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A nation full of suspects

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Some of the recent legal challenges to the use of surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security upon Americans have resulted in the revelation of truly terrifying behavior by the government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. We now know that the federal government spies on innocent Americans without suspicion and without warrants. The spying seems to fall into several categories. The National Security Agency, which is in the Department of Defense, employs about 60,000 domestic spies. These are the folks who want us to believe that they go through the ...

Why Dems need an ‘Operation Kibble’

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There's an ancient, almost surely apocryphal, story about a dog food company executive convening a big sales meeting. A very short version has the exec running through all of the company's advantages: the best sales team, the best advertising, the best packaging, etc. He then irately asks, "So why aren't we selling more dog food?" After a long silence, a small voice from the back ventures a guess. "Maybe the dogs don't like it." The story is a cliche, but a useful one, in business and politics. For instance, the pre-launch internal name for "Netflix" was "Kibble," as a reminder that ...

Sonny Rollins knew not to die young

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How is it that the “Saxophone Colossus” Sonny Rollins lived to 95? Aren’t jazz musicians supposed to die at tragically early ages? Actually, that’s a myth that Rollins and others proved flawed. It’s true that Bix Beiderbecke, king of the cornet, was gone at 28, Charlie Parker at 34, Dinah Washington at 39, John Coltrane at 40. Billie Holiday made it to 44 — not young, but an age that should have been before her time. Some musicians, classical and rock, as well as jazz, reach especially advanced ages. The music stimulates their mind, connects them with others and lowers ...

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Attention Canfield Cornball: After WWII America was deemed “ripe” for communism. The Democrat Party began turning more and more left. Progressives, socialists, Democrats are all considered “fellow travelers” on the road to full communism. Those who support these ideologies without fully understanding this goal are considered “useful idiots” by the world communist movement. Cradle to grave, womb to tomb government control of your lives. Classic Marxism, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” — Boardman If Graham Platner’s tattoos ...

Fraudsters run amok

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At first, it didn’t sound right. Someone must have miscalculated. How could there be so much fraud that has robbed taxpayers of billions of dollars without anyone seeming to notice? Worse, it appears they didn’t seem to care. Vice President JD Vance convened a meeting on Tuesday of his Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. Fifteen Republican attorneys general showed up. Almost two dozen Democrat attorneys general didn’t come, citing short notice. Their invitations went out on Friday, so they probably had a good excuse. Vance urged all of them to help in rooting out more fraud than has so ...

Get all the lead out responsibly but realistically

Editorials

The public-health jury has been in for some time now, and its verdict on lead pipes is clear and stark. Lead pipes providing drinking water to American households are guilty of serious, toxic and sometimes life-threatening health risks to children and adults. For children, lead leached into drinking water is tied to behavior and learning problems, lower IQ, hyperactivity, slowed physical growth and hearing problems. For adults, the dangers include heightened blood pressure, hypertension, decreased kidney function and reproductive problems for both men and women. That’s why state ...