Bob McCarty Writes

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Yes, it’s true, a small busy-body organization in Washington called the Center for Responsive Politics has discovered that the Earth is round.  Well, not exactly.  They’re not into astronomy, but they have published a report on congressional staffers by Sarah McKinnon Bryner, titled, “Hired Guns to Hired Hands: ‘Reverse [...]

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Several months ago, I thought my nonfiction book about Army Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Stewart was nearly complete at 185 pages. Today, however, I estimate it will come in at around 300 pages, thanks in large part to the nearly 200 still-unedited pages produced by almost eight hours of interview transcripts.  Below is [...]

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A huge explosion rocked Norway’s capitol city late this afternoon, causing significant damage to the Norwegian government office building which houses Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.  While initial reports indicated only two people had been killed, a more-recent report indicates at least seven people have been confirmed dead.  In addition, more than a dozen — and [...]

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Remember the story of sisters Caitlin and Abigail Mills, the St. Louis-area girls who were told to close their cookie stand by local bureaucrats who insisted they were violating city ordinances?  Well, the girls — 16 and 14, respectively — are back in the news and headed to court. On Thursday morning, according to attorneys [...]

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The battle for liberty is not for the faint-of-heart or the easily-discouraged.  We know that in a great many circumstances the deck will be stacked against our success, which will make it that much sweeter when we do eventually prevail.  But, unfortunately, today is not the day of celebration that we had hoped for as [...]

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The visual I found on the official website of U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) at 9:42 a.m. Central today seems an appropriate metaphor for the way the longtime congressman-turned freshman senator and members of his staff have rushed to the aide of Nixa, Mo., resident John Dollarhite. Two months ago, Dollarhite contacted Senator Blunt for [...]

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No one should be surprised at the apparent widespread fraud and corruption modern-day muckraker James O’Keefe and his team at Project Veritas found behind the doors of Medicaid offices in Ohio. In the video above, O’Keefe and partner Spencer Meads pose as wealthy Russian drug smugglers who visit Medicaid offices in several Ohio counties.  They’re [...]

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