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The Republican “debate” tonight wasn’t a debate – it was 10 guys on Hardball answering Chris Matthews’ questions. And if anything jumped out it was that President Bush has no philosophical coattails. There will never be any “Bush conservatives” and that is too bad. He had the chance – he was on the road –…

Time has come out with its list of the 100 most powerful/influential people alongside that list is a list of the 12 most powerful givers. First on that list is Angelia Jolie. Here is the description of her efforts: Cause: Helping refugees, disaster victims, orphans. Jolie, 31, began work with the U.N. High Commissioner for…

There are 12 million people (give or take) illegally in America. Because they are here illegally and because they are poor and end up on welfare, some argue, they should be shipped home. Let’s move on from such details as to why they are here – their labor is needed by corporations to keep our…

Will Fred or won’t Fred? Not quite poetic language, but clear – is Fred Thompson running for president? Reports are out that “opposition researchers” are out scouring for dirt on Thompson. They will certainly find something. Everyone has dirt. The question, I suppose, is whether there is enough dirt to make mud. Fine. Whatever. My…

I’m fairly sure dunderheadedness is not a word. But it is what comes to mind when reading about this whole political “showdown” going on in DC at the moment. The Democrats are sending legislation to President Bush with a time line for removing troops from Iraq. The President will veto the legislation. He’s actually already…

Some say that America is the “shining city on a hill.” If that is true then we are a pathetic city if we are trying to rid ourselves of “the illegals.” I have my own problems with that metaphor. There was but one shining city on a hill and it wasn’t America – it was…

Peter Gammons is one of the nation’s best writers and commentators on that sport/art/obsession known as baseball. It is worth reading his thoughts on the death of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock. Hancock was killed in a car crash – an instant and staggering tragedy. It was one of those deaths that people intellectually…

Today Tony Snow returned to stand in front of the White House press corps. Don’t go writing any obituaries for him just yet. After his quick intro of the day he took the time to talk about his journey this past month saying at the end, “you’ve got to realize you’ve got the gift of…

…it didn’t take long for the attacks to start. Catholic whiner (a factual rather than a judgmental term) Bill Donohue has sent around a blast email on the Obama article titled, “Obama – Theocrat?”: “If the same standard that was applied to President George W. Bush were to be applied to Senator Barack Obama, then…

There is an enormous story in today’s New York Times about Sen. Barack Obama’s faith and his relationship with his controversial minister. It is (or should be) politically insignificant. It is theologically controversial. The story doesn’t recount anything particularly new about Obama’s faith. It recounts his conversion to Christianity, his relationship with his pastor, his…
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