here.
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In the Danger Zone
Posted: Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Christian parents must be concerned, not just with what content children are watching, but how much exposure they really experience. Something has gone wrong when the default position of the television is on, rather than off. There is something even more wrong when children and teenagers have televisions and Internet access in their bedrooms. We, along with our children, live in a new danger zone. We will need deep Christian conviction - and keen Christian judgment - if we are to remain faithful in the Age of the Screen.
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What Does the Statue of Liberty Mean to You?
Posted: Saturday, December 17th, 2011
One couple I met some years back were a Jewish couple from Germany who fled to the US just before World War 2 broke out. Hitler's Nazi regime had started to round up Jews and kill them. They knew their only chance was escape and to flee to the US. It cost them nearly everything had to pay a friend to smuggle them out of Germany through Austria and Italy and finally on to a boat headed to America. As the ship approached the New York harbor, everyone traveling with them was crowded at the bow to get a look at the Lady of Liberty as they called it...
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Vaccination: Not as Simple of a Decision as it Seems
Posted: Monday, December 12th, 2011
Profit motive is not the sole property of the pharmaceutical companies. Natural medicine is also a multi-billion dollar business that often doesn't have to submit to the same regulatory pressures of traditional medicine. As in many things, a balanced and informed viewpoint is the best.
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Secession Is a Viable Option for Texas
Posted: Monday, December 12th, 2011
Interestingly, a former Soviet citizen, Sergei Smet, attended the gathering, saying that when he first heard President Barack Obama speak, he felt like he was back in the old Soviet Union. Now a Texas resident and TNM member, he said, "He [Obama] was chosen carefully for this office-like Bush, like Clinton, like everybody else." As he sees it, martial law is just around the corner, and social unrest will be exploited to justify a crackdown on the populace. "So it's time to act," he said.
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The Art of Conversation: How to Avoid Conversational Narcissism
Posted: Saturday, December 10th, 2011
In a time where a lot of the old social supports people relied upon have disappeared, people have become starved for attention. They bring this hunger to their conversations, which they see as competitions in which the winner is able to keep the attention on themselves as much as possible. And this is turning the skill of conversation-making into a lost art.
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Our Unwillingness to Get Involved
Posted: Monday, December 5th, 2011
Last week in Maryland, a jury convicted Brittany Norwood of first-degree murder in the gruesome killing of a co-worker at an upscale yoga clothing store in Bethesda, Md. Norwood attacked co-worker Jayna Murray one night last March. No motive was ever presented, but the murder happened after an argument over some merchandise at the store.
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Occupy the Family Home
Posted: Thursday, December 1st, 2011
New research shows that divorces with the greatest potential to hurt children happen in marriages that have the greatest potential for reconciliation. A proposal called the Second Chance Act would combine a one-year waiting period for divorces, with education about the option of reconciliation.
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Preparing for Economic Failure
Posted: Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Today, the world is safer in terms of nuclear war. It is far less safe in terms of the stability of financial institutions. It is also becoming clear that governments can default on their obligations. We watch the crisis building in Europe because of the inevitable default of the Greek government on its bonds.
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More Insanity in the War on Drugs
Posted: Saturday, November 26th, 2011
"The El Paso Times reports that court documents reveal that Mexican lawyer Humberto Loya-Castro, yet another top-level Sinaloa cartel leader, had his 1995 U.S. drug-trafficking case dismissed in 2008 after serving as an informant for ten years for the U.S. government."
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Home Remedies: Useful Natural Solutions
Posted: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
"Helpful hints and home remedies from customers can be useful. I like to share them because some of them might help you."
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High Costs of Green Jobs
Posted: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
"Obama is working with the UN to fundamentally transform America with a new global tax. His appointee Marisa Lago is attending UN meetings to design a proposed global tax to build a 'Green Climate Fund.' This fund is designed to pay for greening the global economy, estimated to cost $1.9 trillion annually for the next 40 years, or $76 trillion."
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Why Delayed Cord Clamping is Good for Your Baby
Posted: Saturday, November 19th, 2011
"In hospital births, most obstetricians view the umbilical cord as a mere waste product of birth and cut it as soon as the baby is born, but it is actually a lifeline for the baby, providing him with oxygen in the moments after the birth when he may be slow to breathe. An umbilical cord can provide oxygen for a baby for around five minutes after delivery. This is natures plan in case he doesn't breathe straight away."
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How the Dual Income Destroys the Lower Classes
Posted: Saturday, November 19th, 2011
"The lowest classes, those most likely to be touted by left-wing organizations as oppressed, are the least likely to be dual-income families, while those in wealthier middle-class categories are a minimum of close to four times more likely to have dual incomes. Compared with the bracket with the highest percentage of dual income households, the lowest quintile is somewhere around eleven times less likely to have a second income. If this is the case, then poverty and the number of incomes are absolutely correlated."
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IndoctriNation: Public Schools and the Decline of Christianity in America
Posted: Friday, November 11th, 2011
"'This is a story of our children and an ideological struggle in which our children are the prize. This is the story of the big yellow bus. This is the story of indoctrination.'" So begins the mesmerizing introduction to IndoctriNation: Public Schools and the Decline of Christianity in America, a hard-hitting, 90-minute documentary presented by the Exodus Mandate and the Christian Liberty Academy School System.
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General Patton's Letter to His Son
Posted: Thursday, November 10th, 2011
"On June 6, 1944, General George S. Patton wrote this letter to his twenty-year-old son, George Jr., who was enrolled at West Point. Patton Sr. was in England training the Third Army in preparation for the battles that would follow the invasion at Normandy."
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The Legacy of Steve Jobs
Posted: Monday, November 7th, 2011
"'Steve is Dead.' These words popped onto the screen of my iPod Wednesday evening, October 5th, 2011. I was stunned. He had been sick and looked gaunt for months. He had, on August 24th, given up the reins as Apple CEO for health reasons. But to think his life was over at age 56 was hard to fathom. Steve Jobs had revolutionized the way we listened to music, watched movies, searched the Internet, talked on the phone. His influence, directly or indirectly, touched everyone."
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American Manufacturing Jobs Coming Home
Posted: Monday, November 7th, 2011
"The seven industry groups which could enjoy the most significant benefits are transportation goods, electrical equipment and appliances, furniture, plastics, rubber products, machinery, and computers. The resultant sea-change by repatriating jobs in these industries would be massive, potentially adding $100 billion to America's GDP, while reducing oil consumption due to lower transportation costs."
