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A Forfeited Pastime

by Carol Hoenig on 2/28/2008 9:27:54 AM

In 1807, when Thomas Jefferson was president, Aaron Burr acquitted of treason, and poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in a country a baby itself, there was a man named Charles Wiley who opened a print shop in New York City. What is astounding is how that print shop managed over the years to fl... Continue »

Obama and Extremism

by David Oatney on 2/25/2008 6:34:39 AM

Apparently, Barack Obama has had no trouble accepting support from terrorists and members of the radical Left in his relatively recent past: In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district’s influential liberals at the home of two well kno... Continue »

Is there political bias in academia?

by Dick Brooks on 10/22/2007 7:27:24 PM

A couple of generations ago, the answer would have been clearly no, for the most part. Universities were fulfilling their basic mission, which was the search for truth. That search was as objective as piossible, dismissing any preconceived notions. Bias was to be avoided as much as possible. The e... Continue »

Devaluing an Education

by David Oatney on 6/13/2007 11:48:04 AM

Last night's concluding session of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 1st Session of the 105th General Assembly turned out to be a marathon in spite of the fact that the monstrosity heretofore known as the 2007-2008 Tennessee State budget was passed yesterday. Both the House and the Sena... Continue »

Race, No; Financial Status, Yes.

by Carol Hoenig on 4/26/2007 1:48:30 PM

Should race be a factor in the university admission process? If I’d been asked that question about thirty years earlier my answer would have been yes. I would have said that blacks had been kept from education for far too long and we as a country owe them something for having enslaved them for... Continue »

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Plunging gas prices changing driving habits?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

How have plunging gas prices changed your habits? FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Oil prices continue to slide, closing below $55 a barrel today. That's a pretty far fall from the July record high of $147 a barrel. Iran is calling for OPEC to cut production by at least 1 million barrels ... Continue »

Should Congress freeze remaining bailout money?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

Click the play button to see what Jack and our viewers had to say. FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Republican Senator Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma wants to put a "freeze" on the remaining cash in the big government bailout of the financial industry. In this week's lame duck session, Inhofe plans to ... Continue »

How concerned are you about a terrorist attack?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

(PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: President-Elect Barack Obama has been warned of a "huge threat" from al Qaeda by intelligence leaders in the U.S. and abroad. He told 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft last night that since terrorists could try to attack the U.S. during his White House ... Continue »

State Budget Crunch: cut services or raise taxes?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

Would you rather your state cut services or raise taxes? FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Americans are feeling pretty cash-strapped these days and as a result, state budgets are feeling squeezed too. Many states are watching tax revenues simply melt away from sales taxes to corporate and capital gains t... Continue »

If Stevens wins, should the Senate expel him?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:21 PM

Click the play button to see what Jack and our viewers had to say. FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Election Day 2008 may be a distant memory for most of us, but in three states -- Georgia, Alaska and Minnesota -- Senate races remain undecided. Georgia has a runoff scheduled for December ... Continue »