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Unwise people will say to a parent who has had the marrow ripped out of their souls, having a child die on them, "I understand what you're going through." Oh, you understand? -- that you are feeling discomfort at this situation; but if you were my peer, if you also lost a child, you would never say "I understand", you would have the sense to shut your face and say NOTHING, after you own experience of personally having to fend off all the goody-two-shoes "sympathetic" people who are actually morbidly afraid of death and so have to "stim" (self-stimulate) emotionally...

Andrea Tantaros gave her first interview since filing a sexual harassment suit in August against Fox News, former CEO Roger Ailes and a number of high-ranking executives at the network. The former host of The Five and Outnumbered sat down with Amy Robach on Good Morning America to talk about why she filed her lawsuit, and explain why she later turned down a seven-figure settlement from the network. Tantaros explained that she refused the money because of what was required of her if she agreed to the terms. 'They wanted to guarantee my eternal silence which was never going to...

France is one of three EU countries to sign an extradition text with China France has signed an extradition treaty with China despite concerns expressed by human rights groups over Beijing's use of the death penalty. France's justice minister said a suspect would be extradited in cases punishable by death only if China guaranteed they would not be executed. Pascal Clement also said the treaty excluded offences judged to be political or military. France is the third EU country after Spain and Portugal to sign such a pact. "This treaty explicitly anticipates the rejection of extradition requests based on...

Recently, during the final weekend push of voter registration up and down the Golden State and helping an energized public become eligible for the Nov. 2 General Election, I had the privilege of volunteering for the High Desert Republican Headquarters off Highway 18, and was starkly reminded just how deep the rancor exists for those opposing the re-election campaign of George W. Bush. Realizing how important the outcome of the upcoming presidential election is to my family and our nation’s future, I joined my wife and six-year-old daughter to set aside our entire Saturday and Sunday to work with fellow...