Bob McCarty Writes

The headlines of a pair of Wall Street Journal articles should have never appeared next to each other, but they did today. While reading the WSJ Opinion Journal online this afternoon, the writer-editor in me noticed the pair of headlines shown in the graphic at right.  Appearing below the subhead, “Taste,” the first headline, The [...]

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On the campaign trail, Barack Obama promised to bring transparency to government, but then took advantage of loopholes in campaign finance law that allowed him to keep secret the names of donors who made contributions of less than $200 to his campaign.  After taking office, he’s done little to follow through on the pledge. On [...]

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I’m not an economist, but I do share an interest in the health of this nation’s economy.  When I saw the chart above, produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, I couldn’t help but notice the blue line near the right margin of the chart.  Going straight up, the line signals a sizable [...]

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In a post two days ago, I surmised that the soon-to-be-released terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility are likely to cite Martin Luther King Jr. and thank Allah as they celebrate their undeserved freedom (see this cartoon for a visual aid).  Now, if the GITMO Detainee Reentry Academy becomes a reality, the terror suspects [...]

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Though tens of thousands of pro-life supporters filled the boulevard along San Francisco’s waterfront for more than a mile in the 5th Annual Walk for Life West Coast Saturday, most Americans will never know about it.  Why?  Because of an almost-complete news media blackout about the event. Only the San Francisco Chronicle covered the event.  [...]

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The headline of a LifeNews.com article published yesterday sums up the move by President Barack Obama that, although it took place during the first week of his presidency, stands to be recorded as one of the most-heinous acts of his presidency: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FORCES TAXPAYERS TO FUND, PROMOTE WORLDWIDE ABORTIONS A news release issued [...]

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Across the nation, people are tapping their fingers to the beat of singer-songwriter Bill Zucker’s hit hit financial tune, “I Want Some Tarp!!!” Today, Zucker’s bailout-inspired musical genius — in the form of a song and video about the Troubled Assets Relief Program (a.k.a., “the bailout”) — garnered coverage in the Boston Herald and on [...]

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