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In the midst of the media hysteria, driven by the left's jealous outrage over Sarah Pain's speaker's fee, Anna Tinsley at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram provides a Texas perspective: Organizers for the future Uptown Women's Center in Dallas wanted a big draw for their one and only fundraiser for a new health and wellness resource center for North Texas women. They were able to land one of the hottest speakers on the circuit: former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, whose calendar is already booked for the whole year. "She's a very popular draw," said Carolyn Cline, executive director of...

NEW YORK - Patti Davis, daughter of the late President Ronald Reagan (news - web sites), has filed a lawsuit charging that the Salvation Army canceled her speech planned for one of their events because she supports stem cell research. Davis was scheduled through her booking agent, Greater Talent Network, to speak at a Salvation Army event in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Nov. 19 for a fee of $15,000, said her lawyer, Lawrence Fabian.