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And About _____Time, Too!

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
What some of us -- well, anyway I do -- refer to as the Slobbification of America made a good showing the other day on the front page of The Wall Street Journal: the tale of a town talking up a ban on public profanity of the grosser sort.2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T15:10:08ZBill Murchison
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She Warned Us

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
One of many things left out of the film "The Iron Lady" was Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's warnings on the effects a single currency would have on the economies of European nations. Thatcher's premonitions place her among the great political prophets of all time. 2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T07:40:02ZCal Thomas
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I've Found 2 Dirt-Cheap Stocks in this Wall Street Guru's Portfolio

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
For savvy investors, such a lousy performance brings opportunity. We get the chance to dig deeply into these washed-out stocks, seeking out the stocks that now offer even more compelling value. 2012-06-12T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T07:40:02ZDavid Sterman
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Human-trafficking hotline calls show 'groundswell of interest'

Human trafficking has been described by the Justice Department as "a big moneymaker for criminals and a scourge to society" and a group that seeks to help those caught in its grips says the number of callers to its national hotline identifying themselves as victims is increasing — and that's ...

Victim's graphic testimony opens Sandusky trial

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky's trial in the Penn State scandal opened in graphic fashion Monday with the first witness testifying that the retired coach molested him in the locker-room showers and in hotels while trying to ensure his silence with gifts and trips to bowl games.

The man, now ...

Student-teacher sex: Where does it end?

The cases seem to be popping up everywhere — and with alarming frequency.

Married English teacher Erin Sayar, 35, is accused of having sex with an 11th-grader at least eight times while supposedly tutoring him at his Brooklyn high school.

Michael Montgomery, a 49-year-old language instructor in Salem, Ore., is ...

Unrest feared in financially troubled Detroit

LANSING, Mich. |— As the clock ticks down on Detroit's long-coming financial meltdown, some residents wonder if the Motor City is poised on the edge of an explosive summer of unrest.

Last week, members of the Detroit City Council said they would let play out a legal challenge to an ...

Hold Obama Accountable

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
Suddenly, congressional leaders of both parties are demanding investigations into serial disclosures of national security secrets on President Obama's watch. The truth of the matter is that we already know what we need to about these leaks. The question is: Will anybody do anything about it? 2012-06-11T13:08:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZFrank Gaffney
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Something is rotten in the District of Columbia

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
DC government stinks to high heaven. We know DC lawmakers are certainly not “bullet proof” to corruption but it’s disturbing they think they can engage in criminal behavior without retribution.2012-06-11T12:40:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZCrystal Wright
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Christiane Amanpour's Lovefest with Castro's Daughter

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
Given the media’s neurotic hyper-sensitivity to the most microscopic hint of white on black racism here’s a question: When would a black human-rights activist who was jailed and tortured by a lily-white regime for the crime of quoting Martin Luther King be totally ignored by this same media while he testified to a Senate Committee? 2012-06-11T11:51:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZHumberto Fontova
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Laffer and Moore: Obama's Real Spending Record

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
There's no way around the facts. Under Presidents Bush and Obama, government exploded as a share of the economy.


Emails Reveal How the White House Bought Big Pharma

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
'Then Rahm came in. Among other things, said very positive things about what we were doing.'


ObamaCare's Secret History

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
How a Pfizer CEO and Big Pharma colluded with the White House at the public's expense.


The Gitmo Bar Goes 0-8

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
The Supreme Court lets stand antiterror victories in lower courts.


McGurn: Romney vs. Obama---en Español

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
The challenger can note that, in 2007, then-Sen. Obama helped kill immigration reform.


Stephens: A Presidency of Excuses

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
Why's growth at 1.9% and unemployment still firmly above 8%? Apparently the buck stops in Berlin.


Christian Noyer: The Next Step for Europe Is Financial Union

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 07:46
The single currency area needs to share responsibility for deposit guarantees, banking supervision and crisis resolution.


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