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Is America Disintegrating?
Posted: Friday, November 4th, 2011
"We are not now and will not then be 'descended from common ancestors.' We will consist of all the races, cultures, tribes and creeds of Earth - a multiracial, multicultural, multiethnic, multilingual stew of a nation that has never before existed, or survived. The parallels that come to mind are the Habsburg Empire that flew apart after World War I, and the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia that disintegrated after the Cold War."
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Wall Street Protestors Half Right
Posted: Thursday, October 27th, 2011
"We agree that Wall Street bailouts are intolerable. Now we just have to teach our progressive friends that truly free markets work for the benefit of all."
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Mental Clarity and Memory
Posted: Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
"One of the most important factors in brain health is omega 3 oils which are absent from the average diet. Deficiencies of these oils can cause impaired ability to learn and recall information. DHA, or docosahexaenoic acid, is a particular omega 3 fatty acid that is a fundamental building block for cellular membranes, most notably neuronal membranes in the brain."
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Ex-FBI Man Knocks CIA Interrogation Practices
Posted: Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
"The truth is that over the past decade, the most important intelligence coups - those that led to capture of Saddam Hussein and the elimination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Osama bin Laden - came about because professional interrogators used innovative, legal and moral techniques," Krulak and Hoar wrote. "
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Obama's Anti-jobs Jobs Bill
Posted: Thursday, October 20th, 2011
"Pass this bill now," President Obama is repeatedly demanding, regarding his new American Jobs Act."
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Marriage Keeps Love Alive and Hearts Pumping
Posted: Sunday, October 16th, 2011
"Many a bachelor has taunted and teased a groom-to-be that "I do" will be his famous last words. But for all the jesting predictions about the finality or fatality of marriage, walking down the aisle could be the healthiest thing you do to keep your relationship alive and your heart ticking."
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Constitutional Sheriff Bill Introduced in Tennessee
Posted: Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
"A new bill making its way through the Tennessee General Assembly states that a federal employee who is not designated as a Tennessee peace officer may not make an arrest or conduct a search and seizure in the Volunteer State without the express consent of the sheriff of the county in which the arrest, search, and seizure is to occur except under certain enumerated circumstances."
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Ten Years After Sept. 11th
Posted: Monday, October 10th, 2011
"So government failed on 9/11, and yet the politicians' answer to failure is always the same: Give us more money and power. And we do. When will we learn?"
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The Mayo Clinic and the Free Market
Posted: Friday, October 7th, 2011
"Mayo was keen on applying the latest discoveries in medical science. He was the first physician in the West to adopt the microscope for clinical work. In 1871 he took a graduate course at Bellevue Medical College in New York and became a pioneer in abdominal surgery. He was an avid reader and contributed frequently to the medical literature on a variety of topics. Remarkably, however, the patron of the famous clinic did not have a medical license."
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How Doctors Dupe Moms into Supplementing With Formula
Posted: Thursday, October 6th, 2011
"One of the biggest reasons that I know of why women start supplementing with formula in the first couple weeks is because 'baby's not gaining enough weight.' While a 5 to 7 percent weight loss in the first couple of days after birth is considered totally normal, 10 percent can sometimes result in pediatricians telling the mother she must supplement."
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The Tea Party, 2012 Elections, and the 1890's
Posted: Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
"Americans are fed up. Sound familar?"
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Who Helps the People During Crises? Waffle House, not the armed bureaucrats
Posted: Monday, October 3rd, 2011
"Government monopolies have the incentive to provide the least amount of service for the highest cost. So, the government brass suspends services and tells their constituents to go away and come back when it's more convenient. Meanwhile, Waffle House fires up the generators, eager to serve their faithful customers in the worst of conditions."
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The Left Deceives Itself
Posted: Saturday, October 1st, 2011
"How can the left possibly defeat a movement (the Tea Party movement) that they do not understand and, worse, that they purposely misunderstand?"
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When to Chuck Your Used Car?
Posted: Saturday, October 1st, 2011
"There comes a time when it's time to cut your losses. When it no longer makes economic sense to pay for new repairs to an old car. The hard part is knowing when that time has come."
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The Persecution of Jeremy Hill
Posted: Saturday, October 1st, 2011
"After killing the bear that had invaded his property and endangered his family, Hill contacted the local office of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Two officers were dispatched to examine the bear's remains, and they certified what should be obvious to people whose minds aren't cankered with eco-collectivist cant: Hill's actions were entirely justified and more than a little courageous."
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White House Announces Unilateral Move on Amnesty
Posted: Thursday, September 29th, 2011
"An immigration reform organization says President Barack Obama has bypassed Congress to effectively give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens in the United States."
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Why Does the US have an Energy Policy?
Posted: Thursday, September 29th, 2011
"The president has also called for a one-third cut in oil imports by 2025, wider use of natural gas, incentives to use natural gas to fuel fleets of vehicles such as city buses, greater production of biofuels, the establishment of four commercial scale refineries producing cellulosic ethanol or advanced biofuels within the next two years."
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Stay Away from Chemotherapy and Radiation
Posted: Thursday, September 29th, 2011
"What are results of chemotherapy drugs? Associate Professor Graeme Morgan of Australia was the lead researcher on an article titled "The contribution of cytotoxic chemotherapy to 5 year survival n adult malignancies". This research showed that chemotherapy improved 5 year survival by less than 3% in adults with cancer."
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National Study Finds That Federal Funding Can Hinder Operations at DPI
Posted: Monday, September 26th, 2011
"One of the more interesting findings of the study suggests that federal funding can restrict the efficiency of SEAs. This has been especially relevant as Race to the Top heads towards its third round in late 2011."
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North Dakota's Economy Booms
Posted: Saturday, September 24th, 2011
"The Bakken Formation is an oil shale deposit located two miles below ground, and reaches from western North Dakota into eastern Montana and up into Saskatchewan, Canada. It could be the largest domestic oil discovery in 40 years."
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Closing Union Cash-Flow Has National Implications
Posted: Friday, September 23rd, 2011
"Wisconsin is the 16th most unionized state in the country with 355,000 workers, 14.2 percent of total employed, belonging to unions. Of these, nearly half, more than 175,000, are government workers. Nationally, there are more government workers in unions than private-sector workers."
