Archive for 'Culture'
Conservative Media Watchdog Issues Ethics Challenge to Washington Post
Friday, July 30, 2010
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer
L. Brent Bozell III, president of the Media Research Center – the parent organization of CNSNews.com
(CNSNews.com) – Conservative media watchdog L. Brent Bozell III has issued an open letter to Washington Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli calling on the Post to fully divulge the involvement of its employees [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2010 under Business & Economics, Culture, Liberty, National News.
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Obama, Who Ended D.C.’s Voucher Program, Talks About Improving Education for Children ‘Born in the Wrong Neighborhood’
Friday, July 30, 2010
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer
(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration is phasing out a program that allows underprivileged children to get scholarships to expensive private schools in Washington, D.C., such as Sidwell Friends, the school the Obama girls attend, where tuition runs about $31,000 a year.
Nevertheless, Obama on Thursday spoke about his “obligation to lift [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2010 under Culture, Education, National News, Politics.
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Is Your Detergent Stalking You? GPS Inserted Into Packaging
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Unilever’s Omo detergent is adding an unusual ingredient to its two-pound detergent box in Brazil: a GPS device that allows its promotions agency Bullet to track shoppers and follow them to their front doors.
Posted: July 30th, 2010 under Business & Economics, Culture, International News, Liberty, Science & Technology.
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The New York Times, Billionaire Buffett and the Weeping Abortionist
Ken Blackwell
It can’t be news that the Gray Lady—the unofficial title of the New York Times—is militantly pro-abortion. It might even be called a house organ of the abortion lobby.
But a recent lengthy story in the Times (“The New Abortion Providers,” July 12, 2010) is a goldmine of information for pro-lifers about this execrable traffic.
Did [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2010 under Commentaries, Culture, Health & Life.
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Only in Washington Is This Transparency
Debra J. Saunders
The Senate Democrats’ “DISCLOSE” Act — “DISCLOSE” stands for “Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections” — represents perhaps the baldest, if failed, power grab attempted this year. But you wouldn’t guess it reading news stories on the bill.
Posted: July 29th, 2010 under Commentaries, Culture, Liberty, Politics.
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Pro-Life Groups Seek Probe Into Kagan’s Clinton-Era Role in Partial Birth Abortion Debate
Thursday, July 29, 2010
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer
Washington (CNSNews.com) – More than 30 pro-life organizations are calling on senators to investigate Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s record with regards to partial-birth abortion while serving as a Clinton administration attorney.
Posted: July 29th, 2010 under Culture, Health & Life, Liberty, National News, Politics, Religion.
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Michelle Obama’s Request for Birthday Wishes for Her Husband Links to Donation Page
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor
(CNSNews.com) – It seems like a nice gesture – an e-mail message from a loving wife, urging thousands of people to join her in wishing her husband a happy 49th birthday by signing an electronic birthday card.
But in Washington, D.C., nothing is that simple.
The wife, in this case, is First lLdy Michelle [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2010 under Culture, National News, Politics.
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