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Feb 26 2015
News
No, Obamacare Isn't Proving Its Critics Wrong
t would be a genuine challenge to identify more obsequious water-carriers for the Obama agenda than the (hilariously inept) propaganda "explanatory journalism" team at Vox. One of their ongoing projects is "Voxplaining" to Americans how Obamacare is, in fact, working quite well -- regardless of what the vulgar right-wing liars might say. Though I spent a great deal of time refuting one such
TownhallJul 21 2015
News
California Farm District Accused of Diverting Water
California water regulators cracked down Monday on a rural irrigation district accused of illegally diverting water in the midst of the state’s drought emergency, proposing a record $1.5 million fine in what they said would be the first of many penalties like this.
The civil penalty filed against the Byron Bethany Irrigation District, which provides water to farmers in a 45-square-mile
New York Times (News)Jan 26 2017
Opinion
OPINION: Trump has committed the most revolutionary act I've seen in 45 years
Within four hours of becoming president of the United States, Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to limit immediately the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) in ways that are revolutionary.
Guest Writer - RightMar 05 2020
Perspectives Blog
Political Diversity and the Wisdom of Boos
Editor's Note: See John Gable's take on this event here.
Over the past decade I’ve been a regular attendee at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. It’s an annual gathering that brings together thousands of like-minded and like-hearted people, and features a marvelous array of speakers: from wisdom teachers like Jon Kabat-Zinn and Eckhart Tolle, to business executives at Ford and
Brandon RennelsJul 31 2018
Headline Roundup
3-D Printable Gun Designs: National Security Threat or Protected Free Speech?
After a five-year legal battle, a Texas-based company has posted blueprints for 3-D printable guns online, with President Trump tweeting that the move "doesn't seem to make much sense". Supporters argue that the the company is within its First Amendment rights, while dissenters say that the downloadable weapons pose a national security threat.
BBC News Washington Times Washington PostJan 19 2017
Opinion
Obama should give back his Nobel: Column
The last major decision of President Barack Obama was to commute the sentence of a traitor whose most recent accomplishment since giving battlefield secrets to Osama bin Laden was undergoing a taxpayer-funded sex change transition. It was a fitting end to a failed presidency that leaves President-elect Donald Trump mess after mess to clean up on the world stage.
Guest Writer - RightMay 16 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Multiple States Pass Near-Bans on Abortion
Alabama, Missouri, and Georgia, among another states, have moved to effectively ban abortion, passing legislation that would prohibit in the practice in nearly every circumstance. Some have decried the bills as oppressively anti-woman, while others dispute the idea that terminating a pregnancy is a constitutional right. Many see the bills as evidence the two sides are drifting farther toward AllSides StaffMay 20 2018
Headline Roundup
Aftermath of Texas School Shooting
In the aftermath of the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas which left 10 dead, the debate continues around gun control and gun rights, with some arguing for increased gun control and others pushing for bolstered school security. Some also posit that the recent uptick in mass shootings was triggered by Columbine, which lowered the threshold for copycat acts.
National Review (News) New York Times (News) ReutersJul 12 2012
News
NAACP is hard sell for Romney
Mitt Romney carried his promise of across-the-board economic revival to the nations leading black civil rights group Wednesday, but drew boos when he talked of repealing President Obamas health care law.
Some in the audience at the NAACP convention in Houston chuckled at his assertion that hes the best political fit for the black community and it became clear attendees would be tough
Washington TimesSep 04 2018
Headline Roundup
Levi Strauss CEO Announces Initiative to Fight Gun Violence
Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh penned an op-ed in Fortune announcing that the company is launching a campaign to combat gun violence, which will include more than $1 million in philanthropic grants towards groups promoting gun control.
Fortune HuffPost Washington Times