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2007-06-01T14:24:00.001-04:00

This Week on the Web (May 26 – June 1) ******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: Thus, it is not surprising, for example, that the United States enjoys the world’s highest standard of living. This is a direct result of the fact that the United States has the world’s highest energy consumption per capita. The United

2007-05-25T15:07:00.000-04:00

This Week on the Web (May 19 – May 25) ******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: The idea of Jimmy Carter calling ANY President a bad one, much less THE WORST one, is darkly comical. Actually, it's just plain comical, other than for the fact that life or death issues are at stake when it comes to a President of the

2007-05-18T18:33:00.000-04:00

This Week on the Web (May 12 – May 18) ************************************************************************** COMMENTARY Study of Troops’ Mental Health, Ethics Indicts Bush’s Selfless War Elan Journo, The Ayn Rand Institute (via Principles in Practice) A recently disclosed Pentagon study on the impact of the Iraq war on U.S. combat troops suggests that many are stressed and hold views at

2007-05-11T13:58:00.001-04:00

This Week on the Web (May 5 – May 11) ******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: The modern political premise implicitly held by many politicians is that the government owns you, or at least knows what's best for you. This logic requires that the government tell you what you can and should do with your life, such as not

2007-05-04T13:40:00.001-04:00

This Week on the Web (April 28 – May 4) ******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: The West's survival requires that we wake up and recognize the true character of the enemy we face. We are involved in a clash with a culture that has little regard for the Western values that hold the sanctity of human life dear.

2007-04-27T15:23:00.001-04:00

This Week on the Web (April 21 – April 27) ******************************************************************************************** Picture of the Week: The Latest in "Green Transportation" Vital Signs Blog Ford Motor Company, fast losing ground to its competitors, has moved aggressively into the area of "green transportation" with its 2008 hay-powered Ranchero IV. The company

2007-04-20T15:19:00.000-04:00

This Week on the Web (April 14 – April 20) ******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: I realize that CBS has the right to fire any employee for making racist statements and that this is not a violation of their freedom of speech. Only the state can abridge our freedom of speech. Only state action is censorship

2007-04-13T12:43:00.000-04:00

This Week on the Web (April 7 – April 13) ******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: Hypocrisy is caused by the failure to think for oneself, and the resulting desire to say or think what you THINK others want you to say or think. Hypocrisy cannot develop if you possess self-esteem. If you possess self-esteem, you are

2007-04-06T14:52:00.000-04:00

This Week on the Web (March 31 – April 6) ******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: Envy rests on the false belief that good things happen only through "luck," chance, supernatural forces or sociological, biological destiny. A person doesn't envy another "because he accomplished and I didn't." A person envies another

2007-03-30T15:39:00.000-04:00

This Week on the Web (March 24 – March 30) ******************************************************************************************** COMMENTARY Permission to celebrate Jamestown? Mona Charen, Jewish World Review By all means, let's be honest about American history and admit that American Indians were often mistreated (broken treaties, displacement, murder). The Trail of

2007-03-23T15:59:00.000-04:00

This Week on the Web (March 17 – March 23) ******************************************************************************************** NEWS Iran Is Playing a Growing Role in Iraq Economy New York Times While the Bush administration works to stop Iran from meddling in Iraq, Iranian air-conditioners fill Iraqi appliance stores, Iranian tomatoes ripen on the windowsills of

2007-03-16T15:13:00.000-04:00

This Week on the Web (March 10 – March 16)********************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: “It's this appeasement which is victimizing our troops, not the ‘war-hungry’ mentality the Democrats claim President Bush possesses.” - Michael Hurd Video of the Week: The Great Global Warming Swindle Channel 4 (via YouTube)

2007-03-09T15:05:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (March 3 – March 9) ******************************************************************************************** NEWS Gates warns on US immigration curbs Financial Times Speaking before the Senate committee on health, education, labour and pensions, Mr Gates said that tighter US immigration policies – governed partly by concerns over terrorism – were “driving

2007-03-02T13:16:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (February 24 – March 2)******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: I'm tired of this idea, portrayed in political speeches and songs, about how the United States is "our country" to somehow be "taken back." Nobody owns the United States--not you, not I. All you or I own are what's legally, morally and

2007-02-23T18:32:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (February 17 – February 23) ******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: Social Security's advocates continue to push it as moral. Why? The answer lies in the program's ideal of "universal coverage"--the idea that, as a recent New York Times editorial preached, "all old people must have the dignity of

2007-02-16T14:29:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (February 10 – February 16) ******************************************************************************************** NEWS New Wage Boost Puts Squeeze on Teenage Workers across Arizona Arizona Republic Oh, for the days when Arizona's high school students could roll pizza dough, sweep up sticky floors in theaters or scoop ice cream without worrying about

2007-02-09T14:16:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (February 3 – February 9) ****************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: “We gave them a civil war? Why? Because we failed to prevent it? Do the police in America have on their hands the blood of the 16,000 murders they failed to prevent last year?” - Charles Krauthammer Editorial

2007-02-02T15:58:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (January 27 – February 2) ******************************************************************************************** Video of the Week: Hillary on Oil Profits: "I want to take those profits" Cspan (via YouTube) Editor’s note: But don’t worry, it’s all for the common good (as she defines it). NEWS With Iran ascendant, U.S. is seen

2007-01-26T17:52:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (January 20 – January 26) ******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: Every time oil prices shoot up, there are cries of "greed" and demands by politicians for an investigation of collusion by Big Oil. There have

2007-01-19T18:36:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (January 13 – January 19) ******************************************************************************************** Video of the Week: A Short Course in Brain Surgery Stuart Browning, YouTube Ontario’s “compassionate” socialized system failed a patient who needed an MRI, so he turned to the “selfish” U.S. market for help. Editorial Cartoon of the Week: Dead Ball

2007-01-12T18:33:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (January 6 – January 12) ******************************************************************************************** NEWS Brown to end Blair's terror strategy Telegraph Gordon Brown vowed yesterday to take on President George W Bush and the Americans over foreign policy as he spelt out plans to break from Tony Blair's approach to the "war on terror". The Chancellor,

2007-01-05T19:11:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (December 30 – January 5) ******************************************************************************************** NEWS Warrantless mail searches may be allowed MSNBC.com A statement attached to postal legislation by President Bush last month may have opened the way for the government to open mail without a warrant. The White House denies any change in policy, but

2006-12-29T18:49:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (December 23 – December 29) ******************************************************************************************** Quote of the Week: “There's nothing so arrogant as a person preaching the virtue of humility.” - Michael Hurd ************************************************* NEWS Small businesses brace for minimum wage hike MSNBC.com Economists and politicians

2006-12-22T16:46:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (December 16 – December 22) ******************************************************************************************** COMMENTARY Christmas Should be More Commercial Leonard Peikoff, Capitalism Magazine Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life. Yet all of these are castigated as "materialistic"

2006-12-15T17:20:00.000-05:00

This Week on the Web (December 9 – December 15) ***************************************************** Editorial Cartoon of the Week: Saudi Zakat Cox and Forkum ***************************************************** COMMENTARY Senators' Letter Is a Violation of ExxonMobil's Freedom of Speech ARI Media On October 27 Sens. Rockefeller (D., W.Va.) and Snowe (R., Maine) sent a letter to