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How Should Obama Respond to Fox? President Obama is making a huge mistake by attacking the talking heads at Fox News Channel. In doing so, he is inadvertently giving that network much more legitimacy than it deserves. Instead, he should be using one of three other strategies that... ( added 8 days 3 hours ago.)

Does Limbaugh Deserve His Success? Nationally syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts recently published an op-ed piece in which he mocked Rush Limbaugh's failed attempt to become a part owner of the St. Louis Rams. His opposition to Limbaugh's entry into the NFL appears to be due to... ( added 10 days 6 hours ago.)

Welfare by Any Other Name Last week I was taken to task by a reader for classifying WIC (government aid to Women, Infants, and Children) as welfare. He said this was an incorrect categorization of WIC. His rationale centered around the ubiquity of the program, i.e., he... ( added 11 days 5 hours ago.)

Overreaction to "Balloon Boy" Hoax Local officials, including the sheriff, in Fort Collins, CO are now discussing the possibility of bringing multiple felony charges against Richard Heene and his wife, Mayumi. This is in response to the apparent hoax a couple of weeks ago in which... ( added 12 days 7 hours ago.)

Roadmap to the Poorhouse Many people find themselves financially strapped through no fault of their own. Some of these situations include job layoffs, theft, and catastrophic medical problems. However, others literally send themselves to the poorhouse due to their own bad... ( added 15 days 1 hour ago.)

My Own Version of Natural Healing You hear a lot today about the subject of natural healing. About every other infomercial nowadays pushes a product that promises it in some way, shape, or form. I'd like to offer my own version of natural healing. It has to do with how one should... ( added 16 days 3 hours ago.)

Things That Infringe on Free Speech According to the U.S. Constitution, free speech is one of the rights that we enjoy as Americans. However, I see this right arbitrarily abridged every day, and most people seem to go along with it. In some cases, this violation of the First... ( added 17 days 6 hours ago.)

Let's Get Real about Jaycee Dugard We were all delighted and astonished to hear of the rescue of 29-year-old Jaycee Dugard after being held by her captor for more than 18 years. She was kidnapped in 1991 at age 11 by Philip Garrido, who had held her until August. Her safe return... ( added 19 days 5 hours ago.)

Why It's Good that the USA Is Different I get so tired of hearing members of the media remind us of things like the USA's status as the only industrialized country to do this or not to do that as if it's necessarily bad. For example, they will complain that the USA is unique among its... ( added 22 days 7 hours ago.)

The Hassle of It All I'm a creature of convenience. If you don't want me to do a certain thing, just make it a little inconvenient and I won't bother. I haven't always been that way. It's just how I've come to be over the years. The older I've gotten, the more... ( added 23 days 5 hours ago.)

Today's Most Unpopular Facts So many people nowadays are looking for easy answers. They search out those who will tell them what they want to hear. They're not interested in sacrifice or self-discipline. They don't want to be bothered with religion or reminded about the... ( added 24 days 2 hours ago.)

I Wonder What It Would Be Like I've always wondered what it would be like to have been born into affluence like some people were. I often daydream about having been so lucky. My course would have been charted from the day I was born. I would have received all kinds of expensive... ( added 25 days 7 hours ago.)

The Perils of Going for Two Too Early No football team should ever go for a two-point conversion before the last few minutes of a game, no matter what the score. Doing so could create unintended consequences down the line. Here's an illustration. Let's say a team that is trailing... ( added 29 days 5 hours ago.)

Healthcare for Those Who Help Themselves If and when we get healthcare reform, insurance companies should be granted an exemption from having to provide pills to those who refuse to help themselves. Here's a case in point. There is a woman living a few blocks from me who is in her... ( added 31 days 7 hours ago.)

My Ranking of Crimes by Seriousness Almost everyone has their own idea of which crimes are the most heinous and how they would rank them by seriousness, and I'm no exception. Therefore, I have decided to give it a shot. However, this exercise is not as easy as it would seem at first... ( added 33 days 5 hours ago.)

Why Polanski Should Not Go to Prison This past weekend, acclaimed movie director Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on a 31-year-old warrant issued against him by Los Angeles prosecutors. The warrant resulted from an incident in 1977, when Polanski allegedly drugged and raped... ( added 38 days 1 hour ago.)

Let's Expand Fifth Amendment Rights Two days prior to his arrest for the murder of Yale medical Annie Le, Raymond Clark was picked up by the police, handcuffed, and detained for a while. Incidents like this, that take place on a daily basis, should be prohibited by the U.S.... ( added 43 days 7 hours ago.)

What to Do with the Hofstra False Accuser? What do you think should happen to Danmell Ndonye? She is the Hofstra University freshman who recently accused five men of gang-raping her. However, she later recanted her story when one of them provided a video that proved her sexual encounter... ( added 45 days 6 hours ago.)

The Only Things That I Assume We have all heard the old saying about what assuming does to us. While that is pretty much true, I do believe it's safe, and even desirable, to make some assumptions. Here are some of the things that I assume on a regular basis: 1) Whenever I... ( added 50 days 7 hours ago.)

The Full Impact of a Missed Field Goal When a football team misses a field goal early in a game, the consequences of such a miscue will often be felt later in that game. Sports announcers will generally remind viewers about it in the fourth quarter when that team is behind by three... ( added 52 days 5 hours ago.)

Thirty Things That Can Ruin Your Life Here are some things that can ruin your life if you are not careful. I intentionally left out things such as health problems, accidents, job losses, storms, etc. that can strike suddenly and without warning. The things on this list are generally... ( added 53 days 6 hours ago.)

Let's End Discriminatory Gender Rating Heath insurance companies often use something called "gender rating" to allow them to charge one gender more than the other. This results in women of childbearing years paying more for their health insurance than their male counterparts in the... ( added 57 days 6 hours ago.)

Is There a Gap in Your Education? Okay, so you have two bachelor's degrees, three master's degrees, and four doctorates and they're all in different subject areas! I bet you think you're pretty smart, huh? Well, you might want to reconsider that assumption. You could very well... ( added 59 days 7 hours ago.)

Twelve Politically Correct Things I've Learned on TV American TV is now dominated by political correctness. That's the primary reason why I watch very little of it these days. However, I have watched enough of it in recent years to learn all of the following "precepts": 1) All burglary, drunk... ( added 60 days 6 hours ago.)

Reaction to Thesis is Quite Telling Recently-published portions of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell's 1989 graduate thesis have created a major uproar in the mainstream media. They are particularly outraged at McDonnell's assertion that government should favor married... ( added 64 days 7 hours ago.)