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The Monolithic Black Vote and My Republican Dad

by Larry Elder November 16, 2012

In 13 wards in Philadelphia, reports the Inquirer, President Barack Obama received 99 percent of the vote! A local Democratic ward leader outlined the strategy: “In this election, you had to point out to people what was at stake. And…

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America’s Fundamental Transformation

by Dr. Paul Kengor November 15, 2012

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Timing is everything in politics. If the election of Tuesday, November 6, 2012, would have been held the Tuesday before, Mitt Romney would have won easily. He had a sizable lead in the polls. But within…

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Don’t Go Wobbly, GOP

by Lawrence Kudlow November 14, 2012

In the fierce headline debate over the so-called fiscal cliff, our newly re-elected president argues that “a majority of Americans agree with (his) approach.” That approach, according to the president, is “to combine spending cuts with revenue — and that…

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The Smoking Gun of the Benghazi Cover-Up

by Pat Buchanan November 5, 2012

On June 6 of this year, a bomb planted at the U.S. compound in Benghazi ripped a 12-foot-wide hole in the outer wall.
On June 11, the British ambassador’s motorcade was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, wounding a medic and…

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The War on “Obama Defectors”

by Debra J. Saunders November 5, 2012

NARAL Pro-Choice America is targeting what it calls “Obama defectors”: female voters who supported Barack Obama in 2008 but now are considering voting for Mitt Romney.
Defectors? That’s a term usually reserved for Syrian troops who go AWOL or adults…

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What Do I Tell My Black Child if Obama Loses?

by Larry Elder November 5, 2012

What do I tell my black child if Barack Obama, America’s first black president, loses his bid for re-election? This is a question many parents are asking themselves — especially those who would blame the loss on racism.
Jubilant black…

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What Kind of Country Do You Want?

by George Weigel November 5, 2012

In his speech to the Democratic National Convention, nominating President Obama for a second term, former president Bill Clinton said that the choice before America was a stark one: What kind of country do you want to live in? That’s…

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Faith in Scientists

by Michael Cook October 27, 2012

You may have read that an Italian court has found six Italian scientists and an ex-government official guilty of manslaughter and sentenced them to six years in jail. Their crime was minimising the risk of the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake which…

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Obama’s Little Plan

by Lawrence Kudlow October 26, 2012

Under pressure from Mitt Romney, President Obama has finally released his own policy vision for a second term. And, yes, it’s the same old, same old. Some are calling it a second first term.
There isn’t a single true economic-growth…

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Will Obama Paint Mitt as a Warmonger?

by Pat Buchanan October 22, 2012

Usually, not always, the peace party wins.
Gen. Sherman’s burning of Atlanta and March to the Sea ensured Abraham Lincoln’s re-election in 1864.
William McKinley, with his triumph over Spain and determination to pacify and hold the Philippines, easily held…

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