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Here’s what’s wrong with a mosque at Ground Zero
A few questions you might want to ask before approving a mosque for Ground Zero.By Clifford May , July 31, 2010
Love a wife, love a duck
In the Pittsburgh suburb of Sewickley where I make my home, an unofficial award is made annually for Best Husband. The judges are fellow husbands who discuss the best candidates when they happen to get together for a few drinks.July 31, 2010
For $41,000, the batteries are included
Environmentally sensitive motorists will soon be able to make a major statement about their beliefs, but it will cost them.By Dale McFeatters , July 30, 2010
MSM fooled by GOPaganda
This time, the right-wing media juggernaut went too far too fast.By Gene Lyons , July 30, 2010
Summer-camp preparations differ between boys, girls
There is one time of the year when I observe more than ever the fundamental differences between males and females.By Betsy Hart , July 28, 2010
Monster intelligence machine won't protect from the real threat
A clarifying bomblet drops in the final paragraph of the opening installment of the big Washington Post series on what is best described as National Intelligence Sprawl:By Diana West , July 27, 2010
Obama can do a 'Nixon goe to China' on jobs
The economy is weak and the public is angry. What should President Barack Obama do? He could do what Richard Nixon did: Go to China.By Morton Kondracke , July 27, 2010
Carrot Days are coming
“We’ve got to have a community event this summer,” insisted Little Jimmy, addressing the town’s restless 14 electors gathered in the community hall for the 35th special meeting of the Homeland Security Committee, Chairperson Ork Dorken presiding. “Every respectable town in North Dakota has some kind of day.”By By Lloyd Omdahl , July 25, 2010
How long will public tolerate Afghan war?
Gen. David Petraeus sailed through Senate confirmation so quickly in late June that few people noticed what he had to say about his new job as commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.By By Byron York , July 25, 2010
Fear to rule election
The fear fomenters again are working overtime. Not only is the economy bad — that always bring them out of the woodwork, but also the November election is crucial. Pushing an us-against-them mentality always works to get angry voters to the polling booth.July 25, 2010
The perils of giving illegals amnesty 
Under the Obama administration’s health care reform, Medicaid eligibility is expanded to allow more Americans onto the program.
By By Bonnie Erbe , July 24, 2010
Send Congress to rehab
If pumping money into people’s pockets stimulates the economy, then vacuuming money from their pockets should depress the economy. Given how sad today’s economy is, depressing it even further may make it leap out a window.
By By Deroy Murdock , July 24, 2010
Moscow: 'Don't drink and sweat'
In February, after the blizzards had hit Washington and I was hip-deep in snow in my cul-de-sac wondering which undulation in the snow cover had my car under it, I uncharitably thought:
By By Dale McFeatters , July 24, 2010
Simplify, amplify and repeat, Mr. President
If people took politics as seriously as sports, they might notice that Republicans are acting a lot like LeBron James. He’s the basketball star who, after basically rolling over and playing dead during the playoffs
By Gene Lyons , July 23, 2010
Economy suffers from a deficit of understanding
Today, class, our topic is the economy. In the technical language of the economists who study it, the current economy has been variously described as smelly as old socks, more useless than a toupee on a gorilla and just plain gross.
By Reg Henry , July 23, 2010
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