Bob McCarty Writes

I’m not a big fan of Halloween, but I have some advice for those of you who expect to take part in the costume- and candy-intensive ritual this year.   Make the most of it!  Why?  Because Halloween 2009 will serve as a teachable moment about socialism if Barack Obama becomes the nation’s 44th president.
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Today is Mother’s Day, one of the country’s most-honored national observances and a holiday that is definitely not trivial.

The idea started in 1908 with Anna Jarvis of West Virginia, honoring her recently-departed mother who had hoped that, one day, there would be a day to commemorate all mothers. By 1911, every state observed Mother’s [...]

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My one-man campaign to convince Americans to celebrate CINCO DE MUSTARD — instead of Cinco De Mayo — continues today despite a government public relations counter-efforts during the past week that surfaced in the form of news releases like this one and this one issued by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Why the Census Bureau feels [...]

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In yet another counter-punch to CINCO DE MUSTARD efforts, the U.S. Census Bureau has once again attempted to focus the nation’s attention on Cinco de Mayo, a holiday celebrating Mexican culture and heritage.
The agency’s news release today — the third in less than a week — offered this repetitive pitch:
While Cinco de Mayo is tomorrow, [...]

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For the second time in three days, the U.S. Census Bureau has seen fit to put the nation’s Hispanic population in the national spotlight as a holiday celebrating Mexican culture and heritage approaches:

Two days ago, the bureau launched a public relations counter effort to the campaign to convince Americans to celebrate CINCO DE MUSTARD instead [...]

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