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National Review interviews Virginia’s George Allen
Thursday, January 27th, 2011NPR interviews Club for Growth leader Chris Chocola
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Op-ed, Jack Cashill – Sarah Palin and the Legacy of Republican Idiocy
Thursday, January 27th, 2011By Jack Cashill. Published with permission.
Sarah Palin may be the reigning Republican idiot, but she shares in a proud legacy that dates back to at least Dwight David Eisenhower, if not earlier. (more…)
On Kobach’s voter legislation, “The Legislature should approve this common sense measure without delay” – Wayne Godsey, KMBC President And General Manager
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Rasmussen – 56% Say Arizona Shooter Should Receive Death Penalty
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Men support giving Laughner the death penalty more strongly than women do. Adults over 40 feel more strongly than those who are younger that the suspect should receive a death sentence if convicted.
Sixty percent (60%) of whites favor the death penalty in this case, compared to just 35% of blacks.
Why Today Is 1979, Not 1995 – Peter Ferrara
Thursday, January 27th, 2011In 1979, of course, Jimmy Carter was the incumbent President, and no sophisticated, intelligent person in Washington thought Ronald Reagan had a serious chance of beating him. The RNC was convinced Reagan would be another Goldwater, and its entire focus was to deny him the 1980 nomination. You know what happened.
The Worst is Yet to Come in Illinois – Dennis Byrne
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Let’s do the simple math: The new revenues will produce $6.5 billion. That amount has to cover a $15 billion budget deficit. Failing a miracle of loaves and fishes, it won’t work.
Victor Davis Hanson – Matt Drudge’s website, “The Drudge Report,” reaches far more Americans than does CBS anchor star Katie Couric
Thursday, January 27th, 2011The Waning of an Old Established Order – Victor Davis Hanson
Thursday, January 27th, 2011New projection shows Social Security funds drained by 2037
Thursday, January 27th, 2011AP on Chief Actuary Richard Foster – ObamaCare “probably won’t hold costs down, and it won’t let everybody keep their current health insurance if they like it”
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Bloomberg – U.S. Debt Risk Highest in Year as Deficit Nears $1.5 Trillion
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Moscow Times – The Kremlin’s Bold Missile Defense Gambit
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Daniel Henninger, WSJ – A Presidency to Nowhere. High-speed rail and solar shingles are not the answer to America’s “Sputnik moment.”
Thursday, January 27th, 2011No president before Barack Obama has been so right and so wrong.
When in his State of the Union speech Mr. Obama said, “This is our generation’s Sputnik moment,” citing the emergence of global competition from the likes of China and India, he was right.
Minutes later he proposed to cover the country with high-speed rail and companies making solar shingles.
High-speed rail and solar shingles? If that’s the president’s idea of meeting our Sputnik moment, then Houston, we have a problem.
NY Times – Egyptian Youths Drive the Revolt Against Mubarak
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Op-ed, Jack Cashill – Obama’s Republican Guard
Thursday, January 27th, 2011By Jack Cashill. Published with permission.
Obama’s Republican Guard
It is tempting to fault Republican House leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor for their squirrely responses to questions about President Obama’s birth certificate, but the real fault lies elsewhere. (more…)
Topeka – City is not enforcing ordinance requiring residents to shovel sidewalks
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Topeka – 1990 slaying expunged from court records
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Topeka – Homeless numbers are expected to increase
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