Beck and Palin Search for Mythical ‘Paradise...
What is it that makes Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin so appealing to a certain segment of American society? According to this assessment...
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Gates Near Tears
The most moving moment in ending America’s combat mission in Iraq comes not from the President’s touch-all-the-bases Oval...
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Supreme Court – Not What You Think: Part III...
During the administration of Andrew Jackson the size of the Supreme Court had been increased from seven Justices to nine. In 1863 it...
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Conservatism’s False Dawn
You don’t have to be able to read tea leaves, examine entrails, or count the warts on a horny toad to know that conservatism is...
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The (Im)Possibilities of Reforming Conservatism
Blogger E.D. Kain’s “Up from Conservatism” post had me thinking about something that I’ve seen over the years....
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“We Could Not Have Known…”
Writing about the U.S. invasion of Iraq in The New York Times, John Burns asserts: [T]here were few, if any, who foresaw the extent...
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My Favorite Passages from the President’s Remarks ...
The President had plenty to say in the approximately 15 minutes he used to address the nation on the end of our combat mission in...
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Mullah Beck
A few months ago I described Glenn Beck as a modern day snake oil salesman. This weekend it appeared he is out to become the...
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Glenn Beck’s Day of Beckoning
Glenn Beck’s big “Restoring Honor” rally is over but the memories and the controversy linger on. Some say the rally...
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