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Jay Ambrose - Socialist or vast extension?

about 17 hours ago

Gov. Rick Perry of Texas recently joined commentators Rush Limbaugh, Patrick Buchanan and others in using the word "socialist" to describe President Barack Obama and his policies, and we all know what's coming: a verbal bombardment. Critics will call... Read Story.

Cal Thomas - Trying terrorists in U.S. is dangerous

about 17 hours ago

The Obama administration has chosen the wrong New York venue to try five co-conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Instead of a Manhattan courtroom less than a mile from the site of where the World Trade Center stood,... Read Story.

Steve Chapman - Incident involving Muslim soldier ws an isolated incident

about 17 hours ago

Mass murders are usually a mystery. When Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly committed one at Ford Hood, though, there was no time wasted in solving the mystery by blaming the massacre on his religion, which is Islam. Maybe Hasan is just a homicidal lunatic set... Read Story.

[$] Holtsberry not backing away from legal threat

November 19, 2009

Some interesting things have been going on in Defiance City Hall these days. One of them has caused an old issue about health care for councilmen to rise again. Council President Tim Holtbserry says he wants the city to reimburse him for health care... Read Story.

Random thoughts

November 19, 2009

Random thoughts on the passing scene: If politicians stopped meddling with things they don't understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates. It was fascinating to see Barack Obama... Read Story.

Public executions and bullfights

November 19, 2009

I'm no big fan of capital punishment, but it's hard to argue that John Allen Muhammad didn't deserve to die last week. Much more than most murders, his were particularly meaningless. And, they were thoroughly public: for three weeks in 2002 some... Read Story.

[$] Letters to the Editor

November 18, 2009

Latest city council embarrassment The president of Defiance City Council was elected to the position by the voters, and it is evident that he understands that he can be removed by the same voters. This is the reason he waited to submit his request for... Read Story.

George Will - A picture can lie

November 18, 2009

The 20th century was 100 years of amplitude. It overflowed with barbarous fighting faiths, wars enveloping continents, and graphic journalism assaulting global audiences with scenes of shocking immediacy. The Spanish Civil War, although small in terms... Read Story.

Star Parker - Abortion and health care

November 17, 2009

Contrary to a popular fallacy that science and religion are at odds with each other, it's quite the opposite. Science and religion are the best of friends. And like good friends, they complement each other and produce beautiful music together. Take the... Read Story.

Deroy Murdock - Scozzafava no GOP moderate

November 17, 2009

Re-canvassed votes in upstate New York's 23rd Congressional District foreshadow the second coming of third-party candidate Doug Hoffman. As the Syracuse Post-Standard reported Thursday morning, Conservative nominee Hoffman's 5,335-vote deficit behind... Read Story.

Dan Thomasson - Republicans hoping to bounce back in mid-term elections

November 17, 2009

The midterm congressional elections are a year away, but unsurprisingly, Republicans vanquished at the polls by the Obama landslide last fall are already talking about the possibility of reclaiming the House. Are they whistling past the party graveyard... Read Story.

Cal Thomas - E. pluribus diversity?

November 16, 2009

Government and military officials have issued statements since last week's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas that have nothing to do with the reality of what occurred, what is occurring and what our enemies would still like to have occur all over the... Read Story.

[$] Future jobs summit suggests a hint of desperation in D.C.

November 15, 2009

Editorial Has President Obama's stimulus plan failed? Some basic facts suggest an answer. If the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) were the only measuring stick, one might be inclined to say, no. In the third quarter of 2009, for example, GDP rose... Read Story.

[$] 'To the editor'

November 15, 2009

Vets Day 'co-opted' While I know this is a terrible thing to say, I dread these days arriving every year. Not because what it is suppose to represent, but because so many have co-opted these days for their own personal use. Granted, our government... Read Story.

A gold standard on debt

November 15, 2009

One of the many television commercials exhorting viewers to buy gold says solemnly that it is an asset whose value "has never dropped to zero," a boast that surely sets a record for minimalism. Still, the world's appetite for gold as an investment... Read Story.

Cal Thomas - Jihadists in the military

November 13, 2009

By now, the script should be disturbingly familiar. Whether in the Middle East, or increasingly in America, a fanatical Muslim blows up or goes on a shooting spree, killing many. This is quickly followed by "condemnations" from "Muslim civil rights... Read Story.

Jay Ambrose - Politically correct, morally wrong

November 13, 2009

Suppose Major Nidal Hassan had called a meeting of agents of the FBI and top officers of Fort Hood, and then said something like this: "Hey, I am a radical Islamic jihadist. I hate America and what it stands for, and especially what it is doing to my... Read Story.

Steve Chapman - Americans only seem like they are polarized

November 13, 2009

Barack Obama held out hope of overcoming partisan divides, lowering the temperature and bringing Americans together. How's that working out? Not well, it appears. One year after he was elected, Americans look more polarized than ever. In a special House... Read Story.

[$] Expect another ballot issue on livestock; maybe casions too

November 12, 2009

COLUMBUS -- Back in September, I provided my predictions on the outcomes of the three statewide issues that voters decided last week. I wrote at the time that the first two were sure bets but Issue 3 would be tougher to call. Looks like I was in the... Read Story.

[$] 1,990 more pages of federal government

November 12, 2009

Ohio Fifth District Congressman Bob Latta calls the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives Saturday a "disaster." Of course you'd expect such words from the member of a party which continues to fight Democrat-led health care "reform"... Read Story.

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