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The president's Morehouse address
Cal ThomasPresident Obama gave two commencement addresses in one to graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., last weekend. It would be easy for this conservative to critique the political and social elements of his speech. Instead, I choose to focus on the...Tags: Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Tyranny is no longer 'lurking'
Cal ThomasGiven last week's revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it's worth recalling President Obama's Ohio State University commencement address. The president decried "voices" warning "that tyranny is always lurking...Tags: Authors, Personal Income, Ron Paul, Taxation, Barack Obama
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Gosnell's 'clinic of horrors'
Cal ThomasIt was the pictures and riveting testimony that convinced a Philadelphia jury that abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was guilty of murdering three infants born alive following botched late-term abortions and also guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of...Tags: Demerol (drug), The Huffington Post, Social Issues, Kermit Gosnell, U.S. Congress
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Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?
Cal ThomasIn his defense of President Obama, Press Secretary Jay Carney is beginning to sound a lot like Ronald Zeigler, Richard Nixon's spokesman. Carney only has to use the word "inoperative," as Ziegler did when incriminating evidence surfaced that proved his...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency, Taxation, Susan Rice, Charles W. Boustany, Jr.
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Taxing Internet sales
In 1998, when President Bill Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of Internet access and Internet-only services, the purpose was to promote the commercial potential of the Internet, especially...
Tags: Local Government, Newspaper and Magazine, Small Businesses, Politics, E-Commerce Industry
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Would things go better with Koch?
Cal Thomas"Mainstream media" are alarmed by reports that billionaires Charles and David Koch are considering the purchase of Tribune Company's eight daily newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times. When Warren Buffett spent $344 million to purchase 28...Tags: The Huffington Post, Marketing, Newspaper and Magazine, Steve Lopez, Religion and Belief
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Immigration deformed
There's the story of a woman with five kids who was asked: If she had to do it all over again, would she have five children? "Yes," she said, "just not these five." That's the way I feel about the immigration "reform" bill introduced by the Senate's...
Tags: Laws, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Social Security, Justice System, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Back to the '50s
Cal ThomasAddressing a meeting of Planned Parenthood last Friday, President Obama accused pro-lifers of wanting to "turn back the clock to policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st century." Like any decade, the '50s had its problems -- racism,...Tags: Social Issues, Abigail Johnson, Kermit Gosnell, Barack Obama, Politics
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No boundaries, big problem
Cal ThomasOne of the consequences of abandoning a standard by which right and wrong can be judged is our increasing inability to mete out punishment that fits the crime. In fact, too often we weigh extenuating circumstances rather than guilty actions. In the...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Military Justice, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Islam, Barack Obama
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What next after Boston?
Cal ThomasThe last time there was a terrorist attack on America, we got the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration. Each entity has spent billions to keep us safe, but neither could stop two brothers, Tamerlan, a permanent...Tags: Jihad, FBI, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Islam, Religious Conflicts
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Bombed in Boston
Cal ThomasPresident Obama rightly asked us not to "jump to conclusions" about motives or responsibility for the two bombs that exploded Monday at the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding more than 170. That request was pre-emptively ignored. Some couldn't...Tags: Anthrax, MSNBC (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Terrorism
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Britain's hateful politics
Cal ThomasBELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has prompted reactions from Britain's far left that takes bad taste to new extremes. During its Top 40 music countdown Sunday night, BBC Radio 1 was "forced" to play...Tags: David Cameron, Margaret Thatcher, Heads of State, Politics, Government
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