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The
Daily Signal… In
Address to Congress, Pope Defends Dignity of Politics, Work, Life,
Family, and Freedom,
by Ryan T. Anderson -- September 24, 2015 -- Before a joint session of
Congress this morning, Pope Francis delivered a rousing address calling
upon Americans to live up to the highest of our nation’s ideals.
Pointing to Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, and
Thomas Merton, Francis praised Americans for their commitments to
“liberty,” “liberty in plurality and non-exclusion,” “social justice
and the rights...
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No, Donald Trump Did Not Have To
Correct A
Questioner, By Erick Erickson
September 21st, 2015 -- I’ve more than once seen plants at events who
ask awkward questions to try to catch someone on tape. I myself have
been subject to that on more than one occasion. Someone asked Donald
Trump a question about President Obama being a Muslim and the media
world has collectively freaked out. Donald Trump is under no obligation
to correct someone asking a question. He does...
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The
Daily Signal… 6
Times John
Boehner Clashed With Conservatives, Kate
Scanlon
September 25, 2015 - House Speaker John Boehner has announced that he
will resign as speaker and forfeit his congressional seat at the end of
next month. Boehner, R-Ohio, was first elected to Congress in 1990 and
was elected as speaker in 2011. His announcement comes the day after
Pope Francis became the first pope to address a joint session of
Congress at Boehner’s invitation. Here are six times Boehner clashed...
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The
Daily Signal… Report:
Four-Day
School Week Leads to Improved Academic Performance,
by Natalie Johnson -- September 16, 2015 -- As Labor Day abruptly
marked the end of summer, arguments for a four-day workweek roiled
across the Internet as a conduit to improved health and a greater
quality of life. But the question of students enjoying a shorter school
week has remained largely off the table because of concerns that an
extended weekend would hurt academic performance. A recent study found
otherwise. Students who attended...
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Human Events… Why
Don’t These
Candidates Ever Talk about Money? By Lawrence
Kudlow
Monday Sep 21, 2015 -- While there were some great moments in the
latest GOP debate, and some terrific individual performances — Carly
Fiorina seemed to grab all the buzz in the aftermath — one thing that
barely came up was the economy. It was very much like the first debate.
The day after the candidates faced off, Fed chair Janet Yellen
announced a stand-pat, no-interest-rate-liftoff policy...
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The Daily Signal… Fallen
Cop’s
Colleagues Step In to Take His Daughter to Father-Daughter Dance,
Sara Jones - September 18, 2015 - On September 4, a group of six police
officers in Memphis, Tennessee, responded to a different kind of call
for help. Jewel Warren, an eight-year-old native of Memphis, was
invited to a “Father-Daughter” dance at school. Unfortunately, her
father, Tim Warren, a former Memphis police...
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The
Daily Signal… The
Idiocy of the
ACLU’s Lawsuit Against a New School Choice Option,
by Ed Feulner -- September 07, 2015 -- Another school year is underway,
and more parents than ever are using school choice to ensure the best
education for their children. Or should I say trying to use it? Some
groups, after all, are trying to thwart them. Who, you ask? Just ask
parents in Nevada. The Silver State is one of five nationwide (along
with Arizona, Mississippi, Florida, and Tennessee)...
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| The
Daily Signal… How
the Supreme Court’s ‘One Person, One
Vote’ Case Could Boost Republican Clout,
by Natalie Johnson -- September 16, 2015 -- The Supreme Court will trek
into a redistricting case this fall that will settle the contested
meaning of the “one person, one vote” principle that has shaped
American elections for over half a century. At hand is whether
electoral districts should continue to be drawn using a state’s total
population, which is the current precedent, or if the system should
shift to account only for eligible voters...
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Federal
News Radio… Guess
who’s coming
to dinner? By Mike Causey
September 4, 2015 - What if your son, daughter or someone you loved,
cherished and wished well brought a surprise date home for
dinner. And you could see sparks flying. Could a
mixed
marriage be in the offing? Then, to your surprise, you find out that
he, or she, the date, is a federal government worker. Maybe a
civilian with the Army, Navy or...