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The Danger of Local Government Committees
Posted: Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
"Just exactly what is a council? The Russian term for council is soviet. In the Council Union (the Soviet Union), rules were laid down by local soviets, regional soviets, and the national soviet. Notice there is no mention of a state council. "
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A Day on the River
Posted: Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
"After pre-arranged vehicle shuttling, we donned our life jackets and put in at the boat ramp at Eleven Mile, so named because it is that distance upriver from town. There were six of us: Me, Sharon, Tawna, Anita, Barbara and Chuck, all outdoors-loving Boomers."
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Who Wants to Live Forever?
Posted: Thursday, September 15th, 2011
"After watching the first cut of Highlander, a 1986 movie about battling immortals, the rock group Queen produced a single titled 'Who Wants to Live Forever.' One might be tempted to respond by asking 'Who wouldn't?'"
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Hunting Prep in the Offseason
Posted: Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
"The offseason is a great time to sharpen your hunting skills in general. In this article, I will suggest some ways to help you get not only hold on to the skills that you have but also improve upon them. This will be a definite advantage when the hunting season kicks off."
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Return of the Beetle - Mark I
Posted: Friday, September 9th, 2011
"Wait and see. New cars are going to become much more expensive to buy in the next few years, both as a result of inflation but also as a result of the latest slew of edicts from Washington - especially the just-passed 56 MPG 'fleet average' fuel economy requirement."
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Kids Need to Pay Attention, Respect Authority
Posted: Friday, September 9th, 2011
"By the time a child is three years old, he ought to be paying more attention to his parents than his parents are paying to him. That's, today, a radical idea," says John Rosemond.
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Higher "Ed" Could be Next Bubble to Burst
Posted: Monday, September 5th, 2011
"Titled 'Student Lending's Failing Grade' the report appeared in the Moody's Analytics publication for July, 2011. It notes that dollar balances on student loans have increased by double-digit rates in the past decade and the number of loans has continued to increase in recent years as more people have been seeking education and training in a declining job market."
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Models Show 'Global-Warming Crisis' not Really Coming
Posted: Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
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Shooting Advice
Posted: Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If you have a gun, what do you have to be paranoid for?"
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Why Is the Economy Failing?
Posted: Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
"Keynes warned that terrible hatreds would be unleashed against "profiteers" who enriched themselves through inflation as the middle class was wiped out. And he pointed with alarm to Germany, where the mark had lost most of its international value."
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Models Show 'Global-Warming Crisis' not Really Coming
Posted: Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
"Real-world temperature data shows that temperatures have not warmed as rapidly as the computer models predicated," he explains. "And now we're getting a better explanation as to why, and we're seeing from the satellite data that more heat is escaping into space than the computer models predict."
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Violence Against Women Act Must Be Rewritten
Posted: Friday, August 26th, 2011
"For 30 years, the feminists have been pretending that their goal is to abolish all sex discrimination, eliminating all gender differences no matter how reasonable. When it comes to domestic violence, however, feminist dogma preaches that there is an innate gender difference: Men are naturally batterers, and women are naturally victims (i.e., gender profiling)."
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The Driver's License: Is It Necessary?
Posted: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
"Which should it be - a federally-mandated document that uniquely identifies its holder and is necessary to provide the right to drive, to fly, and to participate in various governmental programs, or an extraneous card that serves no useful purpose in a society where individuals have the right to travel without restrictions?"
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Matt Drudge: An American Pioneer
Posted: Saturday, August 20th, 2011
"The Drudge Report headlines alone are the best in the business and outwit all of its competitors, not to mention the selected pictures that accompany the story. And when there is breaking news, Drudge turns on the siren. Unlike CNN and Fox News, Drudge uses his 'breaking news' type of alerts very sparingly."
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Letter to the Editor - Frog Soup to Die For
Posted: Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
"When the frog complains that space in the pot is confining and he wants to return to the freedom of the lake, protest his ingratitude for the pot you provided to stop the exploitation of the environment by big frog populations. Tell him to compromise and accept this cleaner, smarter, more efficient environment."
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Is it the Government's Job to Provide Jobs?
Posted: Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
"Government involvement in the getting or creating of a means for jobs results in inflation, price fixing, poor production and a host of other verifiable weaknesses. The only thing left to support this thinking that the state should provide jobs is sympathy. "
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The Value of an Orderly Life
Posted: Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
"Every avenue of our lives involves order. Shall I come to the point? It is my observation and personal experience that the ordering up of things in life or the lack of ordering it up is a chief means of happiness and peace versus discontent and anxiety! I cannot tell you how big it is. Much of our anxiety and discontent stems directly from the lack of an orderly life."
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers under Attack!
Posted: Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
"These centers are staffed by brave workers and an army of volunteers who are committed to counsel women against killing their unborn babies. The ultrasound images have been massively important in this counseling process. Once the woman sees the unborn life within her, the chances of that baby surviving to live birth are tremendously enhanced."
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The Race Is On!
Posted: Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
At the debate, every Republican onstage raised his or her hand when asked whether he or she would reject a budget deal in which $10 in spending cuts were offered for every dollar in higher taxes.
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The Rise of Dearbornistan
Posted: Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
"This year's was the sixteenth annual staging of the event, which is sponsored by the American Arab Chamber of Commerce. At last year's festival, the Dearborn police arrested several Christian evangelists for the crime of distributing literature encouraging Muslims to convert."
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The Law of Sacrifice
Posted: Thursday, August 11th, 2011
"The things the other kids weren't doing were drills like "The Gauntlet," in which Jimmer would dribble down a pitch dark hallway at church, as his friends jumped out of classrooms in an attempt to throw him off his game. He also played pick-up games at the local prison, where he learned not to be intimidated by trash talk and extremely tough play."
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Licenses Are Not Good
Posted: Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
"But it's not just marriage licenses. Without a state-issued license, no one can practice medicine or law in any state. Contractors and barbers must also be licensed. No one can open a restaurant without getting a license. And even then, a separate liquor license must be obtained to serve alcoholic beverages. In my state of Florida, one cannot even fish in the Atlantic Ocean from the beach unless a shoreline license is obtained."
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Cities Now Abrogating Our Rights
Posted: Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
"The city council arbitrarily assumed for themselves the right to disband a citizens' group, The Gould Citizens' Advisory Commission [GCAC], of which Mayor Ernest Nash is a member. In addition, the ordinance banned the formation of any new organizations of any type within the city-even ad hoc groups of private citizens who choose to meet informally in private homes."
