Former Sen. Fred Thompson is considering running for president; he has the strong conservative credentials the major Republican candidates are lacking. Many conservatives are urging Sen.Thompson to enter the fray, but James Dobson is not a supporter.  From USNews.Com:  “Focus on the Family founder James Dobson appeared to throw cold water on...
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Free trade may no longer be the winner of the past, but liberal prescriptions will only make the problem worse. The March 28, 2007, edition of the Wall Street Journal carries a front-page, feature article titled Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts. The article opens with the following paragraphs: For decades, Alan S....
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There is a lot of judge-bashing in the fathers’ rights movement, and while I think this criticism is excessive and overblown, some of it is certainly legitimate. I do try to be fair, however, and in between criticizing judges and their rulings, I think it is also important to point out when judges get...
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Hillary Clinton’s polling numbers are tumbling, but the real shocker is how poorly she is faring with the female electorate. According to the recent Rasmussen poll, 43% of women say they will not vote for Hillary. And the latest poll by John Zogby reported an almost identical number – 42% of women would not...
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Cecil B. DeMille has been called the best of the bad directors and the worst of the good directors. Extravaganzas like “The Ten Commandments†and “Samson and Delilah†are feasts for the eyes and wonderfully enjoyable even as they flaunt an overall cheesiness. His 1949 “Samson and Delilah†is notable for how, like the...
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This is a nice endorsement for Rudy.
Fiscal conservative Steve Forbes on Wednesday endorsed former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani’s bid to become the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 race for the White House.
Forbes, chief executive of Forbes magazine who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in 1996 and 2000, is considered a leader...
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Low-income men, often the absent fathers of welfare families, got little attention from the reforms because they are seldom on welfare themselves.
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Many women have no qualms about not telling the truth to their doctors and a whopping 52 percent say they give in to the temptation of what they feel is a harmless “little white lie.”
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I witnessed this horrific wreck on Sunday that killed two people.
Police said Ignacio Gomez-Gutierrez, 25, was speeding along the 22600 block of the Eastex Freeway about 3:40 p.m. Sunday when his pickup slammed into the back of a car.
Vanessa Ortiz, 18, and Maria Ortiz, 49, were in the 1998 Buick when it was struck...
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I don’t usually pre-release scripts for my radio spots on my own website, but this is an exception for obvious reasons….
RADIO SPOT SCRIPT FOR 3/30/07
A few weeks ago in a column, I threw out a hypothetical.
In war, the traditional way of gauging who is winning or not is, unfortunately, a count of battlefield casualties....
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Whilst Mugabe flew off to join his brother leaders of SADC, drama hit the streets of Harare today during the busy hours. Police armed to the teeth cordoned off a large section surrounding the MDC headquarters at Harvest House. Observers say that the area was sealed off preventing any traffic entering the area and...
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Not long ago I started reading an article about a school that banned Legos. At first I thought it might be because they were discovered to contain trans-fats or emit second-hand smoke, but the reason was a little more Marxist than that.
My kids play with Legos on a fairly consistent basis, but little did...
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Conservatives, long the backbone of the Republican Party, are dissatisfied. For many, the current crop of GOP presidential candidates is about as exciting as a Barry Manilow concert. Leading the pack in the polls is former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Admirers view him as the gutsy guy who straightened his city out first...
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The government’s interest in using technology to detect terrorism and other threats has led to increased use of data mining. A technique for extracting useful information from large volumes of data, data mining offers potential benefits but also raises privacy concerns when the data include personal information. The Government Accountability Office was asked by...
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Both House and Senate have now sent a clear message to the world: Osama bin Laden was right. America does not have the stomach for a fight. We cannot stand the sight of our own blood. Our allies, especially those in Iraq who are depending on us to help them stabilise their country, get...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007 Mea Culpa by Rinaldo Del Gallo, III Esq. I was contacted through the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition through our website (BerkshireFatherhood.com) regarding an error. In my essay dated 3/20/07 I incorrectly stated, “children from homes with fathers are nine times more likely to graduate.†The statement should have said, “children from...
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Crunch Time Every one can remember what they were doing the night Kennedy was shot – it is quite extraordinary how these seminal events imprint themselves on our minds. I was in Gokwe – a remote village on a volcanic plateau on the edge of the Zambezi escarpment. It was a clear night and...
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Britney Spears is out of rehab and trying to get her life back on track. Britney, who at one time professed to be a born again Christian, recently went to the house of the Lord with her entourage in tow. A normal person goes to church and finds communion with God; Britney goes to...
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