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Government termites
... Editor's note: Listen to this column online. Termites don't care whether there's a hurricane or tornado raging outside. They just keep chomping away at the foundation of their host structure. Homeowners care. When a hurricane, tornado or storms threaten, homeowners do whatever they can to preve...
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Otherwise law-abiding
... Editor's note: Michael Ackley's columns may include satire and parody based on current events, and thus mix fact with fiction. He assumes informed readers will be able to tell which is which.News item (really): Oakland City Council President Ignacio de la Fuente gets Police Department to impose a 3...
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Termites in the foundation
... "It all depends on what the meaning of is, is." With those words, then-President of the United States Bill Clinton crystallized to the world something that we had all sensed. Like a soft buzzing in our ears, we were aware something was out of whack in America, but we couldn't quite put our finge...
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No Pledge of Allegiance at debate? Crowd says otherwise
... At a U.S. congressional candidate debate this past week, the crowd of approximately 300 in attendance drowned out the moderator's objections, not to protest over government policies or to argue some candidate's comments, but to insist upon reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Illinois' 8th Congressio...
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The two Rathergates
... While the presidential campaign and the news media remain fixated on the most recent Rathergate scandal, in which CBS News anchor Dan Rather foisted upon the public apparently fraudulent documents indicting George W. Bush for not fulfilling his National Guard duty, Anne Morse of National Review Onli...
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How the CDC overstates sex violence
... (WASHINGTON POST) By Christina Hoff Sommers Christina Hoff Sommers is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Her books include Who Stole Feminism? and The War Against Boys. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a study suggesting that rates of se...
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Kids' favorite books yanked for being 'offensive'
... (DAILYMAIL) — Public libraries have had to withdraw dozens of long-standing children's favourites after parents complained they were offensive. Anxious adults have taken action over stories deemed to be racist, blasphemous, violent or otherwise unsuitable, a survey has revealed. Roald Da...
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Obama: My administration's most supportive of Israel
... U.S. President Barack Obama gave the keynote address at the Union for Reform Judaism conference in Maryland on Friday, where he said that his administration has done more than any other to support Israel. "It's hard to remember a time when the [U.S.] administration gave more support to the securit...
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So do something!
... If this old and former postman is real and telling the truth, then get off your butt and do something with him ["Postman: Ayers family put 'foreigner' Obama through school"]. Hire some well-armed body guards and take him to Capitol Hill for a session before a congressional hearing. Otherwise stop...
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S.C. Senate allows homeschoolers to play sports
... (AIKEN STANDARD) — The state Senate has approved a bill allowing home-schooled students in South Carolina to play sports at their local public school. The measure passed by a 36-0 vote Thursday would give homeschool students access to all extracurricular activities at the school they would ...
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