Bob McCarty Writes

Few Americans realize the number of people murdered in Chicago during 2008 was larger than the number of U.S. soldier deaths in Iraq during the same period.
In a Sept. 4 post, I noted an effort by Chicago’s CBS television affiliate to change that fact. CBS2Chicago broadcast a report that included an interesting stat — that [...]

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Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, released its 2008 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” yesterday.  In alphabetical order below, I offer abbreviated versions of the narratives about these politicians provided by Judicial Watch:
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY): Let’s start with the fact that Hillary Clinton is constitutionally [...]

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Though mostly negative, there’s no shortage of online and offline buzz about the economy.  In the cartoon above, David Donar at Political Graffiti puts a humorous spin on the topic.  I simply say, “Happy New Year!”

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It’s been another record-setting year at Bob McCarty Writes.  Three days shy of the new year, this blog has logged more than 1.9 million page views and attracted nearly 500,000 unique visitors.
Much of this blog’s success is due to the popularity of 25 most-viewed posts published on this blog during 2008.  The headlines and lead [...]

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Just when I thought I had seen everything possible related to merging politics and free enterprise, I stumbled upon a post, Obama Condoms vs. McCain Condoms, published yesterday at The Western Standard’s The Shotgun Blog.
Highlighted in the post is an Associated Press article from June, Obama and McCain condoms – ‘for when you just [...]

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