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Legislation in the aftermath of a tragedy often harms citizens

By: Gene Healy 01/11/11 12:04 AM
In the wake of Saturday’s horrific murder spree in Tucson, Ariz., that left six dead and Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gravely wounded, the House GOP leadership announced that normal legislative business would be suspended. It was the right move, showing proper respect for the victims and avoiding the crass spectacle of partisan votes in the tragedy’s aftermath. Read More

'Toxic political rhetoric' is not causing deaths

By: SF Examiner Editorial 01/10/11 9:21 PM
Was President Barack Obama encouraging murder during his 2008 campaign when he said, “If they bring a knife ... we bring a gun”? Was he encouraging political violence when he said more recently of the new Republican House majority that “we are going to have just hand-to-hand combat up here on Capitol Hill?” Of course not. Read More

Journalists urged caution after Ft. Hood, now race to blame Palin after Arizona shootings

By: Byron York 01/09/11 6:58 AM
On November 5, 2009, Maj. Nidal Hasan opened fire at a troop readiness center in Ft. Hood, Texas, killing 13 people.  Within hours of the killings, the world knew that Hasan reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before he began shooting, visited websites associated with Islamist violence, wrote Internet postings justifying Muslim suicide bombings, considered U.S. Read More

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot, shooter identified as Jared Lee Loughner

By: E. D. Kain 01/08/11 3:33 PM
As an Arizonan, I read with dismay and horror the breaking news earlier this afternoon that Representative Gabrielle Giffords had been shot, along with a dozen others, at a public event outside a Tucson Safeway this morning. News reports have been mixed and confusing throughout the day, but a few pieces are emerging: Read More

YouTube page of alleged Giffords shooter reveals portrait of mentally disturbed person

By: Mark Hemingway 01/08/11 2:30 PM
A YouTube page has surfaced belonging to someone named Jared Lee Loughner -- the same name as the man identified as having shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 17 others in Tuscon earlier today. If the YouTube channel belongs to the shooter, it appears he is mentally disturbed and not particularly driven by any political ideology. You can watch one of his disturbing videos below: Read More

Congresswoman Giffords shot in head in Tucson

By: Amanda Lee Myers, David Espo and Terry Tang 01/08/11 12:20 PM
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing at least five people and wounding several others in a rampage that rattled the nation. Read More

Keith Olbermann violates NBC ethics policy with last minute donations to Democrats

By: Mark Hemingway 11/03/10 7:00 PM
I know, I know — I think the big news here might be that MSNBC has an ethics policy. In any event, Keith Olbermann gave money to some Democrats running for office: Read More

NASA's Muslim outreach: Al Jazeera told first

By: Byron York 07/09/10 12:00 AM
Marta Lavandier/AP
Lawmakers across Capitol Hill, both Democrats and Republicans, were surprised to learn recently that the Obama administration has made reaching out to Muslim nations a top priority for the space agency NASA. They will probably be more surprised to learn that administration officials told the Middle East news organization Al Jazeera about it before they told Congress. Read More

I know you’re busy fighting a war, General Petraeus, but what are you doing to ‘green’ our bases in Afghanistan?

By: David Freddoso 06/20/10 12:00 AM
I must have slept through this line of committee questioning, from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., last week: Read More
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