Bob McCarty Writes

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Sir James Porter’s Observations on the religion, law, government, and manners of the Turks, published in 1768, tells us, “The Turks have a homely proverb… they say ‘the fish stinks first at the head,’ meaning that, if the servant is disorderly, it is because the master is so.”  How [...]

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By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger We all know what physicians do, we all know what teachers do, we all know what scientists and engineers do, and we all know what lawyers do.  But do we understand what it is that journalists do?  We are told by those in the profession that the journalist is [...]

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EDITOR’S NOTE:  Though Hillary Clinton helped make famous the Big Brother-endorsed saying, “It takes a village to raise a child,” Paul R. Hollrah has discovered some important news about that village.  He shares it in the guest post below.  Enjoy! By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger If the village of Nyang’oma Kogelo, Nyanza Province, Kenya, [...]

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By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger The 111th Congress was sworn in on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. Two days later, the 533 members of the House and Senate (Obama’s Senate seat was still in dispute and Democrats had not yet completed their theft of Norm Coleman’s Minnesota Senate seat) filed into the House chamber for [...]

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By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Since the day that William Shakespeare included what may have been the first “Knock! Knock!” dialogue in Act 2, Scene 3 of Macbeth, the standard “Knock! Knock! Who’s there?” exchange has always provided the setup for a humorous response.  But that may no longer be the case.  Imagine the [...]

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President Harry Truman once wished for a “one-handed economist,” because he tired of hearing advisors giving him answers that were framed as “on the one hand, this” and “on the other hand, that.”  We are seeing something like that right now in a White House fretting over the prospect of rising energy and food prices [...]

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Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies today released a new issue ad on statewide radio targeting Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) for “following the president over a cliff” to support a number of his policies which hurt Missourians.  The ad specifically highlights her recent support of President Barack Obama’s decision to have the government control what services must [...]

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