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Environmentalists Halt Plans for New Coal Mine Near Birmingham
Posted: Friday, August 5th, 2011
"I got a permit to open up an underground coal mine that would employ probably 125 people. They'd be paid wages from $50,000 to $150,000 a year. We would consume probably $50 million to $60 million in consumables a year, putting more men to work."
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Tea Party Forces Gov't's Hand
Posted: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
"The tea partiers need to be more radical. They have missed too many opportunities to advance their cause."
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The Over-Involved Parent
Posted: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
"Above all else, let me encourage you to maintain a strong relationship with your teen. It doesn't mean hovering over them and controlling them, nor does it mean it's time for you to hang up the parenting hat and retire. It means intentionally having fun together and getting to know the adult that is growing within them. It means being a head coach, encourager and sometimes a cop and judge, but never a nanny or their shadow."
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Town Clerk in N.Y. State Forced to Resign Over Same-Sex Marriage Law
Posted: Monday, August 1st, 2011
"Ultimate determination should be made by the people, he argued. "The people of New York want to vote on this issue," he said. "They don't believe the process was either transparent or fair, and it basically stole the right of the people of New York to vote."
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What is a Constitutional Conservative?
Posted: Monday, August 1st, 2011
"That anyone would even want to return the federal government back to its constitutionally proper limits is what the Left will continue to consider "extreme." That much of what the Right promotes is equally outside constitutional boundaries will always inhibit its ability to be comprehensively conservative in a true constitutionalist sense. Republicans like Bachmann will no doubt be constitutional conservatives on occasion-but by default, not design. And for either Left or Right to concede in any manner that our nation's founding charter simply doesn't matter, is not only a permanent recipe for unlimited government-but negates the entire purpose of even having a Constitution in the first place."
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Rick Perry is Running
Posted: Thursday, July 28th, 2011
"Recently, I wrote about how someone not currently in the race for the Republican nomination who could beat Barack Obama in 2012 with one television ad campaign. That's Rick Perry, the governor of Texas."
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Joel Salatin: A Radical for Freedom: A "Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist farmer"
Posted: Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
"One great thing was listening to Salatin overtly school the lefties who demand the freedom to farm, eat, and transact with customers without understanding the role of government in taking away their freedom to act and choose while enabling the Big Food-Big Agra, subsidized industrial food supply that desires to crush independent food producers. How refreshing it was to see people not caring about some dilapidated Hollywood star, an NBA hoodlum, or some perverse rock star, and instead pay homage to a principled, moral man who publicly takes on the government and its criminal agencies and keeps none of his battles a secret. In between running a massive farm operation and teaching the next generation of food freedomists, he writes and speaks about the criminality of government and its role in usurping the free lives of Americans. Salatin is truly a great and heroic man."
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Another Failed Attempt to Make Genderless Kids
Posted: Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
"The director of Egalia stated, "What matters is that children understand that their biological differences don't mean boys and girls have different interests and abilities. This is about democracy. About human equality." Both the Bible, and science, declare decisively that she is wrong. (several quotes taken from "Gender Differences Are Real" by Frank York)."
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Keeping the Final Space Shuttle Mission in Perspective
Posted: Monday, July 25th, 2011
"Since the end of the Apollo program, NASA has lacked a destination; like any federal bureaucracy, many within it appear to be content for literally "going around in circles." The response of many advocates of human space flight has been to favor giving NASA a goal."
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Grilling the Perfect Steak
Posted: Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
"One of the closest links between man and beast is our love for meat. But what should separate us from mere animals is the manner in which that meat is cooked. Sadly, just because you're human doesn't mean you're eating your meat any better than a beast."
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Tax Code Creates Tax Evasion
Posted: Friday, July 22nd, 2011
"The root cause of our elaborate, confusing, costly, maddening, and unfair tax system-and of the tax gap-is our delusional belief that we are entitled to a free lunch and our morally bankrupt insistence that government subsidize our lifestyles with wealth from others. Until we correct those errors and quit worshiping at the altar of Big Government, the tax gap will not go away."
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Atlanta School Caught Cheating
Posted: Thursday, July 21st, 2011
"The students themselves are hurt most by this deception. They were given the false idea that they were or are being prepared for the demands of society. How will these teachers and administrators ever look them in the face with a clear conscience?"
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A Nation of Enablers
Posted: Thursday, July 21st, 2011
"Enabling and self-destruction, whether on a very personal level or on a much broader scale, the two always go hand in hand."
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Do We Need Patents and Copyrights?
Posted: Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
"Jones invents (and patents) the wheelbarrow and uses it on his land. He intends to produce this great new device and sell it to a world that eagerly awaits it. Smith lawfully walks by Jones's property and watches him using the wheelbarrow, realizing this is something no one has ever seen before. If Smith goes home and, using her own materials and labor, makes a wheelbarrow from the mental image stored in her mind, what has she taken from Jones?"
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Cancer Industry Opposes Successful Alternative Treatment
Posted: Saturday, July 16th, 2011
"Today, Dr. Burzynski's battles continue - trying to bring his medicine to the international market is tough with the overpowering bureaucracy and the trillion-dollar cancer industry fighting it every step along the way. But for now, it appears that he won't be risking several lifetimes in prison just for operating his business and providing his medicine to willing patients."
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Making the Choice to Be Wealthy
Posted: Thursday, July 14th, 2011
"True wealth is as much about the feeling of having enough as it is about having a big pile of money in the bank. Banks, as we all know, can go under overnight, and the fiat currencies of this world aren't going to last forever. The feeling of abundance, on the other hand, is something that is within your power to create in your own life. You can give yourself the gift of wealth."
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Should Public Schools Teach the Bible or the Koran?
Posted: Thursday, July 14th, 2011
"Students are in public schools because the law forces them to be there. Thus, there is something unseemly about forcing children to attend a government institution, day after day for 12 years, where they receive some sort of religious indoctrination. But which religion should be advanced in public schools?"
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McDonald's: A Continuing Example of Success
Posted: Friday, July 8th, 2011
"McDonald's appears to be responsible for more than half the new jobs being created right now: its April jobs fair added 30,000 people to its payrolls. It has bucked the trend - a bit like swimming against the tide."
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Steve Jobs Tells City Council "No!"
