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THE NEW FORTY A throw down with Morast!
I think I need to initiate a throw down with Forum writer Robert Morast. In his opinion piece published on Inforum he said, "Gwen Sebastians turn on The Voice this past Monday reminded me of everythin...
Posted on 2/10/12 at 7:05 PM
A MINNESOTAN IN CHINA An Introduction
HELLO, BEMIDJI READERS! How wonderful it is, the ease with which I can stay connected with all my old neighborsfrom 7,600 miles away. In fact, technology allows me to reach out to more of you from h...
Posted on 4/12/11 at 7:21 AM
Commentary: Iowa’s still a bookie’s nightmare 
OTTUMWA, Iowa — Is Rick Santorum the next non-Romney to emerge from the pack? Could he conceivably win Iowa?
December 22, 2011
Commentary: A Christmas of choices
Right around now is when people start fretting over creches in the public square and arguing as to whether publicly funded Christmas symbols violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment. And right about now is also when certain Jewish groups begin insisting that the answer is to place a Hanukkah menorah right next to that creche, which leads atheists to complain about a plague on both their houses.
December 21, 2011
Commentary: Newt would be an Obama win
WASHINGTON — When discussing his amazingness, Newt Gingrich sometimes exaggerates somewhat, as when, discussing Bosnia and Washington, D.C., street violence, he said, “People like me are what stand between us and Auschwitz.” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 16, 1994). What primarily stands between us and misrule, however, is the Constitution, buttressed by an independent judiciary.
December 21, 2011
Commentary: Government is a drain on economic liberty of all
WASHINGTON — In 1927, seven years before the board game was created, Washington state decided to play monopoly. It gave a private interest the exclusive right to operate a ferry on 55-mile long Lake Chelan in the northern Cascade Mountains. The state apparently will defend this folly until Judgment Day, when state officials will get an earful from the Creator who — we have Jefferson’s word for this — endowed everyone, including Jim and Cliff Courtney, with the rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
December 17, 2011
Commentary: Cha Clinton on TV news
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton’s debut on NBC’s “Nightly News” is drawing plenty of attention, as well it should. Since her father’s election nearly 20 years ago, the Clintons set an example of real family values by doing everything they could to keep Chelsea out of the spotlight and allow her to live as normal of a life as possible. By all outside indicators, it worked. She has grown up to be a young woman of intelligence, character and commitment. The press, for its part, pretty much left her alone.
December 16, 2011
Commentary: Jon Huntsman appears to be the most consistent
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. -- Since all things seem possible in the Republican presidential contest, is there another turn coming that could benefit Jon Huntsman?
December 16, 2011
Commentary: The Newt leader of this week
It was just at this time in 2003 — on December 9th, to be exact — that former Vice President Al Gore endorsed insurgent candidate Howard Dean, making him the official frontrunner and nominee-apparent in the Democratic race for the president. Looking back, many people said the endorsement was the kiss of death, but that wasn’t really the case. Gore — then and now — was much respected in the Democratic Party, and any serious candidate would welcome his endorsement, not to mention the support of his former aides and backers.
By Susan Estirch , December 10, 2011
Commentary: Ron Paul as a third-party candidate will hurt GOP
WASHINGTON — On Oct. 12, 1948, the campaign train of Tom Dewey, Republican nominee against President Harry Truman, pulled into Beaucoup, Ill., where, from the rear platform, he would speak to about 1,000 people. Before he began, the engineer mistakenly caused the train to lurch a few feet backward, frightening some but injuring none.
By George Will , December 10, 2011
Commentary: The anti-business nature of Obama’s health plan
LOS ANGELES — In 1941, Carl Karcher was a 24-year-old truck driver for a bakery. Impressed by the large numbers of buns he was delivering, he scrounged up $326 to buy a hot dog cart across from a Goodyear plant. And the war came.
By George Will , December 09, 2011
Commentary: Newt and the Donald ‘a-courting’
Liberals and conservatives both seem obsessed with the behavior of “the 1 percent,” but there the similarity ends. Liberals seek to change the ways of the richest 1 percent, while many conservatives focus on the bottom 1 percent. The latter was on display as Republican Newt Gingrich proposed having poor young people clean their schools. He described them as “children in housing projects.” You know who that is.
By Froma Harrop , December 09, 2011
Commentary: It’s a tough time for Jews today
In a season in which there is very little “peace on Earth” and even less “good will towards men,” it is a particularly tough time for Jews, who may be finding it more and more difficult to tell who their real friends are.
By Cal Thomas , December 08, 2011
Commentary: Gingrich is wrong on English
SAN DIEGO — This Christmas, someone should give Newt Gingrich the one gift he really needs: a filter.
December 07, 2011
Commentary: A flick of the tongue is just another Gingrich fumble
WASHINGTON — It is a rare day when Al Sharpton emerges as the voice of sagacity, but when Newt Gingrich has the microphone, all things are possible.
December 07, 2011
Commentary: We all have things to be thankful for this year
Thanksgiving Day remains a special holiday across America. It is an important time for family and for giving thanks for all our blessings.
By Kelly Boldan , November 23, 2011
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Commentary: Be happy you get to eat all you can on Thanksgiving
Americans typically eat over 1,000 meals a year. But for many, Thanksgiving dinner seems to be the one that, like a magnet, gathers the iron shavings of every food anxiety. Why should that be? You’d think that this feast with family and friends would be accepted for what it is — an innocent once-a-year gorge. In a country where disciplined eating is sadly lacking, why pile on the one time we traditionally throw caution to the wind?
By Froma Harrop , November 23, 2011
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