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Rand Paul’s First Speech In The Senate

On spending and the deficit: An interesting speech, especially the part about the legacy of Henry Clay. Similar Posts:The Deficit Would Have Been Just As Bad Under President McCain The Deficit Would...

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Andy Pettitte To Retire From Baseball

After a season that was wracked by a hamstring injury, Yankees ace Andy Pettitte has decided to retire: The Yankees’ frustrating off-season took another discouraging turn with the news Thursday that...

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Ron Paul On The Crisis In Egypt

Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Similar Posts:Reason’s Nick Gillespie Debates Author Of Arizona Immigration Law Lou Dobbs Doesn’t Believe Illegal Immigrants Have Natural Rights A Fiscal...

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Ron Paul On The PATRIOT Act: A Classic Case Of Sacrificing Liberty For Security

Similar Posts:Ron Paul: Repeal The PATRIOT Act! Contra Rand Paul: The Libertarian And Constitutional Case For The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Rand Paul, The Civil Rights Act, And Individual Liberty The...

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Ron Paul And Gary Johnson

I am quoted in this Daily Caller article about the differences between Ron Paul and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. For those of you arriving here from the link in that article, you can find...

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Six Years Ago Today

It was six years ago today that I first dipped my toes into the blogosphere. It’s been an interesting little journey, with traffic hits coming from everyone from Michelle Malkin to Glenn Reynolds. I’ve...

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Saturday Mental Health Break

Because it’s too damn hot, and Washington is too damn insane, here’s a chimpanzee riding on a Segway: Similar Posts:I For One Welcome Our New Humanzee Overlords I For One Welcome Our New Humanzee...

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Like A Thief In The Night

I haven’t posted much here recently, with my political blogging being now mostly at Outside The Beltway and my own indecision about what I should do next with this site. Nonetheless, I feel it...

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Only The Good Die Young

As I’ve already noted, it’s not been the happiest of Thanksgiving weekends, made the more so by the news I received on Friday that my uncle, Thomas Vincent Mataconis, had passed away after a battle...

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Maintenance Note

One of the files in the template that I’ve been using here seems to have been corrupted. The site is going to look a little odd for awhile until I figure out what happened. Similar Posts:Below The...

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Abdul Rahman Seeking Asylum

Via Michelle Malkin comes news that Abdul Rahman is seeking asylum outside of Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity has...

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Zacarais Moussaoui Signs His Own Death Warrant

And, quite probably, rescues the government’s case from a near-certain defeat. Zacarias Moussaoui testified in an Alexandria courtroom this morning that he was tapped by Osama bin Laden to hijack a...

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A Victory For Reason

Abdul Rahman has been freed. KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — An Afghan man threatened with the death penalty for converting to Christianity has been released from prison, senior Western diplomats said...

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Virginia Blog Carnival XXIX

Shaun Kenney is hosting the 29th edition of the Virginia Blog Carnival. Once again, it looks like we had a great set of contributors. Go on over and check it out. Technorati Tag: Blog Carnival,...

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Carnival Of Liberty XXXVIII

The 38th edition of the Carnival of Liberty is up at Searchlight Crusade. As usual, Dan has done an excellent job of hosting this week, so be sure to check it out. I will be hosting the Carnival of...

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Carnival Of The Vanities # 184

Welcome to the 184th edition of the Carnival of the Vanities, the grand-daddy of all the blog carnivals. I’d like to thank Zeuswood for the opportunity to host this week; I’ve hosted several carnivals...

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Abdul Rahman Is Finally Free

He may have been released from jail yesterday, but it’s his arrival today in Italy that ensures he won’t become a victim to the mobs in Kabul. ROME, March 29 — The Afghan convert to Christianity who...

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Carnival Of Liberty 39

The 39th edition of the Carnival of Liberty is being hosted here at Below The Beltway and will appear on April 4th, which also happens to be my eight-month blogoversary. Submissions can be made to via...

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The Future: Bring It On

That’s exactly the message that rings out, loud and clear from Glenn Reynolds’ new book An Army of Davids. The Blogfather writes about more than just blogging, although that is certainly a part of it....

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Twenty Five Years Ago Today

It has become common place to say that every generation has a collective memory of a day in history. A day that everyone remembers where they were or what they were doing when something significant...

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