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Old Right War Lessons by Donald Devine Issue 112 - July 23, 2008 “Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it.”“America was created to break every kind of monopoly and to set men free upon a footing of equality.” Are these anti-property and pro-equality quotes from Marx or Lenin? In fact, they are from two U.S. presidents, the first from Theodore Roosevelt and the second by Woodrow Wilson, the fathers of American progressivism, the radical doctrine that explicitly broke with the philosophy...

Both candidates are predicting an election of “change.” Strangely, they both are correct--but the change will be almost the exact opposite of what either expects. The law of unintended consequences is one of the most important in political science and America is headed for a dozy. It all has been so predictable. Red state conservatives supporting limited government, traditional values and strong defense battle blue state liberals for big new government programs, government-guaranteed libertine lifestyles and diplomacy over military force. President George W. Bush has mixed things up a bit with his spending spree but the political divide of red...

Notwithstanding former President Jimmy Carter's recent statement to the contrary, Undersecretary of State John Bolton's remarks about Cuba's biological weapons capabilities underscore lingering concerns with the rogue island only 90 miles from the United States. Bolton, on May 6, told an audience at the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation that the U.S. is suspicious about Cuban biomedical laboratories and their ability to transfer biological weapons technology to Iraq, Syria and Libya, all countries that Cuban President Fidel Castro visited last year. Bolton also made remarks, which may be interpreted as a clear signal of hardening State Department policy toward Cuba, faulting...

Indianapolis, December 1 - Bradley English died a week before Halloween when a car hit him while he rode his bike. The driver didn't stop and neither did Bradley's mother. She listened to what she says was a divine voice and it led her to the suspect.

As a longtime investigative researcher and journalist, I knew that politics could be down and dirty, but I didn't expect (despite premonitions thereof), that Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., would betray my son in the same manner that he had betrayed his fellow Swift Boat servicemen, and then all the American servicemen and women who served honorably in Vietnam so long ago. But I was wrong. I thought that he might have a little decency left in him, a decency that would spare the fighting men and women of Operation Iraqi Freedom from his demeaning smears and lies. Al Qaqaa, the...

[Excerpt from full transcript. Russert is speaking with Tad Devine, Senior Adviser, Kerry-Edwards '04. -- ajf]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5772535/ MR. RUSSERT: He didn't take office until January '69. Does Senator Kerry stand by that statement that on Christmas Eve of '68 he was physically in Cambodia? MR. DEVINE: Right. Well, his memory, Tim, is being there, around there. And I'll tell you what happened on December 25th... MR. RUSSERT: No--being there or around there? MR. DEVINE: No, being right at the Cambodian border, over the Cambodian border. That's what he remembers. That's his clear memory. Now, Tim... [end excerpt] So according to Devine,...

Scratch rumors that Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine is not planning to seek a third term. It ain't true. *Dem femme tip: U.S. Sen. Clinton has agreed to be powerhouse attorney Bob Clifford's guest at a fund-raiser Clifford is throwing for Devine Nov. 17 at the Drake Hotel.

Conservative Activists Rebel Against Drug Plan by John Gizzi Posted Jun 30, 2003 Major conservative activists are rebelling against the new Medicare drug entitlement that the administration has been trying to push through Congress (see Human Events cover story last week.) which has so far met with congressional resistance from only a few stalwart young conservatives (see Page 3) such as Representatives Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) and Jeff Flake (R.-Ariz.). "It’s upsetting to find a Republican President calling for the biggest increase in entitlements since the days of Lyndon Johnson," said Don Devine, the former Reagan Administration official who now serves...