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Upon learning that Lindsey Graham would be in town this week for a town hall meeting, the host of WTMA’s “The Morning Buzz” Richard Todd put in a call to the senator’s communications director Kevin Bishop in an attempt to get an interview. Bishop gave the usual runaround about Graham being too busy, but added [...]
Filed under: politics
Sometimes editors like to have fun with their writers — like this week when my editor at the Charleston City Paper declared that controversial Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and yours truly are actually the same person. Explains Chris Haire: “You want proof? Well here goes: As you know, Rauf is the guy behind the so-called [...]
Those who advocate a reduced global American military presence are often accused by defenders of the status quo of somehow being naïve or unable to see the big picture. But the exact opposite is true — it is those who insist America must be everywhere at all times who are also all over the place [...]
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Denouncing libertarianism as not true conservatism is like saying The Rolling Stones somehow dethroned Elvis Presley. There’s no questioning that both acts sound very different-there’s also no questioning that both are rock n’ roll personified. The philosophies of libertarianism and conservatism are no doubt particular and distinct, as the loudest voices for each will eternally [...]
With the debate thus far being wrapped in religious, constitutional and nationalistic rhetoric, whether or not a mosque should be built near Ground Zero should first be a decision for New Yorkers. For years, Vermont kept Wal-Mart out, arguing that the corporate retail chain was simply not an appropriate fit for the rural character of [...]
Obama-loving liberals are goofy. Despite their once fierce — and warranted — hatred for George W. Bush, Democrats now make every excuse in the book for a president who behaves just like him. Obama first burst on the national scene promising to reverse the Bush policies most unpopular with the Left — quagmire wars, warrantless [...]
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If I had my druthers, the government wouldn’t even be involved in the business of marriage. What in the past was primarily a union for child-rearing or sometimes even a purely economic arrangement is these days mostly a symbolic gesture for the participants–and for the state, a way to manipulate them. Today, the divorce rate [...]
Speculating who might become America’s-next-top-conservative-idol has become common sport. No doubt, the GOP establishment would love to anoint a Mitt Romney, Scott Brown, or Tim Pawlenty. Many rank-and-file Republicans have begun to gravitate toward men like Congressman Paul Ryan and Senator Jim DeMint. One national poll has the Tea Party split between former Alaska Governor [...]
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That Senator Lindsey Graham is almost universally reviled by conservatives for his Republican flakiness is well established. But while right-wingers never know which they the wind is going to blow for Graham on most issues—for example, last week, the man once dubbed “Grahamnesty” laughably now says he opposes anchor baby citizenship—Lindsey can always be counted [...]