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And? This is supposed to be news? Is anyone really surprised? NYC paid for abortions when he was mayor. He has long been pro-choice. Why is it even remotely surprising that he gave to Planned Parenthood? It is a perfectly natural thing for someone who is pro-choice to do. What is silly is for any…

Back to those $400 haircuts. What is the difference between a few $400 haircuts and Sen. Clinton’s (very, very) expensive suits and Fred Thompson’s (very, very) expensive suits? Or what is the difference between those haircuts and the thousands spent by candidates and campaigns on makeup? There is no difference. We simply don’t want to…

Some of these ads just make me laugh out loud: Much of it is John Hodgman’s acting. Perhaps more is just Apple’s irreverence towards Microsoft – the perpetual little brother…in this case, however, the little brother who has become the quarterback, is dating the supermodel, and has been nominated for an Oscar… of course to…

John Edwards slaps back at critics who say that his wealth shows he doesn’t really care about the poor: “Would it have been better if I had done well and didn’t care?” Edwards asked. He is exactly right. So he is rich. So he has spent a bundle on a hair cut or two or…

From two great people in Sterling, Kansas – a place spared by the tornadoes but not the rain this message to Kim: We are fine and so fortunate. We’re hoping we will be able to help with the clean-up efforts in Greensburg at some point. [italics mine] We’ve had 7-8 inches at the farm. They’ve…

My wife, Kim, grew up in the middle of Kansas. When people think of Kansas they think of a town just like hers – one square mile with a lone traffic light in the middle of it. From the air her hometown of Sterling was little different from the Greensburg, KS. Though she left Kansas…

Paris is going to jail. Thank God…at least that is what she should be doing. First the social policy picture. Paris Hilton will now be just one of the 7 million Americans who are incarcerated or on probation or parole. When she enters that jail she will be just another number in the statistics that…

A friend sent me this link to a commencement speech Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave at Stanford a couple of years ago. As might be expected from a man who names his devices – Mac, iPod, iPhone – very simply, the speech was simply titled as well, “You’ve got to find what you love. This…

…and pray for the people of Greensburg, KS, who had their town destroyed by a tornado…and for all those in the midst of the current tornado outbreak. My wife grew up in the middle of Kansas – about 90 miles from Greensburg – she knows of tornados and warnings and that kind of devastation.

The most important constituency watching last night’s Republican debate is the broadly-defined religious right. It is a group in huge transition – more and more evangelicals are rejecting the abortion- and gay marriage-only focus – but, it is obviously the most important group for the Republican primaries. So, the obvious question. Who won the first…

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