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Coloring Book Publisher Gets Death Threats



So, it's come to this:


The author-publisher of "The Tea Party Coloring Book…
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Added by Ben Boychuk on September 30, 2010 at 7:01pm — 2 Comments

Pelosi: Investigate Those Mosque Opponents

Contrary to what you may read at the Daily Beast, Salon, Talking Points Memo, and… Continue

Added by Ben Boychuk on August 18, 2010 at 12:17pm — 1 Comment

Self-evident Truth vs. 'Progress'

Calvin Coolidge is remembered, incorrectly, for not saying very much. But the 30th president delivered one of the finest analyses of the Declaration of Independence on the 150th anniversary celebration of independence in 1926. It's a long speech. You should read the whole thing. In the context of the ongoing argument between "conservatives" and "progressives," however, one part is worth…
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Added by Ben Boychuk on July 3, 2010 at 10:39am — 11 Comments

'The Second Day of July, 1776, Will Be the Most Memorable Epocha in the History of America...'



Independence Day may be my favorite holiday. Sure, I love Christmas and Thanksgiving, and Easter and St. Patrick's Day are not without their charms. But America's birthday is a holiday like no other. Over the past eight years or so, with two exceptions, we've helped put on a large block party, complete with games, food, strong drink, music, patriotic readings, and, when the sun goes down,… Continue

Added by Ben Boychuk on July 2, 2010 at 7:29pm — No Comments

Feeling Safer? The No-Fly List Snares A 6-Year-Old

Six-year-old Harry Buttle Alyssa Thomas is on the U.S. government's "No Fly" list. According to a local Fox affiliate report, the Westlake, Ohio girl's parents learned she was on the list during a recent trip from Cleveland to Minneapolis.


"We were, like, puzzled," said Dr. Santhosh Thomas, Alyssa's weirdly inarticulate father. "I'm like, well, she's kinda six-years-old and…
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Added by Ben Boychuk on June 27, 2010 at 9:26pm — 1 Comment

Beware the Administrative State

Joseph Wesley Postell, assistant director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for American Studies, has a pretty good piece in the Washington Times today on the decline of constitutionalism and the rise of the administrative state: …



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Added by Ben Boychuk on May 6, 2010 at 4:52pm — 4 Comments

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