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Cross our hearts: War monuments keep faith with the nation's heroes
May 26, 2010
A combat-wounded veteran and recipient of our nation's third-highest medal for bravery - the Silver Star - immediately contacted my nonprofit foundation to offer anonymously a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the criminals. When asked why such a generous reward, the donor simply said, "I wanted to do the right thing."
The right thing is what the Founding Fathers did when they created the Constitution's Establishment Clause, which prohibits government from establishing a national religion. The Establishment Clause has generally been interpreted to prohibit Congress from establishing a national religion or preferring one religion over another...
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Jeb Bush can manage his way around those right-wing ‘chirpers'
June 17, 2013 10:22 PM
Noted ornithologist Jeb Bush today confirmed that the call of the right-wing “wacko bird” is the standard chirp, and he’s adept at ignoring the sound. The Washington Post reports that Bush, in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, defended his conservative credentials and assured supporters, “I will be able to, I think, manage my way […]
#TheyFeelPain, but: White House vows to veto ‘pain-capable' abortion bill
June 17, 2013 09:39 PM
In its coverage of the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” which is headed to the House floor tomorrow, the New York Times was careful to note that the idea that a fetus can feel pain after 20 weeks is a “scientifically disputed theory.” Pro-lifers, though, used the #TheyFeelPain hashtag today to pressure legislators to at […]
Porky: Immigration bill reportedly up to 24 pounds; Heaviest since Obamacare
June 17, 2013 08:21 PM
One thing that you never see and hear in Washington, D.C. is somebody looking at a piece of legislation and saying “have you lost weight?” That’s certainly not the case with the immigration reform legislation: Immigration bill largest since Affordable Care Act, weighs 24 pounds washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/…— WatersandHoodReport (@watersandhood) June 17, 2013 President Clinton taking healthy […]
Rubio office steams about New Yorker ‘can't cut it' quote; NR's Rich Lowry confirms
June 17, 2013 07:14 PM
The above tweet references an article in the New Yorker written by Ryan Lizza. In the piece, Lizza quotes an unnamed staffer for Sen. Marco Rubio as saying a guest-worker program is a necessity because some American workers “can’t cut it.” National Review’s Rich Lowry, who mentioned the quote at NRO’s The Corner blog, pointed […]
Bold claim: President Obama says he's not Dick Cheney
June 17, 2013 06:25 PM
Let’s be honest. We had never, ever, not for a second mistaken President Obama for former Vice President Dick Cheney. But now that Obama has reportedly claimed in an interview with Charlie Rose that he’s not Dick Cheney, we’re beginning to have our suspicions. Maybe the Huffington Post wasn’t that far off with its mock-up […]
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