Remember when the word, gravitas, entered the public conversation for the first time? Well, stay tuned, because solastalgia is next. A rarely-used 131-year-old word at the time, according to Merriam-Webster, gravitas was introduced en masse to the American vocabulary by members of the liberal media within 24 hours of President George W. Bush’s selection of [...]
‘Solastalgia’ the Next Liberal Buzzword
April 26th, 2010 · 9 Comments
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‘Let ‘em have one finger, they take your whole hand’
April 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Twenty-six years ago, Ionel “Greg” Grigore came to the United States from Romania in search of freedom and opportunity. Today, the 54-year-old St. Louis businessman finds himself again battling dark political forces not unlike the ones that caused him to want to leave the Eastern European homeland of his birth. Recently, I spoke with Grigore [...]
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Bunning: ‘Dems don’t want to help unemployed’
April 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment
U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) issued the following statement this morning on the failure of Congressional Democrats to extend the unemployment benefits that are scheduled to expire today: “Before the Senate adjourned for the Easter Recess, Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats had agreed to pass a one-week extension of unemployment benefits that was fully paid [...]
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Study Shows ‘ObamaCare’ Could Cost 700K Jobs
March 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment
As many as 698,000 jobs could be lost if the health care reform plan (a.k.a., “ObamaCare”) being pushed hard by liberal Democrats is passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama, according to a study released today that was the subject of a blogger conference call this morning. The executive summary for [...]
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Did Reuters Yank Article Due to Too Much Truth?
February 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment
Sometimes, the truth hurts. In the case of an article they published yesterday at 4:04 p.m. Eastern, it appears Reuters editors were afraid writer Terri Cullen’s adventure into truthful journalism might hurt their news agency’s relationship with President Barack Obama — so they pulled it. Published under the headline, Backdoor taxes hit middle class, the [...]
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Confidence Rises As ‘ObamaCare’ Nosedives
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Americans’ confidence in their health insurance coverage and ability to access health care increased slightly last month, according to the latest findings of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index). Why did confidence rise — albeit ever so slightly? I suspect it’s due to the fact that Americans saw Democrats [...]
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New Color-Coded Threat Level on Capitol Hill
January 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment
On the same day officials in the United Kingdom raised the country’s terror threat level to “SEVERE” in anticipation of a terrorist attack, Democrats on Capitol Hill added a new color-coded threat level to the Congressional Security System: BROWN. In the wake of Republican Scott Brown’s stunning victory over Democrat Martha Coakley in the race [...]
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