Bob McCarty Writes

News about flooding in the Midwest — what some folks in Missouri have dubbed “Corps-trina” due to the Hurricane Katrina-like impact of the actions taken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — hasn’t received much media coverage, but some people think it should.   One of those people is Kathy Kunkel. Kunkel is a resident [...]

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UPDATE 10/06/11 at 11:56 p.m. Central:  With my book, Three Days In August, scheduled for release Oct. 19, I’ve removed posts containing content found in the book and ask readers to visit the book’s website to learn more about it.  Thanks! If you enjoy this blog and want to keep reading stories like the one [...]

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By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger In a recent column, “The Trump Rebellion,” syndicated columnist Doug Giles tells of a chance meeting with a Cuban friend in his favorite Miami cigar store.  The conservative Cuban asked Giles if he could really vote for someone like Donald Trump for president.  Giles replied, “Uh … yeah.  I [...]

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It’s today’s big news story:  Jurors convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) on 17 of 20 counts, including all counts related to trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.  To mark this momentous occasion, I’m sharing the “Best of Blago Editorial Cartoons” below that have appeared on this [...]

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The manner in which FBI officials respond to a federal judge’s order will say a lot about the agency’s failures thusfar to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request for copies of surveillance video captured April 19, 1995, by more than 20 cameras operating in the vicinity of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building [...]

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Humane Society Lawyers Fight Culture of Cruelty, Government Bureaucracy. Soon after reading the words above, which appeared as the headline of an article published in November 2007 on the University of Virginia School of Law website, I discovered something ironic about Sarah L. Conant. According to HumaneWatch, Conant is a 2006 graduate of the University [...]

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Below is a recap of all the posts published at BobMcCarty.com during the week of June 19, 2011: MONDAY, June 20 Bob McCarty on Hiatus to Finish Writing Book — Like the store owner who hangs a “Gone Fishing” sign on his front door, I’m hanging a virtual “Gone Writing” sign on this blog until [...]

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