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  • TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2011

    CLEAN ENERGY CAN DRIVE AMERICA’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY

  • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011

    THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM IS MAKING AMERICA UNGOVERNABLE

  • TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011

    REPEAL OBAMACARE

  • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2010

    U.S. AIRPORTS SHOULD USE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS PROFILING

  • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010

    AFGHANISTAN IS A LOST CAUSE

  • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2010

    BIG GOVERNMENT IS STIFLING THE AMERICAN SPIRIT

  • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2010

    ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE

  • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

    TREAT TERRORISTS LIKE ENEMY COMBATANTS, NOT CRIMINALS

  • TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2010

    THE CYBER WAR THREAT HAS BEEN GROSSLY EXAGGERATED

  • TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010

    OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY SPELLS AMERICA’S DECLINE

  • TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010

    ORGANIC FOOD IS MARKETING HYPE

  • TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010

    DON’T BLAME TEACHERS UNIONS FOR OUR FAILING SCHOOLS

  • TUESDAY, FEB 9, 2010

    THE US SHOULD STEP BACK FROM ITS SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL

  • TUESDAY, JAN 19, 2010

    CALIFORNIA IS THE FIRST FAILED STATE

  • TUESDAY, DEC 1, 2009

    AMERICA IS TO BLAME FOR MEXICO’S DRUG WAR

  • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009

    OBAMA’S ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE WORKING EFFECTIVELY

  • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009

    GOOD RIDDANCE TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA

  • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009

    AMERICA CANNOT AND WILL NOT SUCCEED IN AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN

  • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

    BUY AMERICAN/HIRE AMERICAN POLICIES WILL BACKFIRE

  • TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009

    DIPLOMACY WITH IRAN IS GOING NOWHERE

  • TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2009

    IT’S WRONG TO PAY FOR SEX

  • TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009

    BLAME WASHINGTON MORE THAN WALL STREET FOR THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

  • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2009

    THE ART MARKET IS LESS ETHICAL THAN THE STOCK MARKET

  • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008

    BUSH 43 IS THE WORST PRESIDENT OF THE LAST 50 YEARS

  • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008

    GOOGLE VIOLATES ITS DON’T BE EVIL MOTTO

  • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2008

    GUNS REDUCE CRIME

  • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2008

    AMERICA IS FINALLY WINNING THE WAR IN IRAQ

  • TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2008

    WE SHOULD LEGALIZE THE MARKET FOR HUMAN ORGANS

  • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008

    AMERICA SHOULD BE THE WORLD’S POLICEMAN

  • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2007

    AID TO AFRICA IS DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD