SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 Over 50 years, the U.S. Catholic school population has dropped by almost two-thirds. By RICHARD RIORDAN EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Catholic schools infuse beliefs, values and standards that children will carry all their lives. They provide a safe learning environment for those from high-crime neighborhoods as well as structure and a faith-based
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 If the Senate ratifies it, China will have its best weapon yet to limit U.S. action in Asia. By JOHN BOLTON And DAN BLUMENTHAL The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST)—signed by the U.S. in 1994 but never ratified by the Senate—is showing some signs of life on Capitol Hill, even as
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011, 7:45 A.M. ET What American ‘Political Prisoners’? An American hiker channels Noam Chomsky after two years in Iranian jail. By JAMES KIRCHICK Imagine you are Shane Bauer, one of two American hikers released from Iranian captivity last week. On July 31, 2009, you’re traversing a mountain trail in Iraqi Kurdistan, near the
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 The country’s generals behave with impunity because they believe the United States will always blink first. By SADANAND DHUME Can Pakistan be weaned off its addiction to exporting violence? Unusually blunt comments to the Senate last week by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen have spurred the latest
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 One original sin was the separation of the corporate and personal tax, giving lawyers, accountants and the wealthy a chance to game the system. By JOHN STEELE GORDON Whether the “millionaires and billionaires” are actually paying their fair share of taxes is a matter for the electorate to decide. After all, fairness
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 Palestinian Statehood and the Lessons of Oslo The U.N. deliberations are theater. There can be no avoiding direct negotiations. By FOUAD AJAMI ‘U.N. 194″ is the slogan of the campaign to grant the Palestinians a seat at the United Nations, to recognize their authority as the 194th nation in that world body.
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EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: What I found out in my quest for political clarity was that the Republican party passed EVERY civil rights legislation in regard to black Americans, including the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act, which was signed by a Democrat president but only passed because of a Republican congress’
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The Bahnsen Viewpoint Politics, Economics, and Culture Through My Eyes The Undiscerning and Dangerous Appreciation of Ron Paul By DLB David Bahnsen May 21, 2011 http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2011/05/21/the-undiscerning-and-dangerous-appreciation-of-ron-paul/ And the credentials of the author http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/about Let me start this article by saying this: I confess from the start that this is a very, very passionate issue for
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Daniel Halper September 16, 2011 Congressman Mike Rogers delivered this coherent, Reaganesque defense of defense this morning at the American Enterprise Institute: The Evolution of American Intelligence and National Security in the Decade since 9/11 A Keynote Address by Representative Mike Rogers (R-MI) Thank you all very much; thank
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