Child Rape Deserves the Ultimate Punishment by Michael Reagan Child rape is an unforgivable offense and should be severely punished. It should be a capital crime. Unfortunately and unwisely, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008 struck down a Louisiana law that provided for the death penalty in cases of child rape. Part of the court’s rationale was that only a few states had such laws at the time, and they saw no national consensus even though there were several proposed laws in additional states...

Rick McKee, The Augusta Chronicle Turkey Holocaust Day, 2011 Raging Moderate, by Will Durst Let me be among the first 40-foot, helium-filled balloons to kick-start our national parade of giving thanks. That’s right, we’re just about to butt heads with Turkey Holocaust Day, and to be perfectly honest, it’s about time. A little tryptophan poisoning might be the perfect prescription for these trying times. Doubly comforting because this particular holiday isn’t about greasing...

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Crazy, Lazy Politics by Peter Funt First, President Obama accused Americans of being “soft.” Then, he said we’re “lazy.” How dare he! If you’re a undisciplined campaigner who’s willing to take unrelated quotes out of context and combine them in one thoroughly bastardized attack, you come up with: President Obama thinks we’re all soft and lazy! On the GOP campaign circuit, “lazy” and “soft” have quickly become the go-to words...

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Israel is moving — inexorably — towards a confrontation with Iran. As Tom Walkom points out in today’s Toronto Star, the Israelis do not necessarily believe that Iran will unleash a nuclear attack on their country. The result would surely be mutually asssured destruction. But the bomb is Israel’s trump card. The Israelis are: terrified that the loss of Israel’s nuclear monopoly in the Middle East would weaken its hand in its dealing with other enemies, a weakening...

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Don’t Be a Paterno: When a Child is Abused, Here’s What to Do by Michael Reagan Penn State football coach Joe Paterno released a statement on Wednesday in which he said, “With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.” How lame is that, Coach? Would you have accepted that excuse from one of your players? “With the benefit of hindsight, Coach, I wish I had run the route we rehearsed a thousand times in practice.” See how stupid that sounds? It doesn’t...

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Dancing with the GOP by Peter Funt If you’ve been sending money to Herman Cain to prop up his troubled campaign, please send some to Rick Perry so he stays in the race. Consider it a favor to all of us who are hopelessly hooked on “Dancing with the Real Candidates of the GOP,” otherwise known as the 2012 Republican presidential debates. No network programmer could have invented a TV series with such pop. There have already been 10 (!) of these nationally televised spectacles —...

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