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Patient Decides to Turn Table on Doctor

July 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment

A relative of mine had an experience in the world of medicine during the past week that seemed worthy of sharing. After having a “nuclear stress test” done on a Tuesday, he had to go back to the stress-test doctor’s office to get a note from the doctor to explain why he was radiating.  Because [...]

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Obama’s Approval Rating Hovers at All-Time Low

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments

President Barack Obama’s job approval, which bounced slightly to a 45 – 46 percent split March 25 in the wake of his health care victory, has flattened out at 44 – 46 percent, his lowest approval rating since his inauguration, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.  Most interesting to me is the [...]

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University of Illinois Alums Honor Ecuadoran Crook

April 12th, 2010 · 5 Comments

When I read John Bambenek’s story about Rafael Correa published Sunday at BigGoverment.com, I was disgusted, disappointed and slightly disheartened, but not at all surprised.  After all, it was the alumni association at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that honored their alum-turned corrupt Ecuadoran president with the 2009 Madhuri and Jagdish Sheth International Alumni Award [...]

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ObamaCare Damage Eerily Similar to Bio Attack

April 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Experts at the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced today the results of a study about two primary ways the United States could be harmed by a large-scale biological attack.  In reviewing the study, I recognized two eerie parallels between the devastating aftermath of a bio attack and the negative [...]

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Black Conservative Touts Ronald Reagan Values (Update)

April 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Lloyd Marcus makes it a point to tell audiences that he is not an African-American; instead, he says, “I’m an American.”  And that’s exactly what he did when he took the stage to open the Tea Party Express III rally Monday afternoon in St. Charles, Mo. After entertaining the crowd of more than 500 conservatives [...]

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‘Rubberstamp Rusty’ Carnahan Talks Health Care at Area Facility That Received $1.3M in Stimulus Cash (Update)

March 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Few people will be surprised by what Russ “Rubberstamp Rusty” Carnahan, a liberal Democrat who purports to represent Missouri’s Third Congressional District, will say when he speaks about health care during a 1 p.m. Central engagement today in St. Louis. More than likely, he’ll tout the work of the people at the Family Care Health [...]

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Wyoming Billionaire Speaks Truth to Power

March 28th, 2010 · No Comments

A writer for BusinessWeek once suggested Foster Friess “may be the longest-surviving successful growth-stock picker, having navigated markets for 36 years, in his own firm since 1974.”  I consider the Wyoming billionaire a staunch advocate for private-sector solutions and a great source for sound advice that comes from a Christian world view. [Note: I used [...]

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