Is McCarthyism Making a Comeback?
By Terry Mitchell01/28/2009
A certain one-note politician from the state of New York is angered by the fact that her governor selected Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a fanatical gun control proponent who represents Long Island in Congress, is upset at Gov. David Paterson's choice because Gillibrand, who was beginning her second term as an upstate New York congresswoman, is a card-carrying member of the NRA.
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President Obama: Governing Versus Campaigning
By Philip Mella01/20/2009
For many Republicans, the weeks leading up to today's inauguration of President Obama reflected the residual bitterness of loss as the nation began adjusting to a new party in power. Many on the right, at the national and local level, seemed to harbor a sense of mild scorn that Mr. Obama was about to be sworn in as president.
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Campbell Brown's Bias and Bull
By Terry Mitchell01/14/2009
In her commentary on Monday night, CNN's Campbell Brown harshly criticized President George W. Bush for his administration's response in the wake of hurricane Katrina in 2005. First of all, Brown, like many other mainstream journalists, is not qualified to comment on anything. It should be obvious to even the casual viewer that she severely lacks in-depth knowledge of the issues she covers, so she should be keeping her opinions to herself.
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Economics--the infantile science
By Robert Adler01/05/2009
At the start of the 21st Century, it shouldn't take a Nobel-Prize-winning mind to understand that all dynamic systems need regulation in order to function and last.
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