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The brutal killings of four University of Idaho students have captured the attention of the nation as suspect Bryan Kohberger awaits his trial. But two survivors of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy warn his murders bear an eerie resemblance to the FSU sorority house killings. “There have been a lot of mass murderers, but [Kohberger] seemed to almost pick a murder that mirrored one of Bundy’s murders. Is that a coincidence? I don’t know,” survivor Karen Pryor said on Fox Nation’s “Parallels of Evil: The Bundy and Idaho Killings.”

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean said on this week’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show” that there were “similarities” between former President Donald Trump and Nazi Germany dictator Adolf Hitler. Dean said, “The truth is we’re not going to get everything we want, and Clyburn was exactly right. We need to focus on the half-full glass and go get some more. I’ve been in politics most of my life. You don’t get everything you want the first time. You get what you can get and go back and get the rest. You keep going and keep going and...

Hassan Rouhani: We're talking with 'the major powers,' not with you

I’m sure most of us have read the so-called comparison of Lincoln and Kennedy, but did you ever consider the relationship between Obama and Lincoln? You might be surprised. Parallels of Abraham Lincoln and Barack Hussein Obama: 1. Lincoln placed his hand on the Bible for his inauguration. Obama used the same Bible. 2. Lincoln came from Illinois. Obama comes from Illinois. 3. Lincoln served in the Illinois Legislature. Obama served in the Illinois Legislature. 4. Lincoln had very little experience before becoming President. Obama had very little experience before becoming President. 5. Lincoln rode the train from Philadelphia to...

With confidence and zeal, Ephren Taylor riveted audiences at mostly black churches with a list of his impressive accomplishments and an uncanny business sense. He had the blessing of top clergy as he gave financial seminars from the pulpit on Sundays, promising rock-solid investments — only many of the churchgoers said they haven't seen a dime.

* Origins o Based on entirely unevidenced stories o Doctrines created and evolved over time, sometimes changing * Founders o Known for their extreme desire for wealth o Known for telling stories and lies o Convicted and imprisoned for illegal activities o Died during their trouble with the law * Legal troubles o Involved in many illegal activities, in many cases as part of official organization doctrine and practices o Support destruction of outsiders, especially apostates (blood atonement, shunning, "fair game") o Legal troubles led to changes in doctrine (at least on the surface, note polygamy and "fair game") *...

Transformers of World Policy Heyecan Veziroglu, November 27, 2007 Nicholas Wapshott’s book on Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, A Political Marriage, offers first hand observations these leaders transformed the world. Drawing on never before published correspondence transcripts, private letters, and telephone calls, he argues that their relationship was much deeper than an alliance of mutual interests. Reagan additionally deserved lesser to great credit for the Fall of Communism. “Theirs was a political marriage, the bond is based upon ideology and the true meaning of the minds,” he said. Author Wapshott added, “When they met in 1975, they were both between...

DEMOCRATS: Hold anti-war viewsSOVIET: Theory of communism expects there to be no war DEMOCRATS: A liberal newspaper editor refused to print an article endorsing BushSOVIETS: No free press; all opposition to communism was suppressed DEMOCRATS: Liberal philosophy calls for more government controlSOVIETS: Totalitarian regime where the government controls everything and uses the excuse that it's "for the good of the people" to cover it up DEMOCRATS: View their opponents as a danger--i.e. "If you don't vote for John Kerry you won't have health insurance and the draft will come back".SOVIETS: Distortion of truth that tries to lead one to believe...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- The most famous battlefield of the American Civil War might seem an unlikely place to look for lessons about Iraq. But as historian James McPherson leads a group of Pentagon officials in a discussion of postwar reconstruction, some startling common themes emerge. The poison that destroyed reconstruction was racial hatred. The white elite managed to convince poor whites that newly freed blacks were their enemies, rather than potential allies. There's an obvious analogy to the Sunni-Shiite divide that has poisoned postwar Iraq. In the South, the die-hard whites began to believe that if they held tough, the...

A few years ago, I wrote an article discussing the ways in which libertarians and conservatives have common cause on a number of policy issues -- and how the Blogosphere can work to bring libertarians and conservatives closer together. Along somewhat similar lines, we have seen articles by people like Kenneth Silber who have discussed the fusion between libertarian and conservative ideas, and Stephen Stanton, whose analysis of "South Park Republicans" helps further identify people who are comfortable as libertarian-conservatives -- people like me. My status as a libertarian-conservative is why I took interest in a recent debate concerning whether...

As a Bush re-election later this year looks increasingly likely, some left-wingers worry that Howard Dean is too risky a candidate to put up against a popular President. There is, of course, the obvious comparison to McGovern and the fear that a true believer may inevitably be a sure loser. There is also the worry that Dean may not in fact be so true a believer in the first place: he did support Newt Gingrich's Medicare reforms, after all, and has been a little too cozy with gun rights advocates; might he not betray the Left in order to appeal...

<p>As Californians ponder the mind-boggling possibility that they could recall Gov. Gray Davis less than a year after re-electing him, they might remember the 1993 movie ``Groundhog Day.''</p> <p>In that hilarious classic, a television weatherman played by Bill Murray is condemned to repeat the same day -- Feb. 2 -- again and again. Wondering whether he's insane, he brings chaos to Punxsutawney, Pa.</p>