Bill O'Reilly from Creators Syndicate

A Gay Time at JCPenney for 02/11/2012

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Every Halloween, New York City residents are greeted by homosexual parade marchers dressed to impress bystanders with a message that "gay is good." Some folks take the parade in stride, some are offended by more than a few outrageous displays, and others simply could not care less.

That parade is a microcosm of how Americans, in general, feel about the gay movement. And those w ...

Updated: Sat Feb 11, 2012

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Political Correctness and Muslims for 02/04/2012

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The story is grisly: a husband and wife murdering their three young daughters, ages 19, 17 and 13, by drowning them along with their stepmother. The couple was assisted by their 21-year-old son. All were found guilty of first-degree murder in Ontario, Canada. They were sentenced to life in prison.

Mohammad Shafia and his wife, Tooba, immigrated to Canada from Afghanistan in 2007. Being M ...

Updated: Sat Feb 04, 2012

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Newt, the Media and Momentum for 01/28/2012

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

If Newt Gingrich is elected president of the United States this year, he will owe it all to John King and to his former wife, Marianne.

Let's go back to the recent presidential debate in South Carolina. There stood Gingrich, gripping his podium, staring at King, the CNN debate moderator. The former Speaker of the House had to be delighted. King was doing just what Gingrich and his advis ...

Updated: Sat Jan 28, 2012

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The 1 Percent Blues for 01/21/2012

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Growing up in Levittown out on Long Island, I remember my father buying pants through the mail. This seemed strange to me. There was a Robert Hall clothing store nearby, and it had pants all over the place. But my dad said he could buy two pair for the price of one from some guy in South Dakota. One problem: The pants never fit.

My father didn't much care. He saved some money, which he p ...

Updated: Sat Jan 21, 2012

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The President Wants My Money for 01/14/2012

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

A few days ago, a Democrat handed me an Obama fundraising brochure even though he knows I never give political donations. I guess the guy wanted me to see what I'm missing. Anyway, the two-sided pamphlet extolled the president's record on, among other things, "women's rights," health care and the economy.

The economy? Yes.

According to the Obama for America organizatio ...

Updated: Sat Jan 14, 2012

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Laughing at the Presidential Election for 01/07/2012

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

President Obama may not know it, but he has a nice advantage in the world of late-night TV. A new study by The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University says that in 2011, late-night comedians mocked Republicans three times more than they did Democrats. The biggest ideological difference was between David Letterman and Jay Leno. Letterman told 77 jokes at the expense of Oba ...

Updated: Sat Jan 07, 2012

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Good Riddance 2011 for 12/31/2011

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Bad year, 2011, even though some bad guys and charlatans got a karma blast. Osama bin Laden got it up close and personal from a Navy SEAL, while his cohort al-Awlaki got drilled from the sky. Gadhafi went down, and al-Assad is tottering.

Schwarzenegger, Weiner, Sheen and Cain all got hammered in the court of public opinion. Blagojevich, Bonds and Mubarak were held accountable in actual c ...

Updated: Sat Dec 31, 2011

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Christmas in Church for 12/24/2011

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

This column is about religion, so please alert the American Civil Liberties Union. There may be some very offensive stuff coming up, and, God knows, the public should be protected.

When I was a kid, my parents usually took me to midnight Mass on Christmas. I think they did that so I would not get up at 5 in the morning looking for what Santa brought. If my dad was going to stay up past 1 ...

Updated: Sat Dec 24, 2011

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Ideology TV for 12/17/2011

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Talk about an excruciating experience. The media research company Experian Simmons spent an entire year surveying diehard Republicans and Democrats regarding what they watch on TV, and the results are now in. The top non-auction Republican shows are: "This Old House" on PBS, "The 700 Club" on CBN, "Swamp Loggers" on the Discovery Channel, "Top Shot" on th ...

Updated: Sat Dec 17, 2011

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The Tax Man Cometh for 12/10/2011

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

This week Caesar came for me, demanding my tax obligation. As a 1 percenter, my burden was substantial, but I'm not whining. I love my country and understand it needs money to fulfill its obligations. So the check is in the mail.

Thirty-five years ago, I was broke, having just graduated from Boston University with a master's degree in broadcast journalism. I was lucky enough to get hired ...

