Bob McCarty Writes

The 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul returned to normal by featuring a heavyweight lineup of speakers, including First Lady Laura Bush, President George W. Bush, former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee and Democrat-turned-Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.
The photos below capture some of the flavor of tonight’s activities, all of which followed the [...]

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I’m not a Bush basher. In fact, I’m far from it. Still, it irks me to see George W. Bush, the president of the United States, and his wife Laura waving to members of the U.S. Olympic team during opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Why? Because members of that [...]

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There have been a lot of news reports and feature stories published about the wife of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama during the past year or so, but I have yet to come across many insightful details about how the wannabe first lady and her husband get along in private. In short, I haven’t [...]

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During the past few days, I’ve seen reported three stories that offer interesting fodder for discussion:

The first story, reported in the Birmingham News, centers around Alabama State Sen. Scott Beason’s call for passage of a law to require English-only driver’s license exams in the state. Why? Because, these day, many roadside warning signs [...]

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