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Thompson and Pataki Won’t Run but GOP Can Still Take Senate

April 17, 2010 By Ryan Mauro Leave a Comment

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In disappointing news for Republicans, Tommy Thompson and George Pataki have decided against running for Senate in Wisconsin and New York respectively. The latter appears to have turned down the challenge so he can lay the groundwork for a 2012 presidential bid—which shows that Pataki is so out-of-touch with reality that he did his party [...]

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See No Qur’an, Hear No Qur’an

April 16, 2010 By Robert Spencer 46 Comments

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What the Associated Press won’t tell you about why the Chicago mass murder said he started to kill.

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Contracting with the Enemy

April 14, 2010 By Billy Hallowell 16 Comments

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How General Electric defied the international community to do business with Iran.

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Obama’s Dangerous Diplomacy

March 24, 2010 By Jacob Laksin 29 Comments

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How the Obama administration’s policies have undermined Israel, inflamed Palestinian extremism, and emboldened Iran.

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The Ramparts I Watched

January 20, 2010 By Sol Stern 9 Comments

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Our storied radical magazine did transform the nation—for the worse.

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Pro-Drug War Conservatives Need to Rethink, er, REMEMBER the Role of Government

December 22, 2009 By David Swindle Leave a Comment

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At Pajamas Media today Mary Grabar, a thoughtful writer and an acquaintance, has an effective piece in response to a recent tragic death which has reopened an important issue that’s not discussed nearly enough:
A truly sad story about a 23-year-old Panama City man dying while being subdued by Bay County sheriff’s deputies has reawakened the [...]

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Obama Has Just Made the Country a Lot Less Safe: Moving Gitmo Terrorists to Illinois

December 17, 2009 By Claude Cartaginese Leave a Comment

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In one of his dumbest acts as President, Barack Obama will be taking some of the most hardened terror suspects being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transferring them to the currently abandoned Thomson Correctional Center in western Illinois.
As Amy Goodman describes it on Democracy Now!:
The Obama administration has confirmed plans for the eventual transfer of [...]

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The Black Caucus War Against Obama – by Dick Morris

December 7, 2009 By Dick Morris 68 Comments

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The height of hubris: the left-wing of the Democratic party thinks it can afford to fight itself.

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