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Gun rights advocates have a California police detective in their crosshairs after he apparently posted comments on Facebook advocating that “open carry” supporters should be shot. East Palo Alto Police Det. Rod Tuason apparently posted the remarks on his Facebook page in response to a friend’s status update, which suggested …

I don’t know if I’ve ever told you how I began my journey to believe the things I do. It’s funny to be called a conspiracy theorist because I’ve always made fun of conspiracy people. But there’s a point when conspiracy is not a conspiracy; it’s just true. We’ve been …

The news that is not White House approved… Horse Trading? The president may have seemed confident about passing a health care bill in Wednesday’s big speech, but it appears that behind the scenes he is resorting to desperate measures. That night he invited 10 House Democrats to the White House …

As you know, many countries are in Haiti helping out, after the tragic earthquake. At their camps, they are flying their flags. Only one country isn’t and it’s the one that has done more to help Haiti — and the world — than any place else in the history of …

Is it me, or is George Bush the gift that keeps giving? Now he’s the reason for this big old Gulf oil spill. Today, Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Ed Markey saying: “For years, the Bush administration’s oil strategy placed the granting of drilling leases ahead of safety review.” Ipso-facto — Bush …

Unusual, abrupt movements, sounds, throat-clearing, blinking — and in rare cases — outbursts of obscenities. These are all symptoms of Tourette syndrome — a neurological disorder characterized by tic behavior, over which patients have little or no control. It’s a syndrome that can increase the risk of learning, behavioral and …

Way too early to tell, but if Democrats are driven out of power this November — and maybe the lose the presidency two Novembers after that — I think I will know why: arrogance. They were and are arrogant and they were clueless, which generally goes hand-in-hand with being arrogant. …

The paradigm is changing. Just a few short months ago you felt alone. You felt your voice didn’t matter. The frustration led you to act, to demand (many for the first time) that your voice be heard. Look how far you’ve come. Politicians were ignoring you, now they fear you. …

When the overstuffed wallet in his back pants pocket caused him to sit on a slant, George Costanza crammed some paper napkins into his other back pocket to balance himself out. As a wallet-carrying culture, we really haven’t been the same since. In the ensuing years since that classic “Seinfeld” …

Obviously the Q&A was dominated by the economy, because Americans are angry and scared. The unemployment rate is rapidly rising. There is gloom and doom in the air. It is now a lock that the stimulus bill will be passed, but nobody knows whether it will work or not. So …