Updated: Sat Dec 10, 2011

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Is It Over for Lady Gaga? for 12/03/2011

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

A few months ago in this space, I wrote a column about the cultural phenom Lady Gaga that ended with my politely telling her to save her money. That's because the treacherous world of popular culture is not usually a long-term proposition. Entertainment idols often pass through the fame obstacle course very quickly.

In show biz, "jumping the shark" is a term used to describe a ...

Updated: Sat Dec 03, 2011

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Memo to the Occupiers for 11/26/2011

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Listen up, you protest people! You have gone and alienated Newt Gingrich, who wants you to take a bath and get a job. Or vice-versa. And his words were greeted with applause from coast to coast. You guys should take notice.

A couple of months ago, the polls showed that many Americans sympathized with your movement. After all, who likes greed-head Wall Street folks manipulating the financ ...

Updated: Sat Nov 26, 2011

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Good Morning, Barack! for 11/19/2011

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

With his poll numbers dropping like dissidents in Syria, President Barack Obama has to be hoping the national media will continue to help him out. Last time around, the network news organizations swooned over the junior senator from Illinois and marginalized his opponent, Sen. John McCain, as much as possible.

According to a new study by the conservative Media Research Center, the presid ...

Updated: Sat Nov 19, 2011

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Selling John Lennon's Body Parts for 11/12/2011

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The cult of celebrity has reached a new low. No, I'm not talking about Kim Kardashian making millions from her wedding and then dumping the groom less than three months later. We could have predicted that. What is even worse is that one of the late John Lennon's body parts has sold for more than $31,000 at an auction.

Here's the story. Back in the mid-1960s, Dorothy Jarlett worked as Len ...

Updated: Sat Nov 12, 2011

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Why Experience Matters for 11/05/2011

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Put aside Herman Cain's social problems for a moment, and look at his resume: successful businessman with a patriotic streak. That's pretty much it. Yet, Cain leads the Republican field in some polls, prompting a new Quinnipiac survey to ask: "Does the fact that Herman Cain never served in public office make you more likely to vote for him for president, less likely to vote for him for pre ...

Updated: Sat Nov 05, 2011

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America in Decline for 10/29/2011

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

According to a new poll by The Hill newspaper, 69 percent of Americans now believe the USA is in "decline." In addition, a whopping 83 percent indicate they are worried about America's future.

Very sobering. So what's going on?

If you study history, you know that America was built on self-reliance and personal achievement. In the early years of the Republic, the federal ...

Updated: Sat Oct 29, 2011

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Are We the Wall Street Protesters? for 10/22/2011

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

If you believe a column in Newsweek magazine, most of the Occupy Wall Street protesters are just regular folks, people like you and me. Writer Michael Daly puts forth that the demonstrators simply have had enough of an unfair economic system, and what's wrong with that?

But a survey taken at the protest site in New York City tells quite another story. Pollster Doug Schoen, who once worke ...

Updated: Sat Oct 22, 2011

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Kid Stuff for 10/15/2011

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Every generation has a tendency to mock younger folks. It's in the American DNA. My father did it, my grandfather did it, and now, God help me, I'm doing it.

Recently, I had occasion to travel to New Hampshire with seven children ranging in age from 3 to 16. Don't even ask how this happened. It was kind of like an earthquake: Things began to rumble, and soon there was destruction everywh ...

Updated: Sat Oct 15, 2011

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Why Chris Christie Matters for 10/08/2011

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

What happens to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie now? Will he campaign for the Republican nominee? Will he settle back into New Jersey politics exclusively? Not since William Taft graced the White House in the early 20th century has there been a national political presence like Christie. Larger than life both physically and emotionally, Christie plays the political game like a blitzing middle lin ...

Updated: Sat Oct 08, 2011

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Solar Power to the People for 10/01/2011

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Nobody likes buying oil from OPEC. Nobody likes coal dust dropping from the sky. We all know that pollution is bad, and greedy oil sheiks are not looking out for us. The problem is, we don't have a realistic alternative fuel option. So we have to live with a bad situation.

President Obama has fast-tracked green energy projects, and the results, thus far, have been awful. The Solyndra sca ...

Updated: Sat Oct 01, 2011

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