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Steve McGough
Nanny state at work. Young candy buyer finds penalty unduly bitter By Elizabeth Benton, Register Staff NEW HAVEN — Sheridan Communications and Technology Middle School eighth-grader Michael Sheridan was suspended from school for three days, barred from attending an honors student dinner and stripped of his title of class vice president. His offense? He bought…
The AP’s headline should read that 54 out of 59 water treatment plants in Iraq meet or exceed strict water standards, but it doesn’t. Michelle Malkin posted a full review of the story – Bias alert: The Cheney/KBR-deranged Associated Press spins a DoD report on water quality in Iraq – and unlike the AP story…
The Houston Chronical’s Study, Iraq had no link to al-Qaida, confirms information that we already knew; there was not an operational link between Iraq and al-Qaida. But what about informal links to al-Qiada and direct links to other terrorist organizations? Hot Air’s post Saddam had “no operational ties” to AQ: Pentagon, got me into a…
A Minnesota Democrat has proposed a bill urging a fragrance-free educational campaign. You see, some kids are experiencing negative health issues due to boys using Axe body spray; instead of regular showers it seems. This is the nanny state in action. Populist candidates solving every little issue that comes up. Someone has to do something!
Representative Tim Couch, a Republican from Kentucky wants to make it illegal for people to post anonymously on Internet Web sites. Sorry Tim, you’re way off base here. His idea is to have the site operator fined $500 for the first time they allow someone to post anonymously, then $1,000 each time after. He wants…
I’ve been thinking about writing an article about the perception of value and I’ll probably make it Lesson One. I’d like Conservative247 to be a baseline conservative site that can be used as a primer for those interested in learning about such things. What does perception of value mean? Well, when a product or service…
Ahh, the wonderful theory that the Associated Press is an unbiased news organization. Hat tip to Jim Taranto, writing Best of the Web for the Wall Street Journal Online.
I just read an article by Jonathan Pitts, Baltimore Sun reporter on Michelle Malkin. Nice read, and what surprises me even more is the respectable comments – 62 of them so far – that were posted by readers in the comments section. Very civil. Michelle comments on her blog. Here’s an excerpt from the Sun’s…
Walter Williams’ recent article, Liberty Versus Socialism, reminds us that government control of our personal lives leads to a loss of liberty. Read his full post. A fortnight ago, I wrote about Mississippi Legislature House Bill 282 that would have imposed fines or revoked licenses of food establishments that served obese people. Fortunately, the measure…