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By Bill Zettler $35 Million Pension on the Horizon. Today we have seen the breathless self congratulatory reporting of so-called “pension reform” in Springfield. Unfortunately for the Illinois taxpayer not much has been accomplished….
Read MoreBy Daniel Allott and Matt Bowman
Read MoreIN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the…
Read MoreBy Tom Strode
Read MoreThe title above is taken from an email sent by the United Republican Fund’s Dennis LaComb. Obviously the “information age” we’re living in is filled with both good and bad information, and recently I pointed out problems with URF’s latest candidate ranking. Today, for the sake of balance, posted below are excerpts from LaComb’s excellent email.
Read MoreBy Andrew C. McCarthy: On the misguided notion of “virtuous” jihad (from “The Dictatorship of Relativism.”)
Read More“This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”
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“We’re the ones we’ve been waiting for.”
Read MoreHugh Hewitt refers to Barack Obama as an “inexperienced Chicago pol” who “isn’t remotely ready for prime time if the questions are at all pointed.” Here are a couple excerpts from Hewitt’s column “The Least Unpredictable Campaign Ever?”
“The campaign ahead has to be about the realities of the world we live in, not the one we wish we had. Senator Obama’s minions can continue to treat him as the Dalai Obama, but like other other-worldly prophets of peace, Obama’s dreams have left him extremely ill-prepared for the way the world is.
Read MoreBack in the summer we compiled notes from some of the best minds on the topic of the defense of traditional marriage. The list can be found here. As an update, we are alerted by Americans for Truth’s Peter LaBarbera that Brian Camenker has written an outstanding article for MassResistance.org on the consequences of “gay” marriage in Massachusetts.
Read MoreBy John Gross: Britain emerged from the Second World War victorious but badly bruised.
Read MoreFor many more *recent* links on the topic of marriage and culture click here Marriage/Natural Family, and here Culture/Values. Many important articles from the Witherspoon Institute regarding marriage are found on this page. Two articles…
Read MoreBy Brian Fitzpatrick
Read MoreBy Victor Davis Hanson: On the value of classical learning.
Read MoreFrom Hellenic Antidote: Victor Davis Hanson was annoyed by an article from French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner that America’s “magic has worn off.”
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