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Froma Harrop - Are liberal elite to blame for working class woes?
The white working class is in big trouble, and the liberal elite is largely to blame. So says Charles Murray in his latest book, "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010." As a scholar at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, and this being an election year, wouldn't he jus...0 Comments -
Pat Buchanan - Is America still God's country?
The political beliefs of Barack Obama, said Rick Santorum last week, come out of "some phony theology. ... Not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology, but no less a theology." Given the opportunity on "Face the Nation" to amend his remarks, Santorum declined the offer and plun... -
Michelle Malkin - Taxing medical progress to death
Two years ago this month, as public debate over Obamacare raged, former President Bill Clinton rushed to the hospital because of a heart condition. He immediately underwent a procedure to place two stents in one of his coronary arteries. It was a timely reminder about the dangers of stifling priv... -
Roy Sanborn - Indicating indicators
As I was compiling the sales numbers for January, I was a little disappointed in the totals until I looked at January of 2011, which was actually pretty abysmal. While 48 single family homes changing hands at an average sales price of $148,500 doesn’t seem like a banner month, compare that... -
Jim Hightower - Political money so powerful even president can't resist
The rich are different from you and me, but the really, really, really rich are also different from the merely rich. For example, the rich can buy caviar and Champagne, but the Triple-R Rich can buy entire presidential campaigns. Take Sheldon Adelson, the moneybags who's pumped $11-... -
On to Damascus?
Our War Party has been temporarily diverted from its clamor for war on Iran by the insurrection against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. Estimates of the dead since the Syrian uprising began a year ago approach 6,000. And responsibility for the carnage is being laid at the feet of the... -
Froma Harrop - A French model for raising American kids
One item in the annals of American exceptionalism is how exceptionally badly behaved American children are. We who hang around international airports often marvel at how European toddlers wait calmly while their American cohorts run down the halls or lie sprawled on the floor in a screaming tantr... -
Bob Meade - Is it a blessing? Or, is it a curse?
A number of years ago I listened to a homily on whether something was a blessing or a curse. It wove a story around a man who had a horse. He was considered wealthy and fortunate because the horse could plow his land and transport him and his family. The horse was a blessing. However, because... -
Froma Harrop - Planned Parenthood respected by most American women
The blowup at Susan G. Komen for the Cure set off a political alarm that Republicans dare not ignore. The leading breast cancer group, Komen tried playing Republican-base politics by cutting its funding to Planned Parenthood for breast-health services. The sisterhood and its allies exploded, and ... -
Roy Sanborn - It just took 7 years & a $2.8M price reduction . . .
As I reported last month, waterfront sales on Winnipesaukee were up for the year from 96 units in 2010 to 107 in 2011 for a solid 11.5-percent increase. Will 2012 be another big year for waterfront sales in the Lakes Region? We certainly hope so! Well, January of 2012 started out with five waterf...