Posted: Thursday, July 7th, 2011
"Jobs displayed a project that any city would love to have. The park-like campus increases the landscaping at the location by 350 percent, almost doubles the trees on the site, and reduces the surface parking by 90 percent. After his presentation of the stunning project, the very first question from the very first council member was, 'What's in it for us?'"
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"A Republic, If You Can Keep It"
Posted: Thursday, July 7th, 2011
"A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are so willing to blithely put such an enormous and dangerous arbitrary power in the hands of politicians -- risking their own freedom, in hopes of getting what someone else has -- is a painful sign of how far many citizens and voters fall short of what is needed to preserve a democratic republic."
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Yucca Mountain: Where Doing Nothing Costs a Fortune
Posted: Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
"The Yucca Mountain saga is a microcosm of a central flaw in our current government: it postures as a champion of "science" and claims its intelligence is superior to the free market in a thousand different ways, but its decisions always boil down to squalid little political struggles."
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Montanans Say Fight over Gun Law to Determine Washington's 'Powers'
Posted: Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
"Montanans protecting their state's Firearms Freedom Act have filed a brief with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals asking whether the judges there will choose a "tyrannical" Washington or a federal government restrained by the Constitution."
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The Fourth of July: Why Bother?
Posted: Monday, July 4th, 2011
"The Fourth of July is weeks away now - but what are we celebrating, really? Independence from Great Britain? Ok, that I'll buy. But the Fourth is also taken as a symbol of "our freedoms." Well, let's look at that for a moment - and consider the freedoms we don't have anymore:"
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Five Things to Consider Before Buying a Car
Posted: Friday, July 1st, 2011
"Never buy a car on looks alone. A pretty shell may hide a rough ride - or seats that make your back ache after 15 minutes of driving. Just as you'd (hopefully) take a wider view about the person you might want to marry, take the time to consider the whole package before deciding whether to buy that four-wheeled-honey. If not, the morning after could be a rude awakening! Here are a few things to put on your pre-buy checklist:"
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Should the Government Force Us to Eat Local Organic Food (Instead of Corn-Based Fast Food)?
Posted: Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
"The entire French-fry-industrial complex is working its shadowy marketing magic, cunningly seducing us out of a responsible diet. Giga-gallons of irresistible soda, laced with high fructose corn syrup, are washing down scads of industrial corn-fed meat tainted with the sweat of exploited labor."
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The Obama Campaign Team's Electoral College Obsession
Posted: Saturday, June 25th, 2011
"The Obama campaign team is not waiting around for an opponent to be nominated. They are hoping to have raised $60 million by the end of June, and are providing early signals on the states where they think the 2012 contest will be decided."
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Government Red Tape Kills
Posted: Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
"How bad can it get? After Raymond Zack drowned before dozens of witnesses, police and firefighters wouldn't even retrieve his body. They dispatched a 20-year-old civilian woman to do the job."
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Judge: "You don't spank children. You understand?"
Posted: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
"In Corpus Christi Texas, Rosalina Gonzales, mother of three, had her children taken away by the State for a conviction of child abuse after spanking here child. The decision by the judge is contrary to what the Bible teaches and Christians practice."
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The Tragedy of Immigration Enforcement
Posted: Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
"The Obama administration is using illegal immigration as the excuse to achieve the socialist dream of bringing employer-employee relations entirely under government purview."
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Fed Insider Herman Cain Announces 2012 Bid
Posted: Saturday, June 18th, 2011
"The Associated Press called Cain's campaign a "long-shot." And according to data released by the polling outfit Gallup last week, less than 30 percent of Republicans even know who he is. But among those who do know him, the poll showed he was popular."
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Establishing Family Rules
Posted: Friday, June 17th, 2011
"I think rules are really important, but the relationship you have with your child is even more important. Take the time to involve them and help them take ownership of the rules. I think you'll find the fights decreasing and the relationships and harmony in your home increasing. It's worth the effort!"
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Letter to the Editor - Judge Sumi Appears to have Exceeded Her Authority
Posted: Thursday, June 16th, 2011
"Judge Sumi's apparent partisan decision to block publication and enactment of the act raises concerns, and her ruling should be called into question. In addition, there is an apparent conflict of interest involving her son's activities with unions."
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Natural Remedies for Sunburn
Posted: Thursday, June 16th, 2011
"When sunburn does occur, nature offers us many cooling, soothing remedies to take the sting and bite out of a red sunburn."
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Increasing Police Power Warrants Scrutiny
Posted: Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
"How 'secure' do our homes remain if police, armed with no warrant, can pound on doors at will and, on hearing sounds indicative of things moving, forcibly enter and search for evidence of unlawful activity?"- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
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Role Reversal: Mom and Dad Moving In With You
Posted: Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
"Will it be hard? Definitely. Will it entail a lot of responsibility? Assuredly. Will it be worth the price? Yes. After all, those were the same questions they asked before you were brought into the world."
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NRA Sells Out 2nd Amendment on Patriot Act
Posted: Saturday, June 11th, 2011
"The FBI and the federal government's Joint Terrorism Task Force have already begun trolling the records of law-abiding gun owners, using the excuse of terrorism surveillance."
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Shut 'er Down!
Posted: Friday, June 10th, 2011
"Debt ceiling or no debt ceiling, deficit or no deficit - all of these unconstitutional departments, agencies, boards, commissions, authorities, bureaus, divisions, services, administrations, and programs should be shut down."
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The Global Energy Superpower
Posted: Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
"Will it be hard? Definitely. Will it entail a lot of responsibility? Assuredly. Will it be worth the price? Yes. After all, those were the same questions they asked before you were brought into the world."
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In Defense of Liberty - Daily News - 6/06/2011
Posted: Monday, June 6th, 2011
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In Defense of Liberty - Daily News - 6/03/2011
Posted: Monday, June 6th, 2011
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The 7 Greatest Scientific Achievements of The Last 50 Years
Posted: Sunday, June 5th, 2011
"In the 1870's, we had the first house that was lighted with electricity. Cars just started to become available 100 years ago. Charles Lindbergh made the first transatlantic flight in 1927. Televisions didn't become widely available until after WWII. In other words, the advances humankind has made in a relatively short period of time."
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Does Gas-Drilling Harm Our Water?
Posted: Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
"I just learned I'm going to save money! My apartment building in New York will switch from heating oil to cleaner natural gas. Gas is much cheaper than oil now because energy companies found ways to get more of it out of the ground."
