Published January 23, 2011 | FoxNews.com It must have been one hell of an eruption. About 250 million years ago, hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the planet, 95 percent of the primitive life developing in the sea was wiped out — and 70 percent of the […]
WORLD’S LARGEST EXTINCTION EXPLAINED BY WORLD’S LARGEST VOLCANIC ERUPTION Read More »
JANUARY 22, 2011 ‘The welfare state has done to black Americans what slavery couldn’t do. . . . And that is to destroy the black family.’ By JASON L. RILEY Devon, Pa. ‘Sometimes I sarcastically, perhaps cynically, say that I’m glad that I received virtually all of my education before it became fashionable for white
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JANUARY 21, 2011 It was hard under Ronald Reagan. It will be impossible under Barack Obama. By PAUL H. RUBIN How successful is the president’s recently announced deregulatory initiative likely to be? Based on my experience at two regulatory agencies (the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Product Safety Commission) during the Reagan years, I
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JANUARY 20, 2011 When the former B-movie actor took the oath of office on January 20, 1981, he encountered a barrage of intellectual snobbery from Europe. By DAVID DAVIS Today marks the 30th anniversary of the inauguration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. One wonders how the man who, by sheer force of belief, ended the
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Founders’ spirit returns with Tea Party movement By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. The Washington Times January 5, 2011 New Year’s Day in Washington dawned gray, wet and cold. It was a perfect day for sightseeing, and so my wife and I decided to sightsee. We went to Mount Vernon, George Washington‘s home, named, incidentally, after
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Good manners are smart politics Former President Gerald Ford, left, introduces Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Robert Bork, center, in 1987, as Senator Bob Dole looks on. Bork’s nomination, by President Reagan, met with heated opposition. By John E. Sununu Boston Globe January 17, 2011 IN MARCH of 1997, for a few shining days, ground
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By Amity Shales From the Roaring Twenties to the bleating nineteen thirties the American economy entered like a lion and left like a lamb–the Great Depression was at hand. In addition to the infamous market crashes, unemployment rose to almost a quarter of the total population, international trade slowed, deflation abounded, banks failed at an
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) A World in Crisis What the thirties tell us about today. Matthew Continetti January 3 – January 10, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 16 On December 13, 1931, there was a traffic accident in New York City. A man exited a cab on the Upper East Side and was crossing
This was published in 2006 by Gabrielle Giffords in the Arizona Jewish Post 10.27.06 The title of the article is: “Israel needs U.S. to push the peace process”. > My grandfather, Akiba Hornstein, was the son of a Lithuanian rabbi. My grandfather changed his name to Giff Giffords for reasons of anti-Semitism and moved to
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Op-Ed Contributor When Congress Was Armed And Dangerous By JOANNE B. FREEMAN NY Times Published: January 11, 2011 New Haven THE announcement that Representatives Heath Shuler of North Carolina and Jason Chaffetz of Utah are planning to wear guns in their home districts has surprised many, but in fact the United States has had armed
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