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GOLDBERG: Big business gets the Hollywood treatment

Jonah Goldberg — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:35:07 GMT

Jack Andraka, a 15-year-old from Maryland, just won the world's largest high school science competition by creating a new test for pancreatic cancer, one of the nastiest and most lethal forms of the disease.

According to various news reports, the winning submission at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair ...

DAVIS: Honoring our fallen by supporting their loved ones

Lynda Davis — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:35:05 GMT

Memorial Day is the solemn occasion on which we respectfully remember those in uniform who have given their lives in service to our country. I can think of no better way to honor their memory than by recognizing and supporting the family members for whom they will forever be irreplaceable ...

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Jack Andraka, a 15-year-old kid from Maryland, just won the world's largest ...

SINATRA: Why Rolling Thunder?

Nancy Sinatra — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:34:03 GMT

For many years following my USO tour, I was looking for some way to continue to help our troops and veterans, and I needed to share with someone the profound feelings I came away with after seeing war firsthand.When Artie Muller invited me to join Rolling Thunder, I jumped at ...

NUGENT: God bless America's warriors

Ted Nugent — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:15:04 GMT

Freedom isn't free. Never has been, never will be. Very special warriors have provided freedom at supreme sacrifice since time immemorial. Good people will never forget, and we celebrate Memorial Day with a hard-charging spirit in appreciation for hard-charging warriors.

With his lifeblood pouring out of him from a mortal ...

KNIGHT: Obama's politics of envy

Robert Knight — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:14:04 GMT

When reality bites, you can either try to change reality or create your own.

Barack Obama claims he has presided over trillions of dollars in spending cuts. If he's a fiscal conservative, then I'm a forward "enforcer" for an NBA playoff team.

The president, who has increased the national debt ...

TURNER: 'Welcome home' Vietnam veterans

Robert F. Turner — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:14:03 GMT

Many reading this probably don't know it, but at 1 pm Monday afternoon, the Pentagon will host a "Welcome home" ceremony for Vietnam War veterans at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Mall. If it comes off, it will be a good thing. A lot of very brave men fought ...

EDITORIAL: The Not-So-Free State

THE WASHINGTON TIMES — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:14:04 GMT

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a quarter-billion dollars' worth of tax increases into law on Tuesday. The move is meant to keep the state's ever-expanding budget on a path toward growth. "Growth" is the last thing the private-sector economy is going to see in the Free State.

According to the ...

EDITORIAL: Obama's big deficit lie

THE WASHINGTON TIMES — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:14:03 GMT

President Obama claims federal budget deficits have not soared out of control during his administration. He has officially jumped the shark.

On Wednesday at a Denver fundraiser, Mr. Obama said he was "running to pay down our debt in a way that's balanced and responsible." He claimed that "after inheriting ...

WOODSON: Black-on-black crime in the suites

Robert L. Woodson, Sr. — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:05:04 GMT

For decades, it was presumed that having blacks in positions of political leadership on the local, state and national levels would serve as a safeguard to preserve the victories of the civil rights movement and ensure that the people on whose behalf those battles had been fought could benefit from ...

BACON: Bring back stigma

James A. Bacon — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:05:03 GMT

Desmond Hatchett, of Knoxville, Tenn., has petitioned the state of Tennessee for relief of his child-support obligations. It seems that the 33-year-old minimum-wage earner has to divide 50 percent of his earnings with the 11 women with whom he has fathered 30 children. While some of his children receive as ...

BILIRAKIS: No money for LOST

Rep. Gus Bilirakis — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:53:08 GMT

Between secret deals with Russia to weaken our missile defense, the relaxation of conditions on military aid to Egypt, and the granting of visas to the progeny of a dictatorial Cuban regime - just to name a few troubling actions - the current administration's flippant attitude toward America's sovereignty and ...

MANN: The not-so-great outdoors

Windsor Mann — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:50:05 GMT

As someone who doesn't like to freeze to death or sweat uncontrollably, I enjoy this time of year. The mild temperatures, blooming flowers and amiable sunniness make the outdoors a great place to be. Which is why I stay indoors. The downside to good weather is that it brings people ...

