Why do we need federal laws to make bullying a crime?  And why do we need to require schools to have anti-bullying policies?
The saga of Billy Wolfe should be enough to convince you.  Over a year ago, Billy was being bullied relentlessly by two bigger guys from his high school in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  He was […]

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As anticipated, state legislatures across the country have been renewing and introducing new employment eligibility and compliance laws requiring the use of E-Verify. The latest bills to be introduced are from Arkansas, Nebraska, Indiana, and Wyoming.
In Arkansas, State Representative Bill Sample, R-Hot Springs, introduced HB 1093 which would require state agencies to use E-Verify for […]

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KATV Daybreak Anchorwoman Anne Pressly, 26 from Little Rock Arkansas was found Monday morning about a half hour before time for her to go to work by her mother. Anne’s mother tried calling her for her regular wake up call and when she didn’t get an answer she got worried and went to her apartment.
She […]

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A morning anchorwoman for KATV-TV in Little Rock Arkansas was found in her home early Monday morning suffering from life threatening injuries apparently caused by someone beating her brutally.
Anne Pressly, 26, was found by her mother around 4:30 am lying on her bed and bleeding from severe injuries, according to the police.
“We do believe she […]

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Jumping off a sinking ship and jumping on the bandwagon are just doing what comes naturally, right? Not for Hillary Clinton’s supporters in KY, who stuck by their candidate, despite the certainty that Barack Obama’s win in OR would push him past her in pledged delegates. And as in WV and other states in which […]

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New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.”
According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim.
Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw large marijuana […]

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When Hillary lies, does she know she is lying? Is she a reflexive liar, a compulsive liar, or a pathological liar? Does the staggering number of lies she has told during this campaign make her morally unfit for the office she seeks? Do the things about which she lied make her psychologically unfit?
Consider these questions […]

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Consider this abbreviated list of unseemly associations, and decide if you would vote for this person. The stories are all true, and they have been verified. For now, we will call the person “Candidate X.” But further in this article the person will be exposed, by name.
One long term friend of Candidate X was sent […]

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Much has been made by pundits and bloggers of this interview by New York Times reporter Elizabeth Bumiller aboard the McCain campaign plane, the point of which seemed to be to goad the clearly irked – but hardly enraged – GOP candidate (video link) into losing his temper so that she could write an article […]

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John McCain (R-AZ) swept OH, RI, TX and VT by huge margins to secure his party’s nomination for the presidency, while Hillary Clinton (D-NY) staved Barack Obama (D-IL) off with double-digit margins in OH and VT and a narrow win in the TX primary (as of this writing, the TX caucuses have not been called, […]

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Senator Clinton was civil until she started losing. Obama is answering her, charge by charge. This is not going to be enough. The Clintons have a veritable Kitchen Sink Factory to create weapons to hurl at their opponents. But Hillary’s own tub is full of dirty bathwater. Maybe it’s time for Obama to throw the […]

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Building on last week’s “Potomac Primary,” Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) kept their winning streaks going.    
In WI, Obama and McCain won by comfortable margins over Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Mike Huckabee (R-AR), respectively (58 percent to 41 percent in the Dem primary; 55 percent to 37 percent in the GOP primary). Though Huckabee […]

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Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell finds it “a little strange to see Hillary appearing so upset over MSNBC reporter David Shuster suggesting that Chelsea Clinton was being “pimped out” by Hillary’s campaign.” What happened to the hapless Shuster next is what Jonah Goldberg once termed “political correctness Kabuki theater”:
So Shuster was substituting as host […]

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Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) were the big winners in the “Potomac Primary,” sweeping MD, VA and Washington, D.C. and winning by enormous margins over their opponents.
Obama won MD with 60 percent of the vote to 36 percent for Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), and McCain bested Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 55 […]

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The Washington Post’s Libby Copeland wonders whether the presidential candidacy of Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) was “good for the Mormons.” She never really answers her own question, but The Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press do: No, it was bad for the Mormons, because Romney’s run for the White House unambiguously revealed - […]

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Talk about bad timing. On Friday, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) - who has endorsed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) - called Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) to make the case that dropping out of the race was in the best interests of the party. The next day, Huckabee decisively won the KS caucus (60 percent to […]

