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We are constantly warned to beware of the legislative clout that big business can buy. But when it comes to political campaign money, the biggest spenders are not the oil companies or the banks. The number-one biggest campaign spender in federal and state political campaigns and ballot measures during the 2007-2008 election cycle was the National Education Association, known as the NEA. The Phyllis Schlaflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11930380089191812969noreply@blogger.com0

The term czar has come to mean a presidential crony appointee who was never vetted by the Senate and who exercises sweeping regulatory authority without congressional oversight. President Obama has appointed at least 35 czars. They are paid by the U.S. taxpayers, but they were never interrogated and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The latest Obama czar is Donald Berwick, who will have vast Phyllis Schlaflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11930380089191812969noreply@blogger.com0

In his Oval Office address Tuesday night announcing the end of combat operations in Iraq, President Obama said "It's time to turn the page" and start focusing on rebuilding the American economy. That would be fine...

Some of the most important things in history are things that didn't happen -- even though just about everyone thought they would. Recent example: Scads of liberals gleefully predicted that the financial crisis...

The post-Cold War new world order is rapidly breaking apart. Nations are returning to the ancient passions, rivalries and differences of past centuries. Take Europe. The decades-old vision of a united...

This week in Sunday school, we talked about how character is passed down from parents to children through stories, experiences and practice. Every family has different stories -- the life narratives that describe

A random walk among issues currently in the news.... Comes now Big Brother. Not only do state and local governments have unfunded retirement obligations totaling at least $2 trillion. Also, of the 50 states, at least...

Editors Note: Some language in this column may be offensive How does one discredit the massive back-to-the-values-that-made-this-country-great rally in Washington at the National Mall? Easy. Call...

If it were a crime to venture onto Capitol Hill to reveal yourself as a self-absorbed liar with an inability to admit mistakes, there would be tumbleweeds blowing through the vacant halls of Congress. Fortunately for...

When then-Sen. Barack Obama visited the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board in 2008, I had one question for him: Which Democratic candidate for president would be best at keeping Iraq from imploding? ...

Know Your Resume No-No's Wondering why the subject of resumes is suddenly dominating your screens, both computer and TV? Turns out September is the 10th annual celebration of "International Update Your...

WASHINGTON -- What is your vision of a university? Is it the classic vision, with profs walking the ivy-clad pathways, their books under their arms? Perhaps they wear tweed coats and smoke pipes -- not the...

Profits up, rates down, tax cuts, and a stock rally. Corporate profits are at all-time highs and bond rates in the Treasury market are virtually at record lows. That's a good combination for stocks, and it helped...

The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist. Leave aside Obama's fanatical opposition to...

While the furor over the proposed mosque at Ground Zero has New York Gov. David Paterson offering public land as a peace offering, a more familiar symbol - the cross - is systematically being uprooted around the...

Barack Obama has appointed another Czar from Chicago: the new Food Czar Sam Kass. Officially, he is labeled Senior Policy Adviser for Healthy Food Initiatives. He's joining the list of more than 35 Czars given broad and unaccountable power over our lives, habits and spending. Everybody laughed when Senator Tom Coburn asked Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan if it would be constitutional for Phyllis Schlaflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11930380089191812969noreply@blogger.com1

Harry Mitchell has his work cut out for him in his bid for re-election in a heated re-match in Arizona's Fifth Congressional District. Mitchell will face off, once again, with his 2008 Republican challenger David...

A growing number of conservative Republicans have opted to support the independent conservative candidacy of longtime conservative activist Janine Hansen in Elko-area Assembly District 33 race instead of the moderate GOP nominee, John Ellison. As such, they recently formed an informal group called “Republicans for Janine.” And Elko County GOP chief Charlie Myers is having a cow over it. After EagleHQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11651769185405454458eagle@EagleForum.org0

The only thing stupider than allowing a known foreign terrorist into the United States may be allowing that terrorist to buy guns. Current U.S. law allows this happen. It also allows known terrorists on the no-fly list...

In the 1959 film "The Mouse That Roared," an imaginary European nation called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick declares war on the U.S. "There isn't a more profitable undertaking for any country than to declare war on the...