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Tue, 2010-08-24 23:01
My column titled "What Handouts to Cut?" created a number of angry responses, and for the first time in my life, I had some, not much, sympathy for political cowardice. Most letters were from senior citizens angered by...
Tue, 2010-08-24 23:01
Dear Carrie: I'm turning 65 next year. I'm still working and plan to continue for at least a couple more years, so I won't yet file for Social Security. I do, however, want to get Medicare. What do I need to do to make...
Tue, 2010-08-24 23:01
WASHINGTON -- So the "summer of recovery" swelters on, with Democrats sun-blistered, pestered by bottle flies, sand in their swimsuits, water in their ears. Jobless claims increase, Republicans lead the generic...
Tue, 2010-08-24 23:01
"Corporate profits are soaring. Companies are sitting on billions of dollars of cash. And still, they've yet to amp up hiring or make major investments."
So writes The Washington Post about th
Tue, 2010-08-24 23:01
Last week, Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced on CNN that she was hanging up her headphones at the end of the year. If she could not exercise her freedom of speech, she said, she was not interested in the job.Watchdogs o
Tue, 2010-08-24 23:01
The "Summer of Recovery" is looking more and more like the Beltway Chainsaw Massacre for America's workers. As President Obama lolls on Martha's Vineyard with his well-heeled Chicago pals, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows...
Tue, 2010-08-24 23:01
In a November 2008 telephone conversation that was recorded by the FBI, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich daydreamed about what he could get for appointing Barack Obama's preferred choice to fill the president-elect's...
Tue, 2010-08-24 23:01
The choice for voters in this year's fierce fight for congressional control will come down
to a single question: Which political party -- Democrats or Republicans -- will do a better
job coping with crippling...
Tue, 2010-08-24 16:14
WASHINGTON -- The economy is tanking. Economists say it has slowed to a near comatose 1.5 percent growth rate, unemployment claims were at a nine-month high and jobs are scarce, yet President Obama is focusing on...
Tue, 2010-08-24 11:59
Editors' note: this column was co-authored by Buckley Carlson Speaking of Jihad, Nancy Pelosi has called for a holy war against all who oppose the mosque at Ground Zero.
"There is no question there is a concerted...
Tue, 2010-08-24 11:56
As I looked out at the thousands of people assembled near Ground Zero on Sunday to oppose the construction of a megamosque there, I was reminded of Winston Churchill's famous line that enspirited Britain at the first...
Mon, 2010-08-23 23:01
Americans are being treated to welcome entertainment during the dog days of summer as we watch the Democrats wring their hands over Barack Obama's tone deafness about political reality. Their despair about Obama is so...
Mon, 2010-08-23 23:01
I recently wrote about leftists' hatred for conservatives as people, not merely for conservative ideas. Demonization of opponents is a fundamental characteristic of the left. It is not merely tactical; they believe...
Mon, 2010-08-23 23:01
Let's say the mosque (you know what mosque) gets built, as it certainly might, public opinion notwithstanding. What's the next theological concession America's Christian churches get to make in the name of brotherhood,...
Mon, 2010-08-23 23:01
It's a hit of the television season -- again. What with Hollywood turning out one silly movie after another, the little screen is reasserting itself as the place to go for, if not serious drama, than the kind that...
Mon, 2010-08-23 23:01
Glenn Beck: It is extraordinarily rare these days to have actual reporting going on and people
who are trying to get it right. I appreciate it.
Townhall Staff: Thank you very much. We were wondering if maybe we...
Mon, 2010-08-23 23:01
Last week we headed south to launch our daughter on the next phase of her life: college. It was wonderful to see her eyes twinkling with excitement and expectant hope for the future. We have confidence in her strength...
Mon, 2010-08-23 23:01
Last week, the media, White House and nation were in a hullabaloo over a Pew Research Center poll that revealed that 1 in 5 Americans believes President Barack Obama is a Muslim.The poll received so much attention and...
Mon, 2010-08-23 23:01
Several weeks ago I attended and participated in a conference devoted to anti-terrorist strategies. MI5 and FBI officials were in attendance as were former terrorists. The meetings were open and reasonably well...
Mon, 2010-08-23 23:00
One of the great ironies of American politics is that the least bigoted group of people in the country, conservatives, are continually accused of being hatemongers by the most prejudiced and race-obsessed people in our...