Ben Shapiro from Creators Syndicate

Conservatives: Sitting Out 2008 is the Height of Idiocy for 02/13/2008

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The conservative base isn't fond of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. They disagree with him on a wide variety of issues, and they feel insulted by McCain's ardent desire to please those across the political aisle.

But conservatives are fools if they stay home in November.

There's plenty to question about John McCain, but there's one thing conservatives can't question: McCain is better th ...

Updated: Wed Feb 13, 2008

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Barack Obama is a Fake for 02/20/2008

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Sen. Barack Obama's star appeal is causing physiological reactions in his supporters. Which is to say, they're fainting.

And these fainting routines are causing me physiological reactions. Which is to say, I'm throwing up.

At no less than six of Obama's recent rallies, fans have reportedly fainted. Those incidents were caught on video or audio. In each, Obama — who never eve ...

Updated: Wed Feb 20, 2008

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How to Beat Barack Obama for 02/27/2008

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Conventional wisdom says the GOP is in trouble. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. is the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. is the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party. Obama is young, black, tall and rhetorically polished; McCain is old, white, short and rhetorically mediocre. Obama is above the fray, a godlike figure spouting high ideals; McCain is quite h ...

Updated: Wed Feb 27, 2008

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The Underdog -- John McCain -- Will Win the White House for 03/05/2008

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is back. By winning the Democratic primaries in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island this week, Clinton has ensured the Democratic presidential nomination will be decided at the Democratic National Convention. She has also demonstrated that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is far from unbeatable.

Most of all, Clinton's comeback shows that both Clinton and Obama will have ...

Updated: Wed Mar 05, 2008

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When Did Hiring Hookers Become Decent? for 03/12/2008

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

As I write this on Tuesday afternoon, March 11, the clock reads 4 p.m. It has been over a day since the media broke the story that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer frequented high-priced call girls.

And Spitzer still hasn't resigned.

His resignation may come as early as Wednesday morning — or it may not come at all.

That Americans actually have to question whether Spitzer ...

Updated: Wed Mar 12, 2008

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In Memory of My Friend for 03/19/2008

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

In the heart of election season, with scandals breaking left and right, please forgive me if I take a few paragraphs to write about a close friend who passed away recently. Isaac Meyers, a graduate student in classics at Harvard University, was struck by a tractor-trailer early Monday morning in Cambridge, Mass. He died a few hours later. Isaac was 28 years old.

Isaac was simply a phenom ...

Updated: Wed Mar 19, 2008

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Hillary Hopes to be 'Rocky II' in 2012 for 04/02/2008

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

According to Hillary Clinton, she has a lot in common with Rocky, the movie boxer played by Sylvester Stallone. Quitting now, she told a crowd in Philadelphia, would be tantamount to "Rocky Balboa (getting) halfway up those art museum steps and (saying), 'Well, I guess that's about far enough.'"

"Let me tell you something," Hillary continued. "When it comes to fi ...

Updated: Wed Apr 02, 2008

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Obama Coddles Evil for 04/09/2008

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

On Tuesday morning, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that Iran was busily installing 6,000 new centrifuges for development of nuclear material. Further, Ahmadinejad stated, Iran would begin testing a new type of centrifuge that works five times faster than ordinary centrifuges.

On Tuesday afternoon, Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., declared th ...

Updated: Wed Apr 09, 2008

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Jimmy Carter: Emissary of Evil for 04/16/2008

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Jimmy Carter is an evil man. It is painful to label a past president of the United States as a force for darkness. But it is dangerous to let a man like Jimmy Carter stalk around the globe cloaked in the garb of American royalty, planting the seeds of Western civilization's destruction.

On Tuesday, former President Carter met with leaders of the terrorist group Hamas. He embraced Nasser ...

Updated: Wed Apr 16, 2008

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No Bodily Fluids in the Public Square for 04/23/2008

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Art, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. No one has come up with a workable definition of art that can universally separate garbage like Karen Finley's body goo from Michelangelo's "David." And because art is so difficult, so amorphous and difficult to define, civilized people have shied away from attempting to place limits on it. The best policy, we have decided, is to allow eve ...

