Chuck Rogér
Friday, May 27, 2011
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on May 27, 2011 at 01:55 pm
Ben Bernanke’s Federal Reserve has laid the charges, connected the leads, and now stands ready at the detonator. America waits. We wait for the economic effects of “quantitative easing” (QE).…...
Monday, May 23, 2011
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on May 23, 2011 at 10:36 am
At a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Democrat Senator Charles Schumer badgered witnesses from Apple and Google to comply with his demand to censor cellphone software that the Senator considers…...
Friday, May 20, 2011
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on May 20, 2011 at 09:44 am
American philosopher Thomas Sowell wrote that “the vision of the anointed [has] achieved a sacrosanct status, hermetically sealed off from the contaminating influence of facts.”[1] There are few places…...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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on May 18, 2011 at 09:32 am
Many Americans recognize but want to ignore a huge problem. A new poll finds that 86 percent of us believe that Social Security and Medicare spending will create an economic…...
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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on May 12, 2011 at 12:20 pm
It is the job of educators to “change the thoughts, feelings, and actions of students.”[1] So proclaimed psychologist Benjamin Bloom, originator of Outcome-Based Education. The U.S. Department of Education was…...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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on May 11, 2011 at 08:29 am
After decades of being herded into “diversity” seminars and “sensitivity” training in the workplace as well as mutliculturalist indoctrination throughout the education system, Americans have had their fill of such…...
Monday, May 09, 2011
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on May 9, 2011 at 11:58 am
Wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass power. Corn ethanol, embryonic stem cell research, electric and hybrid vehicle development, and “green” technology in general. Education. All are enterprises with highly-criticized government subsidies.…...
Thursday, May 05, 2011
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on May 5, 2011 at 10:42 am
In 1994, Newt Gingrich complained vigorously about a Democrat-controlled Congress’s fiscal irresponsibility. Representative Gingrich led a successful campaign by Republicans to take over the House and Senate in the 1994…...
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
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on May 4, 2011 at 12:06 pm
The latest global warming derangement? In order to stop “imperiling the planet,” turn off your refrigerator’s icemaker. To appreciate the depth of madness to which warmists are now routinely sinking,…...
Friday, April 29, 2011
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on April 29, 2011 at 11:54 am
In January 1981, America’s Jimmy Carter disaster plodded to a merciful close. A new President judged the time right to acknowledge something that people had been realizing in greater and…...
Thursday, April 28, 2011
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on April 28, 2011 at 09:57 am
In November 2010, I wrote about the shady conduct of the leadership of the American Association of Retired Persons. Here’s what I said back then. The organization is trying to…...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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on April 26, 2011 at 12:57 pm
New ‘Anti-Bullying Statement’ Treats HHS Employees Like Children Posted: 25 Apr 2011 12:00 AM PDT Originally at American Thinker, April 21, 2011 By Chuck Rogér In an April 20 American…...
Monday, April 25, 2011
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on April 25, 2011 at 10:34 am
Progressive Arrogance 101 Main Learning: The ability to role model ideological zealotry an utter disregard for fact and logic the gullibility to swallow other zealots’ twists of fact and logic…...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
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on April 21, 2011 at 12:02 pm
The world of academia provides a comfy home to progressives. And when one of the critters writes in Vanity Fair magazine, gems of “thought” tend to emerge. In a new…...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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on April 13, 2011 at 08:30 am
I previously called attention to a New Mexico state government measure aimed at reducing teen depression and suicide in Indian communities, pointing to two tragic aspects of the situation. First, the…...
Monday, April 11, 2011
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on April 11, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Updated from post originally in American Thinker on April 7, 2011 The name for this post could have just as fittingly been “Economic Ignoramuses in Wonderland.” As you read, picture in…...
Monday, April 04, 2011
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on April 4, 2011 at 11:47 am
By Chuck Rogér Want to have your “aura” read? You could have done just that had you attended last Saturday’s Health and Fitness Extravaganza and Open House in Santa Fe,…...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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on March 30, 2011 at 11:32 am
A team of Scripps Institute of Oceanography and UC San Diego researchers has released the results of a study indicating the occurrence of “hyperthermal” events that warmed Earth’s atmosphere as…...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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on March 29, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Originally in American Thinker, March 27, 2011 The room buzzes with little voices. Little children engage in “mature, dramatic play.” An adult helps the children “regulate” and “monitor each other’s…...
Thursday, March 24, 2011
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on March 24, 2011 at 01:59 pm
Liberals, taxes, and spending: There are no coincidences Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:00 AM PDT If you are a person who believes in self-reliance, accountability, and facing the consequences for…...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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on March 22, 2011 at 12:13 pm
In 1964, federal handouts to needy Americans constituted a mere 1.2% of our gross domestic product. Only 7% of babies were born into broken families. Then LBJ decided to “lift”…...
Monday, February 14, 2011
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on February 14, 2011 at 11:39 am
Believing what's always felt good comes easily. But growing up requires accepting truths that our younger selves denied. Toys don't arrive via air-sled from the North Pole. I am not…...
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
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on February 8, 2011 at 01:16 pm
In the United States, people who contend that the rich are growing richer at the expense of the poor don't have reality on their side. To accept the claim, one…...
Thursday, February 03, 2011
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on February 3, 2011 at 11:47 am
Put on your best acting face.Imagine running a power company. You charge your customers $100 per megawatt-hour of electricity. One day, government officials show up at your office to force…...
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
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on February 2, 2011 at 03:52 pm
Calling the U.S. Constitution "The Commandments" may seem like something that an overly enthusiastic, strict interpretationist might do. And that's exactly what Harvard history professor Jill Lepore implies in an…...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
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on February 1, 2011 at 01:49 pm
Would Republicans nominate a presidential candidate who pushes thoroughly-debunked biofuel nonsense? Were the party to select Newt Gingrich, it will have nominated, in the Wall Street Journal's words, "Professor Cornpone."Professor…...
Monday, January 31, 2011
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on January 31, 2011 at 02:08 pm
After Barack Obama delivered his January 12 speech scolding the American left for politicizing the Loughner shootings, one of my readers warned that Obama was leveraging the occasion to draw…...
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on January 31, 2011 at 02:06 pm
After Barack Obama delivered his January 12 speech scolding the American left for politicizing the Loughner shootings, one of my readers warned that Obama was leveraging the occasion to draw…...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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on January 27, 2011 at 02:17 pm
The scientific method is just that--a method. And methods can be corrupted by people.Today's most notorious illustration of junk science is the human-caused global warming hoax. However, even scientists who…...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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on January 25, 2011 at 12:06 pm
“Clear Thinking” blog reader and business owner Don Ross recently received an email complaint from a customer. Don’s reply comprises a solid condemnation of Washington’s explosive invasion into our private…...
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