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Why God Created the GOP

by Pat Buchanan on December 31, 2012 · 0 comments

“God put the Republican Party on earth to cut taxes. If they don’t do that, they have no useful function.”
Columnist Robert Novak was speaking of the party that embraced the revolution of Ronald Reagan, who had hung a portrait…

President Obama likes to complain about gridlock in Washington and blame Republicans for keeping him from doing his job. As president, he has the unfettered executive power to pardon individuals convicted of federal crimes or commute their sentences. Yet, while…

Consider this headline from a Reuters article in The Huffington Post: “Raising Taxes on Rich Won’t Hurt Economic Growth, CBO Says.”
But the first paragraph refutes the headline: “Allowing income tax rates to rise for wealthy Americans would not hurt…

On Nov. 21, 1962, as the Indian Army continued a chaotic retreat from its high altitude positions in the Himalayan Mountains, Communist China’s victorious forces halted their advance and implemented a unilateral ceasefire.
That ceasefire stopped combat operations in what…

Is Middle East Peace a Mirage?

by Pat Buchanan November 26, 2012

With the truce in the week-long Gaza war, Barack Obama is being prompted by right and left to re-engage and renew U.S. efforts to solve the core question of Middle East peace.
Before he gets reinvolved in peacemaking, our once-burned…

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Blasted Twinkie Killers!

by Dr. Mark Hendrickson November 23, 2012

Drat! I’m bummed—saddened by the news that the Hostess company, home of the Twinkie and other venerable sugary snacks, is shutting down.
 
I’ll bet I haven’t eaten more than three or four Twinkies in the last 30 years, so the…

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The Crisis of a Second Obama Administration

by George Weigel November 19, 2012

President Obama’s re-election and the prospect of a second Obama administration, freed from the constraints imposed by the necessity of running for re-election, have created a crisis for the Catholic Church in the United States. In the thought-world and vocabulary…

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On Our Hands

by Dr. Paul Kengor November 19, 2012

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I’m a Christian, a Roman Catholic. I’m pro-life, as any Roman Catholic should be. I believe life begins at conception, and thus, I’m against the dissection and destruction of human embryos for medical research. I’m also…

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Who Fed Susan the Benghazi Bullhockey?

by Pat Buchanan November 16, 2012

At his news conference Wednesday, President Barack Obama postured as the young Galahad striding out onto the schoolyard to stop a pair of bullies from beating up a girl.
Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham had charged U.N. Amb. Susan…

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The Syrian Death Match

by Austin Bay November 16, 2012

In a column penned last April, I called the Syrian civil war a death match and argued that a death match is not negotiable.
That essay addressed the predictable demise of a highly-touted ceasefire agreement negotiated by former U.N. Secretary-General…

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