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Bogus rights – by Walter Williams Do people have a right to medical treatment whether or not they can pay? What about a right to food or decent housing?... So-called rights to medical care, food and decent housing impose an obligation on some other American who, through the tax code, must be denied his right to his earnings. …I'm guessing that when God gave Moses the Eighth Commandment, "Thou shalt not steal," I'm sure he didn't mean "thou shalt not steal unless there was a majority vote in Congress."  http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/walterwilliams/2006/02/08/185444.html

Myths of Rich and Poor – by Thomas Sowell There is a fundamental difference between seeking the truth and scoring points. In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/thomassowell/2006/02/08/185448.html

Time for choice and competition in education – John Stossel   The phone company was once a government-supported monopoly. All the phones were black and all the calls expensive. It was illegal to plug in an answering machine. (Installing a foreign device, the monopoly called it.) But once AT&T lost monopoly status -- poof! -- suddenly customers mattered. Now, thanks to competition, you get a number of calling plans to choose from, and phone calls are much more affordable -- whether you choose AT&T or not. …How could allowing choice possibly have been worse than keeping students trapped in failing public schools? http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/JohnStossel/2006/02/08/185614.html

Calvin and Hobbes – and Muhammad – by Ann Coulter  In order to express their displeasure with the idea that Muslims are violent, thousands of Muslims around the world engaged in rioting, arson, mob savagery, flag-burning, murder and mayhem, among other peaceful acts of nonviolence. …The belief that Islam forbids portrayals of Muhammad is recently acquired. Back when Muslims created things, rather than blowing them up, they made paintings, frescoes, miniatures and prints of Muhammad.
But apparently the Koran is like the Constitution: It's a "living document," capable of sprouting all-new provisions at will. Muslims ought to start claiming the Koran also prohibits indoor plumbing, to explain their lack of it. …http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=12301&o=ANN001  The political cartoons can be seen here: http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/698

Terrorist blamed his failure on Bush  Lawmakers critical of the Patriot Act and NSA intercepts must decide if they really want to strip away one or more of these barriers between us and another terrorist attack. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/terencejeffrey/2006/02/11/186087.html

About phone taps – By Thomas Sowell When some honcho in the international terrorist network is captured in Afghanistan or Iraq, and the phone numbers in his computer are found by his American captors, it is only a matter of time before his capture becomes news broadcast around the world. In the hour or two before that happens, his contacts within the United States may continue to use the phones they have been using. Listening in on their conversations during that brief window of opportunity can provide valuable information on enemies within our midst who are dedicated to our destruction….With Iran advancing step by step toward nuclear weapons, while the Europeans wring their hands and the United Nations engages in leisurely discussion, this squeamishness about tapping terrorists' phone contacts in the United States is grotesque.  http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/thomassowell/2006/02/07/185446.html

First they came for Israel, then they came for America… - Dennis Prager About a million non-Arab and non-Muslim men, women and children have been slaughtered by the Islamic regime in Sudan. Nigerian Christians are periodically murdered by Islamic mobs. And regarding Jews, Andrew Sullivan writes in this week's Time: "The Arab media run cartoons depicting Jews and the symbols of the Jewish faith with imagery indistinguishable from that used in the Third Reich." http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/dennisprager/2006/02/07/185467.html

A plan for Iran http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/rebeccahagelin/2006/02/07/185479.html

When did I stop being a liberal? http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/BurtPrelutsky/2006/02/11/186084.html

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