Obama sounded like Al Gore on global warming. The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an imminent cat….

Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as achieving t….

Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. 'I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves,' he said, implying that'….

The only person who was a strong public opponent of the war in Iraq is Barack Obama. The other people weren't. So I can understand why all the left i….

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Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press..

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Thomas Sowell is America's foremost public intellectual and for good reason. His work covers almost every subject imaginable- race, economics, Marxis….

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The American people are not as casualty-sensitive as the weenies in the American press are..