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Author: Robert Farley

New Best Friend

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On August 24, 2005
I think Tim Padgett is right; Pat Robertson couldn't have come up with a better gift for Hugo Chavez if he had been trying:Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has a new best friend this morning: television evangelist Pat Robertson. With his astonishing call for the left-wing...

Dignity

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On August 23, 2005

The most charming part of the University of Oregon campus is Pioneer Cemetery. The Cemetery was established in 1873 and the University grew around it. The tallest, and oldest, trees.

Canadian Naval Power

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On August 23, 2005
You thought only Japan and China had disputes over worthless islands? Canada is displaying some military muscle in the Arctic. . .Canada is sending its navy back to the far northern Arctic port of Churchill after a 30-year absence. The visit by two warships to...

Lousy Liberal Media

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On August 21, 2005
New York Times headline: G.I. Death Toll in Afghanistan Worst Since '01That would seem to imply that there were more deaths in 2001 than there have been this year. Otherwise, the headline could read "G.I. Death Toll in Afghanistan Worst of the War".That headline would...

Gates Foundation

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On August 21, 2005

I didn't know this:Detractors dismiss Discovery as a fundamentalist front and intelligent design as a clever rhetorical detour around the 1987 Supreme Court ruling banning creationism from curriculums. But the.

Iowa

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On August 21, 2005

This strikes me as nonsense:The USS Iowa joined in battles from World War II to Korea to the Persian Gulf. It carried President Franklin Roosevelt home from the Teheran conference.

Gas Tax

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On August 21, 2005
Responding to this post, Andrew Cox of the Roosevelt Institution points me to this Roosevelt Review article on gasoline taxes and their effects on conservation and revenue. A plausible case is made that the tax could be quite low and still achieve some important conservation...
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