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I would contend the opposite is true. Until cable television and the internet came along, only a handful of voices at NBC, CBS, and ABC actually had a live national audience. Plus a few national radio broadcasters. During that era, the Big 3 networks and a few national newspapers held a nearly...

The rhetoric used in today's political climate is no worse than it was 50 years ago, 100 years ago or 200 years ago. Any student of political history knows this. What is true is current rhetoric is much more greatly dispersed, thanks to a 24/7 news cycle and a media cottage industry devoted to...

We need basic American civics to be an integral part of every US middle school curriculum. Then repeat it for high school. Misconceptions abound.

My mistake. I should have said the attempted murder of a US Congresswoman. She has survived the attempt so far. BTW, Congresswoman Giffords is paid her salary from the US Treasury. She is literally, and figuratively, one embodiment of the United States government.

The Arizona shooter, Jared Loughner, ranted wildly about government. His ramblings show he had real disdain for governmental authority and refused to acknowledge its dominion. Should young Mr. Loughner have been given more or less freedom? He managed to purchase a handgun legally and execute...

Yet, in reality we all are subject to government. What would become of man in the absence of government?

Born a free man? What does that really mean?

Layout... without a government-issued birth certificate you aren't officially alive. Without a government-issued death certificate you aren't officially dead. The government owns your hiney from beginning to end. SUBMIT! *L*

In an esoteric abstract, ultimate power resides with the people. Believe this: legal authority resides with the government. Try flaunting governmental authority and let me know how it goes.

Well, yes... it should be that way. It's called federalism. We have a federation of 50 states which by covenant are subservient to the central governing authority (the Federal or national government). Both the state of Arizona and the federal government will proceed to build their respective...

Federal law takes primacy over state law; likewise, in a criminal event such as this mass shooting, both federal and state crimes are alleged. When both state charges and federal charges stem from the same event, federal jurisdiction gets first dibs unless the feds, at their discretion, allow...

I watched the news conference with the Pima County Sheriff. The sheriff's left-wing tirade was pure political grandstanding which did more harm than good.

The Associated Press needs new writers. In the very first sentence, in fact in the first three words, the Associated Press incorrectly labels the AWOL infantryman as a Kentucky soldier. Read a little farther down and we discover he is in fact a North Carolinian who happens to be stationed in...

The gunman will face multiple charges by the federal government and the state of Arizona as well. An attack upon a member of Congress is a federal crime, as is an attack upon a federal judge.

Watching Fox News report their live coverage on this story. Seems the shooter was a 22 year-old white male whose ramblings on his MySpace page (as read by Fox reporters) obviously depict a mentally deranged young man. These early reports are invariably chaotic and prone to errors. 18 or 19...

Individuals with criminal intent do not have difficulty purchasing guns in the United States. It is legal for a private sale to take place between two people, totally bypassing the gun dealer route. Also, many states such as Kentucky allow the legal sale of firearms at open air flea markets...

Primitive tribalism is all they have known. While tribalism is their traditional way of life... the average Afghani, I suspect, really wants the Taliban gone. Still, they will cling to their centuries' old customs and traditions. And why not? We have nothing to fear from Islamic...

Sue... my son's Marine unit just returned from deployment in Afghanistan. He and many of his fellow Marines believe it will take a generation, or twenty years, to effect real change. While the military efforts of the US and her allies are generally successful, achieving governmental or...

Didn't Air America die a slow and agonizing death?

Ah, the obligatory photo shot. The Obamas look happy. The royals look less than impressed.