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Dennis Prager: This Is a Referendum, Not an Election
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This Is a Referendum, Not an Election
by Dennis Prager
Next Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 is not Election Day. It is Referendum Day.
It may be commonplace for commentators to announce that every election is “the most important election in our lifetime” or something analogous. But having never said that of a presidential election, let [...]
Hugh Hewitt: Wow. Just Wow. Could The Wave Grow Larger Still?
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Wow. Just Wow. Could The Wave Grow Larger Still?
by Hugh Hewitt
I was talking to the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza on my radio show Wednesday when the story broke that Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann had raised $5.4 million dollars in campaign contributions in the third quarter of 2010. Cillizza took in a [...]
Thomas Sowell: Red Herring Politics
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Red Herring Politics
by Thomas Sowell
In an election year, this is the time for an “October surprise”– some sensational, and usually irrelevant, revelation to distract the voters from serious issues. This year, there are October surprises from coast to coast. There are a lot of incumbents who don’t want to discuss serious issues– [...]
Dennis Prager: I Thought ‘Dissent Is Patriotic’
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I Thought ‘Dissent Is Patriotic’
by Dennis Prager
Living in liberal Los Angeles, I am surrounded by people — and bumper stickers — I do not agree with.
One of the more popular liberal bumper stickers of the last decade tells us “Dissent is Patriotic.” Now, as it happens, it is impossible to truly disagree [...]
Andrew Klavan: Why are conservatives so mean?
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Walter E. Williams: Democracy and Majority Rule
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Democracy and Majority Rule
by Walter E. Williams
Democracy and majority rule give an aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be deemed tyranny. Think about it. How many decisions in our day-to-day lives would we like to be made through majority rule or the democratic process? How about the decision whether [...]