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Safer Is Not Always Better
Posted: Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The effect of being over-safe is that it costs money.
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Eliminating Welfare Will Not Kill Us
Posted: Monday, May 30th, 2011
"Entitlement" is just a fancy word for dependency."
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What Does a Trillion Dollars Look Like?
Posted: Monday, May 30th, 2011
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Obamacare Cheerleader AARP Receives Waiver
Posted: Friday, May 27th, 2011
"AARP was a prominent and vocal supporter of the unpopular overhaul, stubbornly insisting that seniors would benefit from the law's provisions, despite strenuous objections from its members."
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Why Are Our Prices Rising?
Posted: Thursday, May 26th, 2011
"Far be it from me, as an economist, to downplay the importance of supply and demand in determining prices. Certainly supply and demand have been pushing food and fuel prices higher. But those factors don't account for all of the increases."
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1,000 Marbles, A Little Something about Precious Time
Posted: Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
"So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round-up 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic container right here in the shack next to my gear. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away."
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Navy Chaplains Can Perform Same-Sex Marriage Ceremonies
Posted: Monday, May 23rd, 2011
"Chaplains in the U.S. Navy will be able to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies under the new military policy permitting openly homosexual individuals to serve in the armed forces. According to the Associated Press, Navy officials explained that they had updated chaplain training 'after questions came up about civil ceremonies for gay couples.' The move comes as the Department of Defense prepares to complete the dismantling of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' prohibition against homosexuals serving in the U.S. military."
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Nuclear Energy: The Only Viable Choice
Posted: Friday, May 20th, 2011
"Unless we wish to quickly enter the twilight years of the economic prosperity and living standards of the 16th century, we will be entirely dependent on such pedestrian energy sources as 'dirty' coal and foreign oil. New domestic nuclear energy sources are now on hold and will remain so until we are so desperate because those pesky foreigners, who detest us, cut off their supply, or charge so much we enter bankruptcy more quickly than predictions would indicate."
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In Defense of Liberty - Daily News - 5/19
Posted: Thursday, May 19th, 2011
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In Defense of Liberty - Daily News - 5/16
Posted: Monday, May 16th, 2011
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Progressive Media and the War on the Unborn
Posted: Saturday, May 14th, 2011
"What drives a left-wing blogger to mock a little boy with a disability? Is it just hatred for Sarah Palin, a pro-life mother who exposes what is at stake in the battle over the 'right to choose?' Or is it that a mother would bring a child with Down syndrome into the world?"
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Obama's Broken Guantanamo Promise
Posted: Saturday, May 14th, 2011
"After years in custody hundreds of men whom the Bush administration had branded as the monsters were released, indicating they were no threat at all. For this reason Guantánamo is an international symbol of American criminality."
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Most Ridiculous Lawsuit of the Month - The 'Deep Pockets' Edition
Posted: Saturday, May 14th, 2011
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Slacker Moms
Posted: Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
"Moms, here's an assignment for you. Think about what you want your children to be like in their 20s or 30s. Do you want them to dress like skanks, procreate unthinkingly, have a mouth like a sailor and be unemployable because of their snarky attitude? Or do you want them to dress neatly, wait until marriage to have kids, speak politely and impress prospective employers with their respectful stance and high work ethic?"
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Why Are Dangerous Sex Predators Let out of Prison?
Posted: Thursday, April 28th, 2011
"As the details unfolded there were things that just seemed bizarre and most suspicious about this guy and case. In the first place Reza told me Burgess was poor and lived off others. He was also a thief. How is it that when he was named a suspect regarding the disappearance of Donna, and his bail was set at $250,000, it was paid?"
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SpaceX Plans Largest Rocket Since Moon Program
Posted: Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
"NASA is certainly among the most significant customers for SpaceX, but it is not the only customer. With SpaceX promising to reduce the cost of moving payloads to orbit - and beyond - the company's successful development of vehicle such as the Falcon Heavy offers prospects for an expanded role for private companies in space. The vision of SpaceX president Elon Musk is to break through the price barriers which currently limit access to space to a few governments and multinational corporations."
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Tea Party or Republican Party?
Posted: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
"Right here in my home State of Montana, voters overwhelmingly threw the liberal Democrats out of both State houses and replaced them with Republicans who campaigned on strong conservative rhetoric. But what has happened since? Neocon Republicans in leadership positions squashed the best legislation and bullied compromised, big-government legislation through both chambers."
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The County Sheriff: America's Last Hope
Posted: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
"The very essence of tyranny is defined by the blind enforcement of stupid and unconstitutional laws. Sheriffs aren't puppets for the courts or legislatures! To go along with laws that we know, or should know are wrong; protects and serves no one."
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Medicaid not Helping Anyone
Posted: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
"Dr. Eck points out that Medicaid attracts scoundrels by offering federally-qualified clinics $650,000 in start-up money, along with enhanced Medicaid payments and free medical malpractice coverage from the federal government. That competes with local physicians, who ironically must pay the taxes to fund them."
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Bachmann: Obama Has Neglected to Prove Eligibility
Posted: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
"Bachmann, who is considering her own run for president next year, said, 'One thing I know is that people have weighed President Obama in the balance, and he's been found wanting. I think we have a real opportunity to win back the White House. And it's not about again a political party winning, it's about taking the country back. That's the bigger issue, and I really think it's going to happen in 2012.'"
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Five Must-Do Summer Checks for Your Car
Posted: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
"People know about keeping track of tread depth but sometimes forget to examine their vehicle's tires for signs of physical damage - such as bulges on the sidewall or rips/tears - things that can be caused by hitting a bad pothole or bumping up against a curb. Such damage often happens during the winter months - but isn't noticed because it's just too cold outside to get on your hands and knees and take a close look at each tire."
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Gun Owners Have a Right to Privacy
Posted: Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
If you own a gun in Illinois, take precautions. The state attorney general, Lisa Madigan, wants to release the names of guns owners in response to an Associated Press request. Publication of that list would tell the criminal class where the guns are, which could be useful to two different sorts of lawbreakers: gun thieves who want to know where the guns are and burglars who want to know where they are not.
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The Left Is Goin' After Our Children
Posted: Friday, April 15th, 2011
"Kristen wrote a piece published in her school newspaper disagreeing with Michelle Obama. Kristen was called a racist. Her car was vandalized. The wrath of loyal Queen Obama supplicants, black students, parents and local church groups, came down hard on this child. Kristen was verbally and physically attacked. Folks, I'm talkin' serious. Kristen was even threatened with a knife. Still, Kristen remains bold and outspoken in her defense of conservatism."
