Bob McCarty Writes

I’ve written several posts about Mike Leach since Dec. 30, 2009, the day he was fired from his position as head football coach at Texas Tech University.  I reported on rumors, including one that claimed he was “swift-boated” in a fashion similar to the one that cost John Kerry the presidency in 2004.  And I [...]

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Debt ceiling news aside, the biggest story I covered this week had to do with the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals rejecting the appeal of 1LT Michael C. Behenna and upholding his murder conviction and 15-year prison sentence.  But there was other news, too.  Below is a recap of all the topics covered at [...]

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Be sure to LISTEN LIVE Friday at 10 a.m. Central as I make another guest appearance on Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio, a program hosted by Beth Schoeneberg that airs ONLINE and on 43 stations in 19 states. I’ll be talking with Schoeneberg about stories of military justice: The first is the story of how the [...]

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It’s been a bad couple of days for environmental extremism wackos:  First, news surfaced about New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism; next, news surfaced about a scientist under investigation for “integrity issues” related to his observations about polar bears allegedly drowning in the Arctic Ocean; and, finally, President Barack Obama’s nominee [...]

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I’m on the road right now, but when I came across some terrible news this afternoon that I simply had to share:  The U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals rejected the appeal of Michael C. Behenna of Edmond, Okla., and upheld his murder conviction and 15-year prison sentence at the U.S. Military Disciplinary Barracks at [...]

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My 86-year-old mom has Alzheimer’s Disease, but I think she could do a better job of managing the nation’s debt crisis than the current crop of elected officials in Washington, D.C. Symptoms of the disease present themselves in many ways with my mom.  For instance: She can’t remember my name or the names of my [...]

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Has The New York Times shouldered any of the blame for injecting into the public square the possibility that Muslims were to blame for the recent terror bombing in Oslo?  Of course, not!  The newspaper has, however, attempted to foist some of the blame for the bombing upon conservative, “counter-jihad” writers — including yours truly [...]

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