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Abortion is a touchy subject, not just because it taps into deep emotions on both sides but also because there really is no good answer. Having a reasonable and consistent opinion requires a lot of thought. When someone thinks they have it all figured out, you can be sure that they’ve barely even begun to [...]
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Wow, that was close. Caroline Kennedy has told Gov. David Paterson that she is withdrawing her name from consideration to replace outgoing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate, The Post has learned. Kennedy cited “personal reasons,” according to sources. My guess is that she finally figured out that as a Senator she’d actually [...]
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If you had “one day” in the Joe Biden VP Gaffe Pool, collect your winnings! That didn’t take long. During his first full day in office, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. made a jarring verbal gaffe, shooting a public dig at the chief justice of the United States that left President Obama grim-faced. When [...]
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Here’s another one of those Handy Obama Facts I’m sure you’ll be seeing again, courtesy of the Washington Post. No president has begun his term with so broad a wave of public confidence — 78 percent approval in the most recent Gallup poll. I have no idea how the reporter is defining “broad wave”, but [...]
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Tim Geithner’s confirmation hearing just went full-on stupid. He’s gone from saying that he made an everyday mistake (not true) to pleading cluelessness (wait…what?). Now he’s decided to take a hint from his boss and toss someone else under the bus. His latest excuse for not paying taxes for four years is that it’s all [...]
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Yesterday’s coronation wasn’t quite the beginning of Camelot, Mark II we were told it would be. Ed Driscoll notes the many signs of domestic discontent, from a tanking stock market to a tanking Senators. It didn’t help matters that the ceremony featured a nigh-incoherent poet and a benediction that was half Jeremiah Wright and half [...]
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Byron York has been a Viking covering the Tim Geithner story and he has more information today that’s worthy of your consideration. Geithner still hasn’t provided any better explanation for his tax-dodging than “I dunno”. Despite that, the Republicans in his confiramtino hearing seem inclined to confirm him anyhow. That would be a mistake. Geither [...]
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Not everyone has embraced the message of Hope and Change. For some people, America is still the Great Satan, no matter who is President. In Iran, protesters burnt posters of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and waved flags in support of Gaza, Reuters reported. “Where are the freedom seekers?” one poster read that had the word [...]
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