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Townhall…
Straight
Talk or Doublespeak from Trump and
Carson? By S. E. Cupp
Sep 11, 2015 -- "I say what I mean, and I mean what I say. Except when
I don't." This could be the campaign slogan for Republican candidates
Donald Trump and Ben Carson. Both have predicated their presidential
runs on their lack of political experience, which they insist allows
them to speak bluntly and without the manufactured political
correctness of other career politicians beholden to special interest
groups and the Washington establishment...
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Daily Signal… Like
No-Fault Divorce, Gay Marriage Will
Change Our Relationships Culture
- Mark Regnerus - September 06, 2015 - Advocates of same-sex marriage
have often mocked those who assert that a legal alteration in the very
structure of marriage will most certainly affect the institution
itself. Now that the Supreme Court has imposed same-sex marriage on the
entire nation, these competing hypotheses will play out for all to see.
Same-sex marriage does not merely add access for those couples that
desire it...
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Townhall…
Can
We Please
Have a Rules-Based Policy? By Larry Kudlow
Sep 05, 2015 -- As stocks endure their worst correction since 2011, and
the battle between Fed doves and hawks rages on over a
quarter-of-a-percentage-point rate liftoff, the much-anticipated August
employment numbers made for a surprisingly mediocre report. Nonfarm
payrolls came in below consensus at 173,000. But private payrolls
increased only 140,000, the smallest gain in five months...
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| The
Daily Signal… Study:
Kids Are Tossing Out the
Government’s Healthy Lunch Program,
Natalie Johnson - September 07, 2015 - The government’s push to mandate
kids to eat healthier is finding its efforts at the bottom of a waste
bin. A study published last week in Public Health Reports found that
while kids may be piling more fruits and vegetables onto their plates
as federal guidelines require, most are just tossing the healthy
additions into the trash. Researcher Sarah Amin found waste more common
after the...
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Townhall…
Obama's
Alaska
Global Warming Field Trip, By Susan Stamper
Brown
Sep 04, 2015 -- "Study the past if you would divine the future." –
Confucius. President Obama told some whoppers the size of Mt. McKinley
(I mean Denali) about global warming while he was here in Alaska. At a
climate change conference in Anchorage, Obama attempted to scare the
long-johns off Alaskans he obviously thinks are stupid when he
predicted coming "submerged countries, abandoned cities...
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The
Daily Signal… Judge
Orders Kim Davis Released From Jail,
Kate Scanlon
September 08, 2015 - A judge has ordered that Rowan County Clerk Kim
Davis be released from jail on the condition that she does not try to
prevent her office from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
According to U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning’s order, issued
Tuesday, “the Court’s prior contempt sanction against Defendant Davis
is hereby lifted.” The order states that since the plaintiffs “have...
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The
Daily Signal… Maryland
Police
Officer’s Act of Kindness Goes Viral, Leah
Jessen
September 03, 2015 - Thanks to social media, one chivalrous act in
Maryland has touched far more people than originally intended. Last
Wednesday, Police Corporal Che Atkinson was notified that a woman and
her small child were sitting outside the Hyattsville City Police
Department in Prince George’s County. According to WUSA9...
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The
Daily Signal… Will
Government
Officials Be Held Accountable for Kate Steinle’s Death? Her Family
Filed a Lawsuit.
By Kelsey Harkness -- September 03, 2015 -- In an attempt to hold
government officials accountable for the shooting death of their
32-year-old daughter Kate, the Steinle family filed a lawsuit against
three government agencies. The suit alleges that those agencies are in
part responsible for Steinle’s death, but experts say the family has
little chance at prevailing...
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Daily Signal… 307,000
Veterans May Have Died While Waiting for VA benefits.
The VA Status Quo Must Change. Amber Smith - September 03, 2015 -
Remember the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal in April, 2014 that
exposed veterans had died as a result of waiting for healthcare?
Veterans were placed on fake wait lists and were signed up for ghost
clinics and records were manipulated. Deceit had become the norm in
order to make the VA look better in an attempt to not draw attention to
the dysfunctional leadership...
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