Opinion Forum

Cumulative Voting

June 20th, 2010

By Larry Ennis With the tragedy unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico and along its shoreline, some other things are just slipping by. Almost completely unheralded is the recent modifying of the way voting is being done in an increasing number of local elections, touted as a way to insure better representation of minorities. This […]

Articles written by Larry Ennis
Tags: ACLU, cumulative voting, judges, liberals, minorities, one person one vote
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Truth Is the New Hate Speech

May 6th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin In a speech at a pro-Israel rally in New York on April 25, AtlasShrugs blogger Pamela Geller declared that “Truth is the new hate speech.” I do not always agree with Geller, but in this case she is absolutely right: truth has indeed become the new hate speech. The idea is that […]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: communism, discrimination, evil, fascism, hate speech, liberals, Marxism
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Telling It Like It Is

February 11th, 2010

By Larry Ennis I make no secret of the fact that my political views are conservative. I’m a Republican because it’s the party that best aligns with what I hold as my political philosophy. I am by no means completely satisfied with the Republicans, but for the present it is my only choice. Like a […]

Articles written by Larry Ennis
Tags: condescension, Democrats, elitists, liberals, radicals, Republicans
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Free Market Compensation

February 11th, 2010

By Tom Carter The President is taking incoming fire from the liberal left on recent comments he made regarding the bonuses of a couple of Wall Street CEOs. When asked about the bonuses of the CEO of JPMorgan Chase ($17 million) and the CEO of Goldman Sachs ($9 million), he praised both as “savvy businessmen” and […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: bonuses, compensation, free market, left, liberals, politicians, salaries
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Mortals, Messiahs, and Chickens

December 5th, 2009

By Tom Carter It’s been interesting to see the reactions to President Obama’s speech on Afghanistan. He announced the decision to send 30,000 more troops, but he assured the country (and the enemy) that they’ll begin coming home about a year after the deployments are complete. This was a classic of Clintonesque triangulation — the number […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Afghanistan, conservatives, liberals, Obama
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