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How many ways to say “it’s about time”?
Newsweek reports that Hu Jintao and the Chi-com regime were less than thrilled with the reception Hu received in D.C. last week. The President apologized, but since, as the article points out, “I’m sorry” can be translated four different ways … Continue reading
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OSU librarian-update
The OSU librarian charged with sexual harrasment that I blogged about earlier has been cleared.
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Two-thirds of a conservative?
Conservative commentator Bruce Bartlett reviews Fred Barnes’ new book on Bush, Rebel-in-Chief and along the way has time for a critique of the President’s conservative credentials. He concludes that Bush amounts to “two-thirds of a real conservative, which sounds about … Continue reading
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Keeping tabs on our government
Here’s a site with some pretty useful tools to help you keep track of your legislators and any legislation that’s important to you. You can set up monitors to keep track of individual legislators, bills, issues and more. It can … Continue reading
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OSU librarian accused of ‘sexual harassment’ for recommending conservative books
Wow. This is outrageous. [via Instapundit] From the Alliance Defense Fund: Scott Savage, who serves as a reference librarian for the university, suggested four best-selling conservative books for freshman reading in his role as a member of OSU Mansfield’s First … Continue reading
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Indiana’s 6th district: Mike Pence & 2006
My hometown (Daleville, Indiana) resides in Indiana’s 6th Congressional District, which has been ably represented for the past 5+ years by Rep. Mike Pence . Pence was first elected in 2000, shortly after I left for college, so I’ve not … Continue reading
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Annex Mexico?
Glenn Reynolds argues (mostly tongue-in-cheek) that the quickest way to solve the illegal immigration problem is to just annex Mexico. His real point, though is that the long-term solution to the dilemma is to insist that our neighbor to the … Continue reading
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Sixteen words
Christopher Hitchens (one of the panel members in the Orwell post below) debunks one of the most persistent myths remaining from the runup to war in Iraq. (via Instapundit) The evidence still points to the fact that Saddam sought yellowcake … Continue reading
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Indiana on the Move
I’m a little late to find out, but there’s some good economic news coming from my home state for once. Based on what I’ve seen and read, Governor Mitch Daniels has far exceeded my expectations so far. I didn’t follow … Continue reading
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