Opinion Forum

When Did the Senate Turn into Pre-school?

September 7th, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor I’ve become quite an authority on pre-schoolers these days. My eldest daughter just finished pre-school and my youngest daughter is in her second year. Plus, I’m writing my third parenting book tentatively titled, Parenting on Message: The 9 Essential Messages to Give Your Child a Great Start to Life (The Experiment […]

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Tags: dysfunctional, ideology, partisanship, pre-school, Senate, toddlers
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What If the Republicans Win Control of Congress?

September 2nd, 2010

By Tom Carter As we approach the elections on November 2, more and more serious experts are predicting that the Republicans will win a majority in the House and possibly even in the Senate. One prediction published today comes from Larry Sabato, who is a professor at the University of Virginia and director of the […]

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Tags: Democrat, election, House, prediction, Republican, Sabato, Senate
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Know What Obama Could Use? A Snake Oil Czar

July 4th, 2010

By Dan Miller President Obama is just one man. He clearly can’t sell all this snake oil himself. * * * We have a disastrously inadequate petroleum reserve; there is a crisis. “We consume more than 20 percent of the world’s oil but have less than 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves,” or so […]

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Tags: czars, drilling, leadership, oil, President, reserves, satire, Senate, snake oil
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Kagan Can Be a Justice, Though Never a Judge?

May 10th, 2010

By Dan Miller President Obama has selected Elena Kagan, the solicitor general of the United States, as his nominee to replace the retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. From her official bio: Kagan came to Harvard Law School as a visiting professor in 1999 and became Professor of Law in 2001. While on the faculty, Kagan […]

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Tags: confirmation, Elena Kagan, experience, nomination, Senate, Supreme Court
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Kagan for the Supreme Court

May 10th, 2010

By Tom Carter It’s reported that the President will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, replacing the retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. While Kagan, 50, has no experience as a judge, she’s a well-educated lawyer and a former law professor, law school dean, clerk to a U.S. […]

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Tags: confirmation, Elena Kagan, nomination, Senate, Stevens, Supreme Court
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