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September 25, 2008
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September 25, 2008
Also: putting down the Biden rumor?
WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — If Congress seriously wants to come to grips with the underlying causes of the credit crisis, there are some obvious starters available. We did not get into the mess overnight, while Congress dithered and -- in some cases -- heaped gasoline on the fire. In tune with the American psyche, we may get our "instant gratification," without getting a long-term solution... (more)

September 25, 2008
AMERICA'S REVIVAL — Former Reagan diplomat Alan Keyes commented Sept. 23 on the federal government's bailout of mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The former Assistant Secretary of State, currently running for president as an independent, said the bailout plan as proposed by the Bush administration would effectively transform our nation into "a socialist society"... (more)

September 24, 2008
FOX NEWS — Homeschooling is no longer just an offbeat trend or an avant-garde educational choice. It is growing exponentially and its proponents are fighting for new legal rights in the U.S. With more than 2 million homeschooled students in the United States, parents' reasons for opting out of traditional public school are as varied as their demographics... (more)

September 24, 2008
CNSNEWS.COM — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that restoring the ban on new offshore oil drilling leases "will be a top priority for discussion next year" if the Democrats retain control of Congress... (more)

September 24, 2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS — With Wall Street in turmoil and the economy in shambles, whichever presidential candidate convinces a swath of persuadable voters that he gets it -- and can be trusted to lead the country back to fiscal stability -- could well win the White House... (more)

September 24, 2008
LIFESITENEWS.COM — At a time when the majority of marriages end in divorce, the makers of the popular "Facing the Giants" movie are bringing to select theatres a film that has already inspired numerous couples to strengthen, and, in many cases, to rescue, their marriages... (more)

September 24, 2008
L. BRENT BOZELL III — For two decades, going back to the Willie Horton ads of 1988, we've heard liberals accuse Republicans of race-baiting. Throughout this campaign, there have been endless whispers, suggestions, and outright accusations that GOP could/would play the race card because Obama is half-black. Now Barack Obama has found his bizarre version of Willie Horton, and it's...Rush Limbaugh... (more)

September 24, 2008
KFYI — "It's a direct correlation," said State Rep. Russell Pearce. The latest FBI crime reports show an overall decrease in violent crime around the Phoenix area in 2007 and some observers believe it's the result of illegal aliens leaving Arizona for other states, like Texas... (more)

September 24, 2008
JOSEPH FARAH — In case you didn't notice, there is a concerted war on serious biblical faith in our post-Christian society. And that's why any day now, you can expect Sarah Palin to be asked a question designed to knock her right out of the race for the vice presidency... (more)

September 24, 2008
FOX NEWS — Al Gore called Wednesday for "civil disobedience" to combat the construction of coal power plants without the ability to store carbon, Reuters reported... (more)

September 24, 2008
MICHELLE MALKIN — The Mother of All Bailouts has many fathers. As panicked politicians prepare to fork over $1 trillion in taxpayer funding to rescue the financial industry, they've fingered regulation, deregulation, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Community Reinvestment Act, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, both Bushes, greedy banks, greedy borrowers, greedy short-sellers, and minority home ownership mau-mauers (can't call 'em greedy, that would be racist) for blame... (more)

September 24, 2008
JENNIFER ROBACK MORSE — Advocates of same-sex "marriage" present the idea as a step forward for tolerance and respect. But recent developments place that interpretation very much in doubt... (more)

September 24, 2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Both sides in a campaign over abortion in South Dakota are launching television commercials with six weeks to go before voters decide the ballot issue. The measure would outlaw abortions in South Dakota, except for those pregnancies that threaten the lives or health of women or in cases of rape or incest... (more)

September 23, 2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set off by $4 a gallon gasoline prices this summer... (more)

September 23, 2008
LEGAL NEWSLINE — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a petition to remove the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees from the statewide ballot... (more)

September 23, 2008
WORLDNETDAILY — Representative Ron Paul of Texas, a former seeker of the Republican nomination for president, has endorsed Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin for president in 2008... (more)

September 23, 2008
WORLDNETDAILY — A pro-family law organization is praising an appeals court decision in Kentucky that blasted a lower court for literally ignoring state law and creating an "adoption" for two lesbian women in violation of expressed state law... (more)

