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The Appeal of the Principled Rep. Paul

 In a Republican Party that has clearly lost its principles over the past decade (see...

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Coercion Is Not Charity—The Huckabee Fallacy

In a scathing but fair critique of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, currently running f...

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Thanksgiving Wish

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers. Please take some time to consider the meaning of...

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Brian May Named University Chancellor

As noted earlier on this site, former Queen guitarist Brian May's earning of a doctorate i...

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Coming Saturday: “Beowulf” Reviewed

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“Diagnosis Impossible: The Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne”: Review

Edward D. Hoch's Diagnosis Impossible: The Problems of Dr. Sam Hawthorne (1996), reviewed ...

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Rev. Pat Robertson Endorses Giuliani

In a surprising move, the Rev. Pat Robertson, a top leader among American evangelical Chri...

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Commemorating All Saints Day

NBA Los Angeles Lakers coach and Basketball Hall of Fame honoree Phil Jackson says America...

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Homosexual Activists Attack Obama Supporter

A homosexual activism group has called on presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) ...

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No Mystery in Women’s Murder Club

Women's Murder Club, a new crime-drama series running Friday nights at 10 EDT, sounds like...

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Innocuous “Aliens”

 Conservative writers have been criticizing the new CW sitcom Aliens in America (Mond...

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ABCs “Cavemen” Draws Surprisingly Well in First Outing

The new ABC sitcom Cavemen, reviewed below, drew a surprisingly large audience for its pre...

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A Big Change in the Debate Over Homosexuality

There's a fascinating article about the biology of sexuality, dealing particularly with qu...

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TNT’s “Shattered” Gives Moral Twist to Suspense Cliches

Judging by its story line, one could be forgiven for thinking the new Turner Network Telev...

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Dylan, Costello to Tour Together

One of the most influential popular artists of our time will join one of the most importan...

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Governors Win the Presidency

Look back into the history of the past century, and one U.S. political-cultural truth is e...

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A Gay Event for Democrat Presidential Contenders

Last night the Democrat candidates for the party's presidential nomination held a debate i...

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FX’s Damages

Damages, a legal drama that premiered last week on the FX cable network, follows the now c...

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A Black Eye on Professional Sports

Barry Bonds' 754th home run, one short of Hank Aaron's lifetime record for Major League Ba...

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Prominent GOP Senator Embraces Classical Liberal Position on Iraq War

"We don't owe the president our unquestioning agreement," U.S. Sen. Richard Luga...

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Nifong’s Disbarment, Lockout—and What Should Happen Next

The once and former Durham County, North Carolina District Attorney Thomas Nifong has been...

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Leftists’ Perversion of Free-Market Lingo

One of the clever things leftists do is take good words and pervert them to mean the exact...

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Who Are the Real Conservatives Today?

Kathryn Lopez has written an excellent article on "the Right's love-hate relationship...

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The Opiate of the Elite

In a comment on our Hollywood Politics post of yesterday, Robert Champ, a literary instruc...

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Does Classical Liberalism Work in Foreign Affairs?

A commenter suggests that classical liberal principles are an impractical guide to interna...

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Bush Moving Toward Classical Liberal Position on Iraq?

 President Bush echoed two thoughts from my "Classical Liberal Analysis of the I...

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The Two Minds of the West

As frequent visitors Pascal and Mike both note in comments on my "Theocracy Slur"...

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Leftist Voice of Sanity on Global Warming

The far-left polemicist Alexander Cockburn, longtime columnist for The Nation, has been op...

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Rudy Makes Up His Mind on Abortion

The New York Times reports that former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani is going to clarify his pos...

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How to Understand Contemporary Political Analysis

Our friend Mike has sent us a comment that presents an amusing set of terms by which to un...

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The Rudy G. Process

Our friend Hunter Baker of RedState.com gave us an amusing and insightful response in a co...

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The Democrats’ Gargantuan Government Agenda

The Democrats have done a good job of making themselves sound like Republicans in their ne...

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A Classical Liberal View of the Proposed Iraq “Surge”

Having gone on record as arguing that the classical liberal position suggests that it is h...