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When Mitt Romney (R-MA) spoke at the 34th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last year (“a smug demeanor and a smirk that set The Stiletto’s teeth on edge”), The Stiletto immediately pegged him as a phony. Her gut instincts proved out during the year that followed.
Romney’s inauthenticity (some would call it a “candor gap”) […]

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“. . . and we are political junkies.”–“Hi, Mark; hi Mom!”
You’ll never catch Mom or me at a Twelve Step meeting. I don’t want “serenity.” I want adrenaline. I want to roll up one sleeve, plug my high speed internet cable into a vein, let my eyes roll back, and quiver uncontrollably when I hear […]

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February 5, 2008 may go down in political history as the day Rush Limbaugh lost his grip on Republican voters – and the day Ann Coulter may have lost her grip altogether.
Despite a concerted effort by the conservative chattering class to tar Sen. John McCain as a “liberal” or a “phony Republican,” and Fmr. Gov. […]

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Barack Obama won more than half of the 22 Super Duper Tuesday states (12 to Hillary Clinton’s  8) – but Hillary’s wins came from such delegate-rich states as her adopted home state of NY, as well as CA, MA and NJ. Overall, 49 percent of voters supported Hillary, 46 percent supported Obama.
Since none of the […]

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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]

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Mitt Romney has a message for evangelicals: Your choice is between the Mormon and the “liberal” McCain. Reports the Los Angeles Times:
Evangelicals can “vote for Mike Huckabee and feel good about their vote,” the former governor of Massachusetts told a Missouri TV station. “But they’re basically saying, ‘We’re going to give the conservative vote - […]

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The last Republican and Democrat presidential candidates left standing met for the final debates of the primary season in CA. The GOP debate, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library near Simi Valley, was notable for the palpable loathing the two frontrunners have for each other. The Dem debate, held at the Kodak Theater in […]

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  ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Will A  Year of Firsts Yield 
More of The Same Old, Same Old?
 
January 30, 2008
 
By RB Scott
Boston, Massachusetts
 
Note:  RB Scott, a former staff writer and editor at Time, Life, People and Sports Illustrated, frequently writes about national politics.
 
As  the barrow pit alongside the campaign expressway collects more roadkill  (Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson, […]

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The FL Republican primary was do or die for Rudy Giuliani (NY). For weeks, pundits waited with bated breath to see whether Rudy would “do,” like John McCain (AZ) in NH or “die,” like Fred Thompson (TN) in SC.
Well, the votes are in and Rudy’s out. McCain got 36 percent of the vote; Mitt Romney […]

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Boston, MA.
January 18, 2008
 
Although Irish Setters have been sleeping around the family manse for years, it is apparent that Mitt Romney has failed to absorb and grasp the subtle messages and extensions of the adage “let sleeping dogs lie.”  
That may be changing.
Romney’s flare-up yesterday (1/17/2007) with the Associated Press’ Glen Johnson at a press […]

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In the Republican and Democrat debates at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, on January 5th the candidates had a common strategy: Keep kicking the presumed frontrunners when they’re down to make sure they stay down.
Sen. John McCain (AZ), Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson (TN), Rep. Ron Paul (TX), Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (MA), Fmr. Gov. […]

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I may vote for someone I don’t like. John Edwards is a junkyard dog dressed in a collie suit. He is not a nice guy. But the last thing we need in the White House is someone likeable who lacks the savvy and ruthlessness to muscle through nice “plans.”
Behind the slick smile and underneath the […]

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Are the Stars and Planets Aligned Right for a President Huckabee?
Did the Signs Point Toward a Huckabee Iowa Caucus Win?
A Look at What Mike Huckabee’s Stars Say, According to Three Sources
Now that the Iowa Caucus is over we thought we’d put together a more “concise” astrological reading on the winners, Mike Huckabee and Barack […]

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Coincidentally, both The New York Times and The Washington Post ran stories about how the suddenness of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto was a sort of pop quiz on foreign policy for the presidential candidates. The Times called it “a ghoulish sort of test: a chance to project leadership and competence - or not - […]

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