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Most of us are beginning to lean (not choose) toward a presidential candidate, one more than the other. None are without blemish, as they are all human. Ted Cruz has a solid record of conservatism, but his wife Heidi worked for the hated Goldman Sachs, resigning when her husband declared for the Oval Office. Mrs. Cruz was at one time, a member of the liberal, hated Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Freedom Outpost had an informative post and video in March 2015 on the Cruz’s and the CFR. The video and video transcription is the main interest here. The video...

I know a televangelist candidate when I see one. To hear the pundits and experts in Washington tell it, the problem with Ted Cruz is that he doesn't play well with others in the Senate, he's too hardheaded and doesn't compromise. In other words, he's exactly what the Republican primary voters want. On this score, I side with the Republican primary voters. If Cruz's problem is that he is a conservative who has no regard for senatorial decorum and fights too hard for the right things, I'm all in. But there is a far bigger problem with Cruz: Donald Trump...

My daughter Heather, visiting from her home Madison, Wis., for Thanksgiving, took me by surprise with a peculiar request: She asked me to take her to Ferguson. All the more peculiar was the fact that this was a week ago yesterday, while the ruins of gutted businesses still smoldered from fires set barely 36 hours before. Heather wasnÂ’t asking just some random dad. She knew that mine had been one of the Post-DispatchÂ’s fingers on that communityÂ’s pulse since the shooting of Michael Brown on Aug. 9. IÂ’m police and court editor here, which accounts for why I havenÂ’t had...

Attorney in alleged victim's lawsuit seeks to document charges against former local priest New London - A woman who says the late Catholic priest Rev. Thomas Shea sexually abused her when she was a girl is trying to force the Diocese of Norwich to release 661 pages of documents - including a 2005 letter about Shea that current Bishop Michael Cote sent to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who is now Pope Benedict XVI. Diocesan attorneys are fighting an attempt by New London attorney Robert Reardon to force the release of the documents. Reardon has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the...

This is directed to Alessandra Soler Meetze, executive director of the ACLU Arizona, pertaining to her recent letter to the Herald, subject: “ACLU protects American values, civil liberties.” Concerning the imaginary virtues of that organization, her prognostications are derived from their Web site, which carefully orchestrates both its past and defined benevolences. Yes, the ACLU on rare occasions picks and chooses what and whom to defend that are diametrically opposed to the philosophies of that organization just to give itself an air of legitimacy. The fact is the ACLU was founded by Roger Baldwin, a devout Marxist, which was determined...

An exhibit at the St. Louis Science Center aimed at explaining the basic concepts of stem-cell research has prompted some concerned reactions from opponents of a proposed stem-cell initiative on the Nov. 7 ballot.  The Science Center launched the exhibit Sept. 15 in conjunction with The Discovery Center in Springfield, Mo., and Science City in Kansas City, Mo. Photo Courtesy of St. Louis Science Center STEM CELL EXHIBIT - An exhibit at the St. Louis Science Center asks viewers to test their knowledge of stem cells. Critics of the display call it 'agenda driven,' but a spokeswoman for the center...

Release No. 20060912-01 FALLUJAH, Iraq – Recent media reports fail to accurately capture the entirety and complexity of the current situation in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. The classified assessment, which has been referred to in these reports, was intended to focus on the causes of the insurgency. It was not intended to address the positive effects Coalition and Iraqi forces have achieved on the security environment over the past years. That said, there is an active insurgency in Anbar. The enemy we face has no concern for the welfare of the Iraqi people, nor any peaceful vision for...

Speechless When it comes to media bias, I'm a hard guy to surprise. That the Washington Post often sees the world in topsy-turvy terms, I take as a given. Nevertheless, the exchange between Howard Kurtz and Post reporter Tom Ricks, on yesterday's Reliable Sources, leaves me speechless: Tom Ricks, you've covered a number of military conflicts, including Iraq, as I just mentioned. Is civilian casualties increasingly going to be a major media issue? In conflicts where you don't have two standing armies shooting at each other? THOMAS RICKS, REPORTER, "THE WASHINGTON POST": I think it will be. But I think...

Bush Cuts President Duties for Campaign 1 hour, 33 minutes ago By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Since August, President Bush (news - web sites) has welcomed just one foreign leader to the White House — the interim prime minister of Iraq (news - web sites). No other meetings with foreign dignitaries are on the horizon until Bush goes to Chile in late November for a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders. AP Photo Latest Headlines: · La. Senate Outcome Not Likely Before Dec. AP - 3 minutes ago · Changes May Lead Voters to Wrong Polls AP - 17...

Set the Record Straight: Tell Us About False, Misleading Attacks PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE If you see or hear Democrat distortions on television, radio, print or during public debates about any Republican, please call immediately at 1-866-NOT-TRUE or go to the Website: DemocRAT Attacks.com, so that Republicans across the country can be on notice and respond. If we set the record straight and focus on our positive agenda for the American people, Republicans at all levels will be successful in November. Over the past two years, the President and Republicans have articulated and advanced...

TECHNO-COLOR YAWN ALERT The US needs regime change, and shifting demographics may deliver it. The US State Department is holding a two-day conference this week on the spread of anti-American attitudes around the world. It sounds too good to miss. But miss it most of us will, unfortunately. The closed conference in an undisclosed location is an invitation-only affair restricted to 20 scholars and 50 government officials. The State Department spokesman Richard Boucher announced last week that the conference on Thursday and Friday would explore "various manifestations and roots of anti-Americanism around the world, what it means for the United...

www.petersvoice.com CFAR's response to Dallas Morning News By: Camille De Blasi Over the next few day, millions of people are tuned in to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Dallas. The conference's Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse is, at this writing, hearing the lengthy testimony of numerous experts, victims, and concerned laymen. Much of the testimony is heartbreaking, all of it is vital to the construction of a national set of policies that will will seek to resolve the problem, redress past wrongs, and renew the Church. The seriousness and concern with which the bishops are receiving...