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Father of Constitution Anticipated Questions From People Like the Managing Editor of TIME Magazine

July 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment

By Foster Friess, Guest Blogger In the July 4 cover story of Time Magazine, managing editor Richard Stengel declares that the “Constitution was born in a crisis.” The Framers could not possibly have envisioned modern life, he says, so their restrictions on the federal government are irrelevant. And then he makes the bold statement that [...]

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Behind Scenes at TIME’s Presidential Photo Shoot

January 31st, 2011 · No Comments

The cover of the just-released Feb. 2 issue of TIME magazine features a suspend-your-disbelief image of two presidents, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, arm in arm next to the words, “Why Obama (hearts) Reagan.”  What few people have seen, however, is the behind-the-scenes view of the presidents, courtesy IOwnTheWorld.com.  Click on the image below to [...]

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Bill Mauldin Immortalized on Postage Stamp

April 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Bill Mauldin today received one of the nation’s highest honors in being featured on a U.S. postage stamp. The 44-cents stamp was dedicated at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, N.M., and goes on sale nationwide today. During World War II, Mauldin’s cartoons, appearing in Stars and Stripes, made [...]

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‘Banana Ben’ Bernanke TIME’s ’2009 Person of Year’

December 16th, 2009 · No Comments

The issue of TIME scheduled to hit newsstands Friday is described in a news release today as the “most anticipated issue of the year.”  Why?  Because it features Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on the cover as the magazine’s “2009 Person of the Year.” Come again? Why on earth would the folks at TIME select [...]

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TIME Gets It Right on Motive Behind Peace Prize

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Believe you me, it’s a rare occasion when I agree with the folks at TIME.  Today, however, is one of those occasions.  The lead paragraph of their article, Obama’s Nobel: Another Slap at George W. Bush, sums up accurately the reason why the current occupant of the Oval Office won a once-prestigious award despite having [...]

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Another Obama Pick Should Withdraw His Name

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments

The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled hearings tomorrow to examine the nomination of David Ogden, President Barack Obama’s choice for Deputy Attorney General. According to a news release from Morality in Media, Mr. Ogden has a long history of making “ACLU-minded” arguments in court cases involving obscene materials, harmful-to-minors materials, and child pornography.  That in [...]

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Obama Campaign an Example of ‘Buy-Partisanship’

October 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It’s impossible to ignore the fact that Barack Obama seems to have an unlimited source of campaign funds. Only yesterday, I highlighted the fact that even CBS News couldn’t pass up the opportunity — albeit “too little, too late” – to expose the Democratic Party presidential nominee’s shady dealing, something I’ve deemed a blatant display [...]

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