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Not so frequently asked questions about swine flu - by Will Durst

Tue, 05 May 2009 12:24:43 GMT

Q. What is swine flu?…

For Mother’s Day, be thankful for an “unenlightened” mom - by Tom Purcell

Tue, 05 May 2009 12:21:50 GMT

My mother would have brained us had we acted like the runts at the coffee shop.…

Once a democrat, always a democrat - by Michael Reagan

Tue, 05 May 2009 12:19:39 GMT

Sen. Arlen Specter hasn’t really switched parties; he’s simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election. And he cannot win the Republican primary because he has become a tax and spender — characteristics Republicans have tired of. He started off as a Democrat, switched to the Republican Party, and has now simply confirmed his loyalty to the Democratic Party he never really left.…

A little B-12 from the G-20 - by Will Durst

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:53:40 GMT

The excitement is palpable. G-20 Mania has swept the country like blue mold on dead fruit in the crisper bin of an abandoned refrigerator. Especially amongst the 18 Americans aware that the G-20 is a meeting of the leaders of the world’s top economic nations and not a Bingo call. …

Obama's stem cell OK can kill - by Michael Reagan

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:56:14 GMT

What President Obama did when he reversed President Bush’s executive order banning embryonic stem cell research was based not on solid science, but his desire to cater to the anti-life, pro-abortion forces and their media allies who helped elect him.…

Saving Detroit, muscle cars - by Tom Purcell

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:51:33 GMT

Before we let them supervise anything, we should make them drive Donny Krieger's '69 SS Chevelle.…

Cold on global warming - by Bill Steigerwald

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:50:04 GMT

After George F. Will wrote a column last month questioning the faulty premises and apocalyptic predictions of global-warming alarmists, he caught holy heck from America's “eco-pessimists.” He and his editors at The Washington Post were blasted with thousands of angry e-mails, most of which challenged Will's assertion that global sea ice levels have not been dramatically reduced by man-made global warming, as environmentalists claim, but are essentially the same as they were in 1979. …

School for a scandal - by Will Durst

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:55:22 GMT

A politician making lemonade after being pelted by a bushel of media-chucked lemons is as familiar as red yarn on the handle of a black bag on the luggage carousel at O’Hare. But few alive have seen the likes of Rod Blagojevich. Not content to stir up a nice, cold pitcher or erect a simple stand, the former Illinois governor is challenging Minute Maid’s supremacy in the field of citrus concentrate. …

What is a photojournalist? - by Rosh Sillars

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:41:21 GMT

The most exciting part of being a media photographer is that you have the opportunity to meet great people and witness events first hand.…

Great orator, poor speech by Obama - by Michael Reagan

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:03:29 GMT

I was talking to Peter Robinson, who helped write the immortal “Tear Down This Wall, Mr. Gorbachev" speech delivered in Berlin by my dad, Ronald Reagan.…