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May.05.2013
When I was younger I fancied myself as a pretty good political debate person. The kind of person who would follow the strict guidelines of a political debate:
The topic is raised.
Make your statement that has been fact checked.
Person gives opposing statement that has also been fact checked...
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Feb.12.2013
For seven days I was off the grid. Actually I was paying by the minute to the lovely Holland America people trying to get on the grid while work-cruising with 4,400 Ladies of Olivia on their 40th anniversary sea bash. Whenever I did manage to check my email, I didn’t have the minutes to check...
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Nov.11.2012
One of the most frustrating parts of the past few months of presidential campaigning wasn't the name calling or friendships breaking up, but the constant blame game.
For the past four years, Obama has consistently blamed gridlock, transigent Republicans, and (mostly) President George W. Bush for...
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Aug.05.2012
Republicans keep telling us we’re being strangled by taxes, but the figures show otherwise. Bear with me. This isn’t hard to follow.
Check on the link at the bottom of this column and you will see a historical chart of federal...
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Jan.30.2012
Last week, prosecutors in a Camp Pendleton called for the maximum sentence for Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich, the Marine who gave the command, back in 2005, to slaughter 24 unarmed civilians in Haditha, Iraq. That sentence was 90 days.
Yes, that's right, thanks to a plea deal, the maximum...
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May.02.2011
The English language is under siege. When I was young there were rules that everyone understood, such as “i” before “e,” except after “c,” except for February, which has 28 days.
Not anymore. Nowadays anything goes. There is no one accepted grammatical structure. Case in point: the speech...
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Jan.03.2011
Savor the irony. Many of the same folks who called people "draft dodgers" back in the Vietnam War days of conscription are wannabe tax dodgers today.
Those who speak the loudest about deficit reduction are working the hardest to avert any reasonable attempt to lower federal debt if it...
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Nov.27.2010
George W. Bush memoir has sold 1.1 million copies
NEW YORK (AP) — George W. Bush has joined Bill Clinton and Barack Obama in an exclusive club: presidential authors who have sold at least a million copies of their books.
The Crown Publishing Group announced Wednesday that Bush's memoir,...
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Nov.15.2010
I don't know about you, but I sure feel a whole lot better now that a groundbreaking investigative journalist, Bob Woodward, can confirm rumors that Afghan leader, Hamid Karzai, suffers from manic-depression. But, how does one explain the erratic behavior of the stock market over the past nine...
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Jul.25.2010
If former White House lawyer and deputy assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush, John Yoo, were ever to decide to join the ranks of newfangled conservatives running for office he would be hard-pressed to hide the skeleton in his closet. Mr. Yoo, who now teaches international law...
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