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Medal of Honor to be awarded to living solder for first time since Vietnam
Valor. Take everything cowardly, pathetic, and low from the last 48 hours or so of news and imagine the precise opposite. If you can’t, just read this. ACTION FROM WHICH THE MEDAL OF HONOR WAS EARNED:...
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New GOP talking point: Er, we might not do that well in November
Expectations. Alternate headline: “Eeyorish blogger finally feels like he can breathe again.” Republicans usually score higher with likely voters. But the election is still more than seven weeks away....
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Jim DeMint endorses Christine O’Donnell over Mike Castle
All in. I wondered yesterday whether Palin’s endorsement would pave the way for other prominent righties to weigh in. Here’s the answer, just across on Twitter: I’m proud to endorse Christine O’Donnell...
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Quotes of the day
Nine years. We have raced to Afghanistan and Iraq, and more recently to Yemen and Somalia; we have created a swollen national security apparatus; and we are so absorbed in our own fury and so oblivious...
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NARN, the 9/11 anniversary edition
11-3 pm CT, live video and chat 1-3 pm! The Northern Alliance Radio Network will be on the air today, with our eight-hour-long broadcast schedule starting at 9 am CT. If you’re in the Twin Cities, you...
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Nine years later …
The new normal. Every year on the anniversary of 9/11, I try to write some sort of retrospective on what has been the defining event for Americans of this generation, and for the nation in the 21st...
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Pastor: Now God’s telling me not to burn the Koran
"Not today, not ever." I hate to devote a post on a day as solemn as this to the Levi Johnston of fringe Christianity, but after three days of saturation press coverage, you deserve closure. So here’s...
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Another day, another Iranian underground facility
A strange new dismissiveness for intel on Iran. It’s been a big 48 hours. An Iranian dissident group has provided new information about a suspect facility nestled in the mountains northwest of Tehran,...
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Did Americans overreact to 9/11?
No. Earlier this week, Fareed Zakaria offered an odd allegation that the US overreacted to the terrorist attacks on 9/11 that killed almost 3,000 people. Zakaria claimed that al-Qaeda had basically...
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US now fourth on WEF competitiveness scale
On property rights, 40th ... below China. I’m tempted to chalk this up to Obamanomics, as Investors Business Daily does, but Barack Obama isn’t the only reason the US has started sliding down the World...
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To battle the unimaginable
Glory. An odd little church in Florida touched off a global controversy by threatening to burn a Koran on September 11. They announced the burning had been postponed, but there have already been riots...
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Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
Great State of Confusion. It’s time for you all to quit dogging it and cast your vote for this week’s Obamateurism of the Week! I had considered recycling last week’s intro, but that would ignore the...
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NFL Week 1 open thread
Away we go! This first week has not gotten off to an auspicious start. First, the Vikes lose a close game in New Orleans on the Thursday night opener, and yesterday Notre Dame’s comeback against...
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Japan: a haven for parental abductions?
20,000 in past 20 years. I have been meaning to write something on this topic for quite a while. I first began corresponding with Randy Collins a few months ago through a mutual friend who wondered...
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9/12 rally open thread
Pride and shame. I’ve looked around for embeddable live video for today’s rally in Washington DC, organized by my good friends at FreedomWorks, but the best I can find so far on line is a live...
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Edujobs: Insult to Injury
Awakening. The $10 billion edujobs bill was signed into law on August 10. Its stated purpose was to save the jobs of 160,000 educators. I, and many others, thought the need for the bill was based on...
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Quotes of the day
Conversations. Our founders understood how important freedom of speech is to the freedom of man. They managed to defeat the most powerful tyrant on earth in their day without burning or banning a...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Research. When Presidents hold press conferences to talk about a specific subject, usually people expect him to get briefed on the latest numbers. As The Hill reports, however, Barack Obama and this...
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O’Donnell takes lead in PPP poll
But ... Public Policy Polling shows what many have suspected in Delaware — that Christine O’Donnell has pulled into a virtual tie in Delaware on the strength of Tea Party activism and Sarah Palin’s...
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Gallup: The paper-bag Congress
Well, don't forget about the Lily Ledbetter Act ... Democrats will hit the road one last time in the next few weeks in an attempt to convince voters that they have accomplished enough significant...
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