Updated: Wed Apr 23, 2008

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Hannah Montana Does Playboy for 04/30/2008

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

What is the leading breeding ground for tomorrow's role models of degradation and promiscuity? The Disney Channel. On Monday, news broke that Vanity Fair was planning on running "discreet" and "artistic" photos from a topless shoot with pre-teen and tween hero Miley Cyrus. The photos include a shot of Cyrus, barebacked, clutching a sheet to her bosom — a shot no less p ...

Updated: Wed Apr 30, 2008

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Barack Obama Is a Loser for 05/07/2008

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

What do you call a candidate who wins 90 percent of the African-American vote, between 30 percent and 50 percent of the Hispanic vote and 40 percent of the white vote in a tight Democratic primary race?

A general election loser.

Apply those percentages to the general election, and the candidate will bomb. In 2004, President Bush won 43 percent of the Hispanic vote, 58 percent of t ...

Updated: Wed May 07, 2008

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Barack Obama Pays Radicals To Staff His Campaign for 05/14/2008

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Barack Obama is all about unification.

There's only one problem: the people who comprise his staff are some of the most extreme leftists in the country.

There's his legislative counsel, Ian H. Solomon, who wrote in 2004 that John Kerry lost Florida due to voter fraud, repeating the kook theory that computer voting machines were rigged for Bush. Obama paid him $49,499.94 during the ...

Updated: Wed May 14, 2008

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Open Letter To Barack Obama for 05/21/2008

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Dear Senator Obama,

It is often politically inconvenient when someone tells the truth about you before millions of people. When President Bush spoke before the Israeli Knesset last week to commemorate the anniversary of the formation of the State of Israel, he said something you found politically inconvenient. "Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorist ...

Updated: Wed May 21, 2008

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Barack Obama's Anti-Military Problem for 05/28/2008

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Does disdain for the military matter anymore?

If Barack Obama's candidacy is any indication, it does not. Sen. Obama gave a graduation speech at Wesleyan University on Sunday, May 25. In it, he praised students for their public service. He also asked them to forego the business world in favor of careers in public service. "I ask you to seek these opportunities when you leave here, b ...

Updated: Wed May 28, 2008

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The Case for Israeli Settlements for 06/04/2008

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

On Sunday, June 1, Israel announced plans to build over 800 homes in Jerusalem. And the international community proceeded to go ballistic.

"Our position on the settlements is that we don't believe that any more settlements should be built," said White House Press Secretary Dana Perino. "And we know that it exacerbates the tension when it comes to the negotiations with the ...

Updated: Wed Jun 04, 2008

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The "Pregnant Man" Freak Show for 06/11/2008

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The media seems bizarrely obsessed with the story of "Thomas Beatie," aka Tracy Lagondino. Beatie, a woman who legally changed her sex to "male," retained all of her internal female organs at the same time she took testosterone, grew a beard and had breast removal surgery. She then "married" her lesbian partner, Nancy. Nancy proceeded to artificially inseminate her ...

Updated: Wed Jun 11, 2008

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Why I'm Voting Democrat for 06/18/2008

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

A new video on YouTube is taking the Internet by storm. Entitled "I'm Voting … Republican," the satirical clip depicts actors playing conservative Americans of all shapes and sizes explaining why they would vote for the GOP.

"Arnold Jones" says he's voting Republican because "all other countries are inferior to us" — and his wife, "Trudy Jones,&qu ...

Updated: Wed Jun 18, 2008

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The Patriotic Jew for 06/25/2008

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Why don't Jews believe in Judaism?

A poll this week by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life contained some stunning results regarding American Jews: Six in 10 American Jews expressed some doubts about God's existence. That number is one in four for Roman Catholics, mainline Protestants and Orthodox Christians. American Jews generally believe that God is not involved in people's live ...

Updated: Wed Jun 25, 2008

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Why America Is The Greatest Country On Earth for 07/02/2008

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

I was sitting at lunch with a colleague a few weeks back, and he mentioned that he did not understand the general media hubbub over Michelle Obama's unpatriotic statements.

"So she said that she hadn't been proud of America in her adult life," he said. "So what?"

I answered that many Americans, rightly, were offended at the idea that a prospective First Lady of ...

Updated: Wed Jul 02, 2008

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