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GOP to Increase Deficit
Posted: Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
"President Obama agreed with Boehner and Reid, telling the nation in a press conference: 'This is an agreement to invest in our country's future while making the largest annual spending cut in our history. Like any compromise, this required everyone to give ground on issues that were important to them. I certainly did. Some of the cuts we agreed to will be painful - programs people rely on will be cut back; needed infrastructure projects will be delayed. And I would not have made these cuts in better circumstances. But we also prevented this important debate from being overtaken by politics and unrelated disagreements on social issues. And beginning to live within our means is the only way to protect the investments that will help America compete for new jobs - investments in our kids' education and student loans; in clean energy and life-saving medical research.'"
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What Wisconsin's Judicial Election Means
Posted: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
"First, the machine of leftism, even operating in a structurally leftist state like Wisconsin, is a paper tiger. Unions long ruled Great Lakes states with an iron hand and a rubber truncheon. The well-paid army of union operatives, the dull armies of whipped members, and the timidity of possible opponents has meant that unions were able to drive the economy of the industrial heartland of the world's greatest economy into poverty and despair. This judicial election, however, dispels the notion of omnipotent unions. Voter turnout in these elections is ordinarily light. Incumbent judges seeking reelection do not have huge organizations and vast pots of campaign funds to support them. In this race, the leftist challenger Kloppenburg had all the advantages. She should have walked away with this race, but she did not. Even if Kloppenburg somehow 'discovers' her own trove of uncounted votes, the left will only win the battle and lose the war."
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Voting with Their Feet
Posted: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
"In general, people are voting with their feet against places where the liberal, welfare-state policies favored by the intelligentsia are most deeply entrenched."
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The Misplaced Aims of the Tiger Mother
Posted: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
"In her book, Chua begins by describing just how radical the Tiger Mother approach really is. With language calculated to reach the nerves of reading mothers, Chua announced that her daughters had never been on a sleepover, acted in a school play, gone on a playdate, watched television, played a video game, or received any grade lower than an A. They had also never been allowed to be anything less than the top student in anything other than gym and drama. And she means every word of this. What she presents is nothing less than a monomaniacal approach to mothering that is intended to produce superior progeny - and that means superior in terms of academic and artistic achievement."
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Diversity: A Racially Discriminatory Policy
Posted: Monday, April 11th, 2011
"While 13 percent of our population, blacks are 80 percent of professional basketball players and 65 percent of professional football players and are the highest paid players in both sports. By contrast, blacks are only 2 percent of NHL's professional ice hockey players. There is no racial diversity in basketball, football and ice hockey. They come nowhere close to 'looking like America.'"
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2010: Our National Fiscal Meltdown?
Posted: Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
We are at the proverbial crossroads. After two years of President Obama's reckless stewardship, this nation is in dire straits, and people are more informed and more alarmed.
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Surviving Ground Meat
Posted: Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
"To add insult to injury, or to add profits to the packers, the industry is now putting what was once dog food into people food. It's a new process called 'ADVANCED MEAT RECLAMATION.' It all began when Eldon Roth invented a process to remove every ounce of meat from the bone."
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Small Town Rejects Federal Interference, Declares Food Sovereignty
Posted: Friday, April 1st, 2011
"The town ordinance codifies the way that people have been doing food business for a very long time. The direct relationship creates transparency and accountability and all the things you need to ensure a safe food system, and it's been the way things have operated. The certifications of home kitchens, the trend toward licensing and bureaucracy has really put a damper on small cottage industries and small farm businesses, and I think this is going to have the opposite effect."
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Do Walker's Cuts Go Far Enough?
Posted: Thursday, March 31st, 2011
"Governor Walker may exhibit fiscal wisdom, but his extolling of the wonders of government in his address reveals his semi-socialist thinking. His budget is more like nanny-state 'light' - less deficits, but the same government welfare. The governor intends to give the current Medicaid crisis 'a serious and long-term solution.' He still believes the government has a role in helping 'our most vulnerable' instead of their families and neighbors, and that the government can provide a 'transition from the safety net that these programs provide to gainful employment.'"
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Democrat Misuses Bible to Promote Welfare
Posted: Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
"If only people like Wallis would actually read the Word without inserting their own human biases and prejudices into its interpretation, they would quickly grasp that the Bible is an economics text much at odds with their socialist, humanist worldview. It's a book that extols private property. It's a book that warns about the nature of government to steal from the people. It's a book that tells people to put their faith in God, not government. It's a book that teaches self-reliance and individual stewardship, not collectivism."
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Federal Education Spending Has Failed
Posted: Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
"Obama wants to put more money into the notoriously useless program called Head Start, and he increased its annual funding in 2009 by nearly $3 billion. U.S. taxpayers have given Head Start $166 billion of taxpayers' money since 1965 despite many studies proving that it was mostly wasted, did not give poor kids a head start and any gains made while kids were in Head Start disappeared within a couple of years."
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US Justice Department Logic: Bernanke is a Domestic Terrorist
Posted: Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
"'Attempts to undermine the legitimate currency of this country are simply a unique form of domestic terrorism. While these forms of anti-government activities do not involve violence, they are every bit as insidious and represent a clear and present danger to the economic stability of this country.' These remarks were released by the US Attorney's office in the western district of North Carolina following the conviction of one Bernard von NotHaus, the creator of the ill-fated Liberty Dollar."
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States Have no Business Running Schools: Free the Children, Cut the Budget
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
"Will School be separated from State any time soon? Unlikely. The public-school industry, including the unions and all the vendors selling things to school districts, is big, rich, and powerful. The education-industrial complex surely rivals the military-industrial complex in its capacity to consume tax revenues."
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Two Brief Refreshing American Tales
Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
"What is so refreshingly American about Susie is her lack of an entitlement mindset. She simply works hard and does what needs to be done. Also, Susie does not appear to carry around any negative baggage; the "I'm a victim of racist America" idea."
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Last Known American World War 1 Vet Dead at 110
Posted: Friday, March 18th, 2011
"'I went to the state fair up in Wichita, Kansas, and while there, went to the recruiting station for the Marine Corps,' Frank Buckles told the AP in 2007. 'The nice Marine sergeant said I was too young when I gave my age as 18, said I had to be 21.' A week later, Buckles returned to tell the Marine recruiter he was 21, only to be informed that he wasn't heavy enough."
