Bob McCarty Writes

According to an article in USA TODAY this morning, the demand for taxpayer-funded burials — let’s call it “Cash for Coffins” — is on the rise.  On the heels of the glowing success (NOT!) of the federal government’s “Cash for Clunkers” program, perhaps the two programs can be combined — as shown in the photo [...]

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After hearing President Barack Obama’s address to the Muslim world from Cairo yesterday, I concluded that it matters little whether or not President Barack Obama calls himself a Christian or a Muslim.  What matters most is the fact that the nation’s 44th president appears to have embraced the Muslim principle of Al-Takeyya.
What is Al-Takeyya?  It’s [...]

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Front-page editors at USA TODAY International Edition must be wishing they had picked a different top-of-page teaser to appear on the front-page of their print edition published today.  Nowhere was there a mention of the Swine Flu outbreak that has raised concerns in the United States, Mexico and other countries in recent days.
Instead, I found [...]

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Incredibly, I woke up in my Denver hotel this morning — yes, I missed my flight from DIA to St. Louis last night, thanks to United Express being slow — to find USA TODAY had pushed its coverage of the nationwide Tax Day Tea Party protests to page A3.  Shameful!  Gotta go!

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Though I rarely listen to Hollywood on matters of importance, I find myself in near-total agreement with Will Smith when it comes to the subject of racism in this country.  On the same issue, I disagree completely with the members of the editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
WILL SMITH’S VIEWS
Smith’s views on racism appeared [...]

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