November 20, 2009
I'm sure I would like Sarah Palin if I got the chance to meet her. We share many things in common. She is still married to her first spouse, as am I. She has a Down syndrome son. I have a brother with Down syndrome. We share the same faith and we bo...
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November 13, 2009
November 6, 2009
On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was pulled down to the consternation of leftists, who still had faith socialism could work with the right leaders, and to the delight of conservatives, who believed that socialism and communism guaranteed mutually sh...
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June 19, 2009
Not so long ago in a vastly different media environment there were such things as journalistic ethics. Reporters were prohibited from taking trips paid for by individuals or groups they might cover. They couldn't accept money for speeches. And they surely...
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June 12, 2009
A criticism heard during the early years of the Bush administration was that the media were "in the tank" for Bush, fearing to question his foreign and domestic policies in the aftermath of 9/11 because of his then-high approval numbers and conc...
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June 5, 2009
"See the USA in your Chevrolet America is asking you to call. Drive your Chevrolet through the USA America's the greatest land of all."
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May 29, 2009
In introducing his choice to replace Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court, President Obama touted Judge Sonia Sotomayor's biography. He noted her humble beginnings: She grew up in a housing project in the Bronx; a child of Puerto Rican parents......
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May 22, 2009
Things are not always as they appear in the Middle East. Appearances can also deceive whenever an Israeli prime minister and a U.S. president get together in Washington. During their two-hour meeting at the White House on Monday, it appeared as though Bar...
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May 8, 2009
Many have commented on the life and legacy of Jack Kemp — the former Buffalo, N.Y., congressman, former vice presidential candidate, former HUD secretary, former professional football star and a friend for life to all those who knew him.I knew Jack...
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May 1, 2009
The return of Sen. Arlen Specter to the Democratic Party (he flipped in 1965 from "Kennedy Democrat" to Republican) is something that should be celebrated by Republicans, at least those who are proud to call themselves conservatives. Specter is...
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April 24, 2009
Sen. John McCain's daughter and his presidential campaign manager think they've figured out why McCain lost the 2008 election and what Republicans must do to win in the future. They need to be more like Democrats. Steve Schmidt and Meghan McCain delivered...
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April 10, 2009
"Words must mean something," President Obama said in Prague last week in response to North Korea's missile launch. He was speaking about the numerous resolutions and condemnations of North Korea's actions over the years by the United Nations and...
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April 3, 2009
The plot of the 1956 cult classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" seems remarkably similar to the storyline of the Obama administration, which is invading corporate America. Unfortunately, the reality of the threat to American corporations is f...
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March 27, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted a "finding" to the White House Office of Management and Budget that will force the Obama administration to decide whether to limit greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. If adopted, ne...
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March 20, 2009
When politicians get on their high horses about something, it is almost certain that a considerable amount of horse manure will get spread around. Such is the case with the giant insurance firm American International Group, which was declared "too bi...
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March 6, 2009
Class warfare costs, but not the people at whom the rhetorical mortars are aimed. The drumbeat of anger by the many at the few who travel on private planes and live in big houses is having a negative effect on those who don’t. USA Today recently carried...
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February 27, 2009
After weeks of "talking down" the economy and concern among some of his supporters that his sobering prognosis for the nation's recovery might be affecting America's natural optimism, President Obama delivered a speech to Congress on Tuesday, parts of whi...
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February 20, 2009
General Motors made my first car. It was a 1955 two-tone Chevrolet with stick shift and black tires. It had an AM radio and air conditioning, if I hand-cranked the window down in summer. It came with bench seats, the better to have your date close to you.
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February 13, 2009
When President Obama visited Elkhart, Ind., on Monday to flog his economic stimulus plan (aka more government spending), he saw a struggling town in the midst of a relatively prosperous state. Had he taken the time to visit Indianapolis and meet with Repu...
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February 7, 2009
Had enough of Abraham Lincoln? Of course you haven't. In the bicentennial year of his birth, Lincoln is more interesting than ever. There are two Lincolns -- the one we studied in school, the one full of myths that we fashioned into the image we wanted hi...
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January 30, 2009
Like Linus van Pelt sitting alone in the pumpkin patch, George Mitchell, President Obama's special envoy to the Middle East, is in that dysfunctional region thinking that if he and the administration demonstrate enough sincerity, the diplomatic equivalent...
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January 23, 2009
"What does change mean?" asked Woodrow Wilson in his inaugural address. That is a question which will soon be answered by President Barack Obama. What surprised me most about Obama's speech was its lack of passion. It was lacking in the soaring oratory we...
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January 17, 2009
Welcome to Washington, soon to be "Mr. President." I know you've been here before for a short time as senator, but this is different. This is The Big Time, the world stage and you are the leading man.
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January 16, 2009
BATON ROUGE, La. -- As a practicing Roman Catholic, Louisiana's Republican governor, Bobby Jindal, knows a lot about repentance and penance. And in an interview last week at the governor's mansion, Jindal sounded a lot like a preacher listing the sins of...
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January 9, 2009
Entering the West Wing reception area for my last interview with President George W. Bush is a surreal experience. There is no one there, other than two Secret Service agents, a White House police officer and a receptionist. The place used to teem with pe...
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