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By Cal Thomas (Archive) · Thursday, December 31, 2009 No one I know makes New Year’s resolutions anymore. In part this may be because the resolutions often deal with our weaknesses — lose weight, quit smoking — so that when we fail, we resolve to stop resolving rather than be reminded of our inability to [...]

By Michael Reagan (Archive) · Thursday, December 31, 2009 Well, it is that time of year when most of us have unwrapped all of our gifts, eaten too much ham and pumpkin pie, and started to think about making a New Year’s Resolution. We’ve been spending time reflecting and pondering on what aspects of our [...]

By Ann Coulter (Archive) · Thursday, December 31, 2009 In response to a Nigerian Muslim trying to blow up a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day, the government will now prohibit international travelers from going to the bathroom in the last hour before the plane lands. Terrorists who plan to bomb planes during [...]

By Paul Greenberg (Archive) · Thursday, December 31, 2009 It was just as frightening, and in its own way even more infuriating, than the almost successful attempt to blow up Northwest Flight 253 as it approached Detroit on Christmas Day. I’m talking about the wholly unacceptable comment/excuse offered by this country’s secretary of supposed Homeland [...]

By George Will (Archive) · Thursday, December 31, 2009 WASHINGTON — Already 99.9 (and about 58 more 9s) percent of the universe — it is expanding lickety-split — is beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Into what is it expanding? Hard to say. We can say there is lots of stuff in space: Hold up a penny at [...]

Dec 31, 2009 By Rick Moran Via the Volokh Conspiracy, we find this item from South Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly where trial attorneys have discovered a new way to soak the taxpayer: The two students each received $50,000, and two family members who filed the suits on their behalf received $25,000 apiece ….Title VI prohibits allowing [...]

My Monte Kuligowski “Let me be clear,” “Failure is not an option,” and “I reject that false choice” appear to be three of Barack Obama’s top phrases. They are the hallmarks of Obama-style rhetoric. Of the three, let’s consider the Obama tactic of false choices. From war to foreign policy to the economy, Obama is constantly [...]

Posted 12/30/2009 06:57 PM ET War On Terror: The U.S. now holds a prisoner of war who has knowledge that could foil future terrorist operations. The Obama administration has a moral obligation to extract it from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The White House seems very big on the idea that fear is our enemy, not our [...]

It’s enough to make anyone sick Dec 31, 2009 By Richard E. Vatz and Jeffrey A. Schaler The vast majority of Americans are unaware of most of what is included in the Senate and House health care reform bills as they head for reconciliation in the House-Senate Conference. They will be in for a big [...]