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Trying to follow coverage of the radiation leaks from damaged reactors in Japan has been confusing. One or more reactors may be seriously compromised. It seems the Japanese government is torn between the competing impulses to be transparent about sharing vital information versus the instinct...

Only Obama could take presidential leadership to such dithering heights.

Some are so contemptible of the US military, it shouldn't be a great surprise they find themselves sympatico with protests of military funerals. Some may enjoy a moment of quiet pleasure at the announcement of another dead US soldier. Some never miss an opportunity to make a disparaging remark...

American taxpayers will pay for Mexican compliance. Why is our government so anxious to subsidize the entrance of Mexican trucking into the interior regions of our country? At first it will be only a trickle, a few companies in the pilot program with shiny trucks and reasonably competent...

Not that anyone's counting, but Alison Krauss has won 26 Grammy Awards. Hard to believe she's still in her 30's. Lots of music left to play if she can avoid burnout. Catch Alison's live performances with Union Station if you can. Worth time, travel and trouble.

Cheri... my wife recently bought a Mazda Miata with a 5-speed manual transmission. Zippy little car, but I don't like driving at eye level with a kid on a tricycle.

Biggie-Meanie had to sleep at some point; thus, he needed a modicum of popular support. Survival has always required cooperation of the group. Coercive cooperation or cooperation by consensus? I imagine both were practiced then as now. One prefers to think social orders built around a...

Voting "rights" stem from the natural right of free thought or the exercise of free expression. Voting is in one sense an expression of free speech. The natural right to speak up or cast support for a leader or idea. Natural rights exist independently of government. Legal rights are...

Constitutional rights are those recognized by law. That said, government cannot create rights. Government can only acknowledge them. Inherent or natural rights are universally true but not universally acknowledged.

039... we aren't electing a preacher nor are we nominating someone recently recovering from Stage IV cancer. Mr Cain sounds like a very fine man but his health problems render him unviable. Sorry.

I just did a cursory look with Google. Mr Cain has certainly lived an interesting life. One brief report says Cain is recovering from StageIV cancer. If Cain wants to reach conservatives such as myself, he needs to kick it up a notch. Name recognition matters. This much is sure, I will be...

I am not familiar with the name Herman Cain.

Let's clear the air on this one. The GOP isn't going to nominate a preacher for US President. Why does Huckabee even bother? Self-promotion... sell more books, enhance his speaking fees. Can we find a viable candidate who isn't a preacher or community organizer, please? Perhaps, someone...

The idea of using a cargo van as the power unit for a combination vehicle seems a little unusual. Maybe if one had a manual transmission and a heavy duty upgrade. Prolonged use of the stock automatic transmission as an integral part of the drivetrain which is pulling a small trailer strikes me...

The Big Government gravy train is over. We are a debtor nation. Our federal government operates on debt. Many of our states and cities are broke as well. The days of borrowing money to mask over problems are dwindling. Those who depend on government payrolls, or have future hopes of drawing...

My apologies. I thought you were trying to be funny or light-hearted, so I responded in kind.

Might I suggest, if you are going to equate Hawking with a religious mind, that it should be someone such as Franklin Graham.

Stephen Hawking can hold any view of God he pleases. It's one man's opinion. Why bring religion into the discussion except to muddy the water?

Yes, Newt will always be a lightning rod for his detractors. That aside, these hilarious attempts to depict Gingrich as having an ignorant or wrong understanding of the legislative process or inner workings of Congress is just that... hilarious. Gingrich fully appreciates the system of...

Impeachments are rare, but fascinating. In an interview with Newsmax this week, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich warned that Obama's pronouncement his administration would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) could lead to a constitutional crisis. Gingrich makes the...