September 23, 2008
LIFENEWS.COM — Not able to get their way in the legislatures or voting booths in most states, assisted suicide advocates are increasingly turning to the courts to push their agenda... (more)

September 23, 2008
DENNIS PRAGER — If Barack Obama loses the 2008 election, liberal hell will break loose. Seven weeks before the 2008 presidential election, liberals are warning America that if Barack Obama loses, it is because Americans are racist... (more)

September 23, 2008
HUMAN EVENTS — The senators listed below received the 10 most liberal scores in the National Journal's ratings of all senators based on their rollcall votes on key economic, social and foreign policy issues during 2007: (1) Obama, Barack; (2) Whitehouse, Sheldon; (3) Biden, Joseph... (more)

September 23, 2008
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE — Ehud Olmert has handed in a brisk two-line resignation as prime minister of Israel, and Shimon Peres, the veteran president, has accepted it. Brief and respectful as they are, the formalities have been completed with an almost audible sigh of relief in the country... (more)

September 23, 2008
NEWSMAX — Blame government intervention for the current economic crisis, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, says in an article on CNNPolitics.com. "The bailout of Fannie and Freddie, the purchase of AIG, and the latest multi-hundred billion dollar Treasury scheme all have one thing in common... (more)

September 23, 2008
PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY — The China infant milk scandal, even though it has so far not damaged any American babies, has exposed a major defect in the concept of free trade. It's dangerous to buy products from a nation whose economy is not based on Judeo-Christian morality. The American private enterprise system depends on honesty as normal and accepted behavior... (more)

September 23, 2008
Obama tries to have it both ways
NAT HENTOFF — As the November elections swiftly near, Sen. Barack Obama promises to find "common ground" on abortion. Prospects for this meeting of minds are ever dimmer. Confronting this issue is no longer above Mr. Obama's pay grade when at least 30 percent of Americans say abortion will affect their vote in this very close election... (more)

September 23, 2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Pakistani troops and tribesmen opened fire on two U.S. helicopters crossed into the country from neighboring Afghanistan, intelligence officials said Monday. The helicopters did not return fire and re-entered Afghan airspace without landing, the officials said... (more)

September 23, 2008
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR — In recent weeks, Henry Paulson Jr. has become one of the most famous and, perhaps, consequential US Treasury secretaries since Alexander Hamilton assumed the office on Sept. 11, 1789... (more)

September 23, 2008
LIFESITENEWS.COM — Four San Diego firefighters who were commanded against their wills to drive a fire truck in the city's "gay pride" parade, where they were subjected to explicit sexual advances, are now suing city officials for sexual harassment and violation of free-speech rights... (more)

September 22, 2008
JERUSALEM POST — Iran is halfway to a nuclear bomb, and Hizbullah, Hamas and Syria are using this period of relative calm to significantly rearm, Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, the Military Intelligence's head of research, told the cabinet Sunday during a particularly gloomy briefing on the threats facing the country... (more)

September 22, 2008
FOX NEWS — John McCain's campaign and a supporter at a McCain rally separately accused the press of favoring Barack Obama on Monday, with McCain's top strategist calling The New York Times a "pro-Obama advocacy organization"... (more)

September 22, 2008
NEW YORK SUN — Governor Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, was scheduled to speak today at a rally in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to protest the appearance here of President Ahmadinejad of Iran. Her appearance was canceled by rally organizers who sought a nonpolitical event. Following are the remarks Mrs. Palin would have given... (more)

September 22, 2008
FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — Now that the brouhaha about The Da Vinci Code has died down, it is time to turn our attention to other historical myths that cast doubt upon the historical doctrinal orthodoxy of the church. When The Da Vinci Code became a bestseller, I read a book review that enumerated the historical claims made by the book... (more)

September 22, 2008
Also: the origins of a key McCain endorsement
WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Both presidential candidates took a few days to get their bearings and talking points in order after the beginning of the wild week on Wall Street. McCain's quick comment: Fire Chris Cox, Chairman of the SEC. That effort to find a convenient scapegoat misses the mark and is also unfair... (more)

September 22, 2008
CHUCK NORRIS — America is broke. Wall Street is going out of business. The government is borrowing and bailing like there is no tomorrow... (more)

September 22, 2008
CHRISTIAN POST — Voter support for a California marriage amendment has waned over the past two months as opposition increased, according to a recently-released field poll... (more)
 
 
 
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