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Medical Fraud in Wisconsin - In the Service of Government Teachers
Posted: Friday, March 18th, 2011
Christian Hartsock, said: "I asked this doctor what he was doing and he told me they were handing out excuses to people who were feeling sick due to emotional, mental or financial distress. They never performed an exam - he asked me how I was feeling today and I said, 'I'm from California and I'm not used to the cold,' so he handed me a note.
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Republicans May Take the U.S. Senate in 2012
Posted: Friday, March 18th, 2011
" Yet in plenty of elections, public passions have kept the saucer as hot as the tea. Look no further than the 2010 midterms, when Republicans regained Senate seats in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Next year, Democrats must defend 23 Senate seats, including two held by independents who caucus with them; Republicans, 10 -- mostly in ruby-red Southern, Midwestern and Mountain states."
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Seniors Need to Correct the Mess They Made
Posted: Friday, March 18th, 2011
You say, "OK, Williams, what would be your rule for getting our fiscal house in order?" We need a rule that combines our Constitution with simple morality and plain common sense. I think it immoral for Congress to forcibly take one American's earnings and give them to another American to whom they do not belong.
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Letter to the Editor - Democrat Senators Betrayed Our Trust
Posted: Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
"Legislators must address both sides of an issue rather than advocate only for those who make major contributions to the candidate's campaign. For example: the AWOL Democrats should explain why citizens who have no health care or retirement plans are being asked to pay the entire cost of the retirement plan and most of the healthcare plan for union workers."
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Time for War Against Democrats' Fiscal Sabotage
Posted: Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
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The Generation that Will End Abortion
Posted: Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
"So what convinces me that we are arriving at our most recent point of deliverance? Several factors do. First, we are finally beginning to address the real issue of whether the infant in the womb is human or not. This has always been the only question that matters."
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Are Your Children Accessing Porn in Your Home?
Posted: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
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Loughner Needs to be Executed
Posted: Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
On Feb. 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara, delusional and a loner, "fired" his .32-caliber pistol at FDR in the Bayfront Park area of Miami.
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Mainstreaming Bicycles
Posted: Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
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Comparing U.S. Students to Other Students
Posted: Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Every three years tests are given in reading, math and science skills to 15-year-olds in developing and developed countries. The results may suprise you.
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What Do Men Want?
Posted: Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
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USA Headlines
Posted: Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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Common Objections to Homeschooling
Posted: Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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Medal of Honor Recipient Dies at 100
Posted: Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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Getting Boys to Read
Posted: Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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The Selfishness of the Intentionally Childless
Posted: Monday, September 27th, 2010
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Republican Establishment: Not Ready to Rule
Posted: Monday, September 27th, 2010
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Liberal Extremism Will Cost Democrats the Election
Posted: Monday, September 27th, 2010
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Why Is Official English Necessary?
Posted: Monday, September 27th, 2010
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Silencing the Internet
Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2010
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Millions of Children won't be Getting on Buses this Fall
Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2010
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Livable Communities or Death Traps?
Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2010
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Washington's Idea of Fiscal Restraint
Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2010
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S.510 Could Kill the Real Food Movement
Posted: Monday, September 13th, 2010
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Spur
Posted: Friday, September 3rd, 2010
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Conservatives, Homosexuality and Compromise
Posted: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
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Obama's Ramadan Blessing
Posted: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
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Government Oppression is a Reality
Posted: Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
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Marriage and the Constitution
Posted: Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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Putting Government First
Posted: Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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Signs of a Stroke Occurring
Posted: Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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The National Education Association's Latest Shenanigans
Posted: Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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Starting Your Armory
Posted: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
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The USS Reagan
Posted: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
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The Insanity of Some Laws
Posted: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
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Possible Dangers of Organ Donation Robbing You Blind Alive And Dead
Posted: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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The Founders' Vision Versus Ours
Posted: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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The Left's Total Moral Bankruptcy
Posted: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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Possible Racial Profiling Lawsuit Against AZ
Posted: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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In Praise of Lard
Posted: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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Abortion's Fundamental Deception
Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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NRA Bails on Constitution to Pursue Self-interest
Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Head Start Program: Fraudulent and Ineffective
Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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USA Headlines
Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Keeping the Republic
Posted: Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Why is the Left Criticizing Obama?
Posted: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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Licensing Journalists is a Dangerous Trend
Posted: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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How to End the IRS
Posted: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
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Why Morals Should Matter To 'Conservatives'
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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Cottage Industry Revolutionizes Classic Musical Instrument
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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Fight Bigotry Without Government
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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New Developments Against A.C.L.U to Save Veterans Memorials
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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Environmentalists with Oil on Their Hands
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell and Ron Paul Analyzed
Posted: Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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A Political Insurrection Has Begun
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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May Day for Illegals
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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Elena Kagan Wants to Imposer Her Values on Your Speech
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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Birth Control Pill Creates Two Legacies
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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Suit Filed Against Obama's Compulsory Health Care Bill
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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Thank God For Freedom of Religion in America
Posted: Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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The Birth of Gun Control
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Ancient Map Disproves Global Warming
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Were American Indians Really Environmentalists?
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Democrats 'Rigging' Puerto Rico Path to Statehood?
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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English: The Glue of Our Nation
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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In Honor Of Those Who Fought In Vietnam
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Montana to Feds: Hands Off Our Rights
Posted: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
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Obama's Born-in-USA Mandate
Posted: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
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USA Mini News Feed
Posted: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
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New Tribe Rising?
Posted: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
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New Tribe Rising?
Posted: Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
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USA News
Posted: Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
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Land of the Free?
Posted: Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
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Entitlement Rip-Off
Posted: Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
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We Don't Need No State Education
Posted: Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
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Nationalized Health Care and Economic Fallacy
Posted: Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
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The "Watchful Eye" Fallacy: Government Regulators Can't Rise Above the Human Limitations that Apply to Everyone Else
Posted: Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
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You Can Buy A Car That Can Fly!
Posted: Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
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Health Care is NOT a Right
Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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The War on Terror Is Anti-Conservative
Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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The Truth About Abortion
Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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Should the Christian Right Support Ron Paul?
Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
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The Fallacy of Hate Crime Laws
Posted: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
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Worse Times Ahead - The Results of Government Intervention
Posted: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
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