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Aug 03 2021
Analysis
The COVID Hypocrites Preach but Don’t Practice
They are the rule-makers, and we're the suckers who have no choice but to obey them.
There’s a handy device for determining status in American society — whether someone feels obligated to abide by his or her own COVID rules or not.
The true masters of the universe, the people who imagine themselves the great and good without which society cannot function, are the ones who preach
Rich Lowry
Apr 18 2015
News
Reality Check: Yes, Hillary Will Be the Democratic Nominee
Bloomberg's Mark Halperin says Hillary Clinton is "terrified of the Left," which may be partially true. She lost to an upstart Barack Obama who ran to her left in 2008, and the Democratic Party has taken a distinct lurch in that direction ever since. The Clintons are masters of triangulation and appealing to the center, but angering and alienating the lefty base is the only way Hillary could
Townhall
Aug 08 2015
News
Marco Rubio steps out of Jeb’s shadow
In the first presidential debate of 2016, the apprentice beat the master. For years, Marco Rubio stood in Jeb Bush’s shadow. Student to teacher. Protégé to mentor. Rising state representative to established governor. Now the friends are rivals, essentially co-equals as they run for president. Sooner or later, this relationship would become a focal point for the moderators of FOX’s Thursday
Politico
Aug 30 2012
News
Wednesday Night Grand Slam
GOP Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan delivered exceptionally strong remarks in Tampa tonight, capping off an incredible hour of nationally-televised speeches from Republican headliners. The construction and tone of Ryan's address was masterful. He was serious, earnest, likeable -- and he took apart President Obama's record with great skill and relish.
Townhall
May 11 2015
News
Does food taste better at night? BYU study examines nighttime snacking
A lot of people “pig out” at night, downing a bag of chips or a package of cookies before going to bed, which led some Brigham Young University researchers to examine whether food is more appealing at night than in the morning.
Travis Masterson, a graduate student at BYU, carried out the research for his master’s thesis under the guidance of his faculty adviser, James Lecheminant—who is
KSTU
Jul 15 2021
News
Biden shifts from Obama when it comes to Senate
President Biden is handling the Senate in a vastly different way than his former boss, President Obama.
The different tactics were on display Wednesday as Biden took a trip to his old stomping grounds, where he served for more than 30 years as a senator from Delaware and frequently made the trip up Pennsylvania Avenue as vice president to negotiate with lawmakers on key Obama
The Hill
Oct 11 2019
News
Shepard Smith Is Leaving Fox News
Fox News announced long-time anchor Shepard Smith will be leaving the network. Smith was most recently the chief news anchor and managing editor of the network’s breaking news unit and anchor of "Shepard Smith Reporting."
Friday's episode "Shepard Smith Reporting" is his final show. Fox News said there will be rotating anchors hosting the 3 p.m. ET time slot until a new dayside news
Townhall
Jul 13 2021
News
Protests in Cuba
“President Joe Biden on Monday called protests in Cuba ‘remarkable’ and a ‘clarion call for freedom,’ praising thousands of Cubans who took the streets to protest food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis — one of the island’s biggest antigovernment demonstrations in recent memory.” (AP News)
Both sides support the protesters and condemn the Cuban regime:
“This
The Flip Side
Jun 09 2020
News
Maryland Lawmakers Seek To Oust Racist Supreme Court Justice
Maryland lawmakers have introduced legislation to do a little Capitol remodeling. Specifically, they’re hoping to swap out a bust adorning the old Supreme Court chamber where for the last 143 years, the state has been represented by Dred Scott author Chief Justice Roger Taney.
George Templeton Strong best summed up Taney, writing upon the occasion of his passing, “the Hon. old Roger B.
Above The Law
Aug 01 2020
Background
Medicare-for-All Is Not Medicare, and Not Really for All. So What Does It Actually Mean?
Ritchard Jenkins reached into the black computer bag he keeps near his workstation at Graceful Touch Barber and Beauty Salon and rifled through medical papers, pulling out an envelope buried deep at the bottom.
It was an unopened medical bill for $971.78, now 17 months overdue, that he had put out of sight and out of mind. Another unpaid bill from May for $447.13 rested in a nearby
ProPublica