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Better than birther

Some in the I-Hate-Obama-But-I-Can't-Admit-It-Is-Because-He-Is-Black crowd have seen the light about birtherism. They realize that it makes them sound less than intelligent, stubborn and intractable....

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The Bartleby Party

  Since the election of President Obama, the Republican Party, fairly or not, has been labeled the Party of No. They have framed their opposition as standing up against the enemies of liberty: Obama,...

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Temporary fixes became standard practice

There is an old story about four generations of women preparing a holiday meal. The granddaughter asked her mom why she always cut the ends off the ham before baking it. The Mom asked the grandmother...

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Scorn religion at your peril

Liberal activists and pundits are making a big mistake. They are going after Christine O'Donnell and Sarah Palin about their religious beliefs especially in matters related to sexual behavior. They are...

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Democrats Need to Do Some Soul Searching Too

In the past few days it has become clear that Republicans are delusional, petty, mean spirited whiny butts. They are also poor losers. All over the place you see analysis of their heart wrenching loss....

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Contempt and Disdain: Christian Values

I am unapologetically Christian. I am also unapologetically liberal. I see no contradiction here. And I am not a "Sunday Christian"- I have been in  and have lead dozens of Bible studies in the last 40...

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Praise Fox News

Republicans are house cats. They crouch behind the shower curtain all stealthy. But their tail is showing. We know they are up to something. Republican leaders are disoriented. Used to be they could...

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Robbed of Joy

I have a lifelong friend who is struggling with the middle aged blues. She was widowed at 49 after 20 years of marriage. She wants to be married. She just had a relationship implode. I wrote her,...

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IQ Too Low to Kill

Warren Hill didn’t get executed tonight. Maybe we shouldn’t, they thought, with him being intellectually disabled and all. Not that he doesn’t deserve it; he brutally murdered his girlfriend then his...

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The Measure of a Man

This is a personal narrative. I have a few points I want to make about what we, as a culture, as a country, as a people, have come to value. But mainly I want to tell you about a boy, a man, a life. I...

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Tell the Story

Thank you rescuers, for two rescued diaries in a row. I am in a place where I see the value of stories. I watch Rachel clearly explain the facts about what is happening in our halls of power. I read...

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Our Thin-skinned President

Today Reason magazine ran a story called The Most Openly and Transparently Thin-Skinned Administration in History. Go ahead and read it. It is a whiny, pouty list of ways the Obama administration has...

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Adventures in the best healthcare system in the world

I have never been particularly graceful. Once or twice a year I have a spectacular fall. Not dizzy, not drop in blood pressure, just lose my balance and kerplop.  Today I had the best worst fall ever....

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Dear MSNBC

This is a letter I am sending to MSNBC. I suggest you draft your own version. Dear MSNBC: I congratulate you on your new primetime line up.  Chris Hayes brings a youthful energy and enthusiasm that is...

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Nothing is more important than life

Pro-lifers argue that nothing is more important than the life of the unborn child. The health of the mother is not more important. The life of the mother is not more important. The circumstances which...

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My favorite socialist

One hundred and twenty-six years ago Anne Sullivan, forever to be remembered simply as Teacher, gave Helen Keller a voice. You remember the poignant scene immortalized in film with Patty Duke and Anne...

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Gun Control: Here's Your Sign

The comedian, Bill Engvall, has made a career talking about how hard it is to tell ahead of time who is stupid.Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, "I'm Stupid" That way you wouldn't...

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Life is cheap, guns make life cheaper

I had never given much thought to guns. I grew up on Army posts, and was around big guns: our house shook from the activity at the firing ranges. But if we had a gun in the house I never saw it. I...

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Stuff I Hide on Facebook: #1 Desks and Freedom

I love Facebook. If your attitude is one of condescension toward Facebook in general, move on there is nothing to see here. I love seeing pictures, quotes, odd stories, it is like being at a state...

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Stuff I Hide on Facebook: #2 Football and Muslims

I love Facebook. If your attitude is one of condescension toward Facebook in general, move on there is nothing to see here. I love seeing pictures, quotes, odd stories, it is like being at a state...

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