LAMBRO: Bad news for Obama in the mountains

Donald Lambro and Donald Lambro — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:50:04 GMT

President Obama isn't doing so well in some of his party primaries where a surprisingly large number of Democrats are giving him the thumbs down.

The national news media are paying little attention to the Democrats' presidential primaries because Mr. Obama is assured of his nomination. But the large size ...

NAPOLITANO: What if we have only memories of freedom?

Andrew P. Napolitano — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:49:05 GMT

What if Memorial Day reminds us of times when we had more freedom? What if freedom is dying right under our eyes? What if the memory of the past is more fulfilling than the reality of the present?

What if the federal government could write any law, regulate any behavior ...

LEE: No merger for American Airlines

Timothy H. Lee — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:49:05 GMT

As any traveler knows, the U.S. air- line industry has undergone rapid transformations in re- cent years because of a number of market forces. Increased competition, fuel price fluctuations, reduced travel demands, and the fact that many companies were overleveraged left the industry reeling and pushed some of the biggest ...

KUHNER: Did Serbia vote for war?

Jeffrey T. Kuhner — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:49:04 GMT

Another war is brewing in the Balkans. Recently, Serbia's voters elected a new president. Ultranationalist Tomislav Nikolic narrowly defeated the liberal, pro-European Union incumbent, Boris Tadic. Mr. Nikolic's victory means the Balkans may be plunged into ethnic violence again.

Mr. Nikolic won on his appeal as a crusading populist and ...

RUSE: Catholic bishops strike back

Cathy Ruse — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:34:10 GMT

In January, the Obama administration hit Catholic employers with arguably the most religiously-oppressive government directive in modern American history: Provide free abortion drugs and birth control pills in your health insurance plans, in flagrant violation of your religious beliefs, or face legal punishment. This week the bishops of the Catholic ...

DONATELLI: Snyder shapes up Michigan

Frank Donatelli — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:34:08 GMT

If any state has had its share of economic problems, it's Michigan. In 2009, battered by a decade of slow growth, recession and the collapse of the auto industry, unemployment soared to more than 14 percent. The state's largest city, Detroit, has suffered economic and political turbulence, including the indictment ...

FIELDS: Hillary for spare tire

Suzanne Fields — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:34:07 GMT

Hillary Clinton has gone through more reincarnations than Shirley MacLaine, who insists that when she was a Moorish girl in the ninth century she had an affair with Charlemagne. Hillary has no such exotic tales in her past - Bubba is exotic enough - but she has gone through a ...

BOOK REVIEW: 'On the Edge of the Cold War'

Frank T. Csongos - Special to The Washington Times — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:34:07 GMT

ON THE EDGE OF THE COLD WAR: AMERICAN DIPLOMATS AND SPIES IN POSTWAR PRAGUE
By Igor Lukes
Oxford University Press, $34.95, 279 pages

Czechoslovakia was born in 1918 out of the ashes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I. The First Czechoslovak Republic - prosperous, democratic ...

KNIGHT: ACLU declares new war on single-sex education

Robert Knight — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:34:06 GMT

Boys and girls have the same needs, desires and temperaments, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Any observable disparities can be traced to soft bigotry, such as thinking that boys typically throw better than girls. And that girls' social radar makes boys by comparison as socially sharp as ...

BENNETT: Romney plan for education hits the mark

Tony Bennett — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:34:05 GMT

Every state and every community faces unique challenges to improve education, but the need for comprehensive reform across the nation has never been more apparent.

Joel Klein, former chancellor of New York City schools, put it best: "The American Dream is quickly becoming an American memory. In too many communities, ...

TYRRELL: Not debating liberalism

R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:34:04 GMT

Here I am on the campaign trail, frenetically promoting my book, "The Death of Liberalism." I appear on scores of radio interviews, in and out of the studio. I appear on Fox News and C-SPAN. I hardly have time for dinner, but it could be more demanding still. I could ...

FRANZONELLO: Different words, same policy

Anna Franzonello — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:34:03 GMT

This week my alma mater, the University of Notre Dame, was one of more than 40 plaintiffs to file suit against the Department of Health and Human Services regarding its mandate that private health insurance plans cover life-ending drugs and devices, including the abortion-inducing drug ella. Reflecting on the university's ...