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Lamar Alexander serves as a Republican senator from Tennessee.
by | May 24, 2013

If the Tribune Company were Biblical Egypt, the Koch brothers buying its papers would be the 11th plague. They are probably behind billions of red, bulgy-eyed cicadas poised to swarm the East Coast this year, too. Or so think many liberals….

by | May 17, 2013

Less than two weeks ago President Obama stood in front of graduates from The Ohio State University and told them to reject those who warn of government tyranny. “Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as…

by | May 10, 2013

In the 2008 Pixar movie WALL.E, humans so clogged up the earth with garbage they had to move to spaceships. Motorized chairs ferried the obese blobs portraying people of the future, who sipped liquids from massive cups and sat mesmerized…

by | May 3, 2013

Feminists could not have created a better foil for themselves than Susan Patton. She is the woman who sent a letter to the Daily Princetonian in March advising female students to look for a mate in college because there would…

by | Apr 25, 2013

Evil should not surprise Americans. We’ve seen it so many times and in so many degrees and variations — in those who tolerated some people having to sit in the back of the bus, in children who torment animals, in…

by | Apr 19, 2013

Maryland made national news recently for a “rain tax” to start July 1. The tax, an unfunded mandate originating with the Environmental Protection Agency and cemented by the state legislature and governor last year, means homeowners, businesses and nonprofits in…

by | Apr 12, 2013

Those who watch Jeopardy! know the guests tend to be slightly odd by modern standards. Ill-fitting suits on men, if they wear them, and out-of-date, shapeless dresses on women make frequent appearances. Many contestants come off as shy. One recent…

by | Apr 5, 2013

Imagine the pitch to a History Channel executive for the smash hit The Bible. Here’s one scenario: Producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett: “Hi, we want to produce a story that appeals to all age groups. It’s has everything: love,…

by | Mar 29, 2013

March 29, 2020The federal government today announced new regulations for buying fast food. Starting June 1, upon entering a national fast food chain restaurant or before ordering via a drive-thru each patron must undergo a Body Mass Index (BMI) analysis….

by | Mar 22, 2013

The coming demise in June of the daily print version of the Washington Examiner is bad for the Washington region and worse for what it says about the direction of America. The Examiner is a free daily tabloid that covers…

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