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HoosierDaddy

Hi, I'm Charlie McGary, living in Kobe, Japan, teaching English and playing harpsichord [call me WFB III] for the past 24 years. Thanks to Ricochet I've learned that there are at least 3 other non-liberal North Americans in Japan. Never met one before! Yoroshiku onegaishimas'. chazmcrd@gmail.com

| December 31, 2012

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How Many of You are Married? Barkha Herman · December 28, 2012 at 10:54amSo, Barkha. Do you have an idea how you could analyse and publish the results of this anecdotal study? I hope someone can advise you how to “data mine” the 327+ individual responses. Preview Open

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By RushBabe49

Thatcher

RushBabe49

Born & raised in WA, work in aerospace industry. I play violin. I'm Business Survey Chair of ISM-Western WA.

| December 31, 2012

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This is a subject I’ve always wanted Michael Medved to take up, but since he probably won’t, I’ll bring it up here. What is “Peace”? Is it absence of war? Is is absence of conflict? Is Peace really desirable? If swords get beaten into ploughshares, and lions lie down with lambs, what will the lion […]

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Kennedy Smith Memorial Service

By Dave Carter

Podcaster

Dave Carter

Dave Carter is a former cross country truck driver, retired military veteran, private detective, and radio show host. As a Security Forces member and Senior Historian in the US Air Force, he deployed throughout Asia, Europe & the Middle East. Author of over 40 volumes of Air Force histories, he also accompanied aircrews on combat missions in order to record combat events from a participant's perspective. Dave is a Contributor for Ricochet, The Federalist, Conservative Review, the host of The… [more]

| December 31, 2012

On December 15th, we received the heartbreaking news that Ricochet Member Kennedy Smith had passed away. The tributes came in as Kennedy would have liked; rapidly, smartly, and from the heart.

Unable to adequately describe Kennedy’s imposing and fun-loving brilliance, I simply quoted the gentleman extensively and let that gentle, yet sharp, wit speak for itself, for to try and capture such brainpower by any other means would be like trying to use a dim flashlight to illuminate a flash of lightning. But while we can’t illuminate lightning, we can celebrate it’s brilliance.

Behold the Double Standards. Again.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

Pejman Yousefzadeh

Homepage: http://pejmanyousefzadeh.com. Blog: http://pejmanyousefzadeh.net. Bio: http://pejmanyousefzadeh.com/call-me-pejman/. Tumblr: http://pejmanyousefzadeh.tumblr.com. Twitter: http://twitter.com/Yousefzadeh.

| December 31, 2012

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Two items of note to mention:

The United States Senate has approved warrantless phone-tapping for the next five years by a vote of 73-23. It is worth remembering that the Senate is controlled by Democrats. As the article goes on to note, President Obama is “a vocal supporter” of the legislation and is sure to sign it. (Link via InstaPundit.)
As Jonathan Adler reports, the Obama administration appears to have tried to suppress scientific reports regarding the impact of genetically modified salmon on the environment. The White House’s action was deemed “a direct violation of numerous ethics regulations and possibly of federal laws,” that “was instituted over the objections of scientists at the FDA, but with the awareness of HHS Secretary Sibelius, her senior adviser Andrea Palm and the Office of Science and Technology Policy and its director John Holdren, who is responsible for enforcing ‘science integrity’ across government agencies.”

Of course, if the Bush administration were in power, port-side pundits would have raised holy Hell regarding these reports. But the Obama administration is in power, so instead, one just hears crickets.

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By John H.

John H.

I make a point of wearing T-shirts with nothing printed on them but if I did wear one with something printed on it, it would probably read “Be Kind To Plants By Not Eating Them.” There is no record of my ever having used the word “alas,” not conversationally anyway. I feel that freedom from the press is at least as important as freedom of the press. I like being able to say “Ankara” and “Manaus” in the same sentence (hotel clerks in both cities remembered me from visits months ea… [more]

| December 31, 2012

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Living in a small Texas town, the kind with cotton and sorghum and petroleum and barbecue, plus a Confederate memorial on the courthouse lawn, I don’t see graffiti unless it’s on the sides of freight trains. I cherish the fantasies of this goon-puke being applied in Chicago switching yards and our sainted President retiring to […]

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By Jerry the Bastage

Jerry the Bastage

Much less man than I used to be. Thoroughly content in my diminished state.

| December 31, 2012

At the request of another member, a post from an iPhone. Preview Open

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The Romney Cabinet: What Was in the Shadows?

By John Yoo

Contributor

John Yoo

John Yoo is professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. From 2001 to 2003, he served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department of President George W. Bush. He also served as a law clerk to Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court, and as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary… [more]

| December 31, 2012

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A member response to my last post’s aside — John Bolton was my hope for a Romney Secretary of State — got me thinking.

One of the criticisms of any challenger to an incumbent president is that the voters do not know what the challenger’s presidency would look like. This is not as much a challenge in parliamentary systems, because the opposition party often picks what’s called a “shadow cabinet,”with “shadow ministers” who mirror the actual holders of the office. It provides a consistent critical voice on government policy from those with expertise, creates a farm team for the future, and gives the electorate an idea of who will govern should the opposition win.

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By Cornelius Julius Sebastian

Cornelius Julius Sebastian

Catholic Christian. Son. Brother. Husband. Father. American. Conservative. Soldier. Friend. Why Cornelius Julius Sebastian? "Brasidas" was taken (again), so I went with my Facebook (FB) moniker.

| December 31, 2012

46 COMMENTS

Something I don’t get, and I ask for insight from Rob Long, EJ Hill and any other Ricochetti in the entertainment industry on this, why is it so difficult to produce and market films and shows that have a conservative theme (or at least conservative undercurrent). Given the ratings of Fox News and the extraordinary response […]

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By Duke Powell

Coolidge

Duke Powell

Retired Paramedic who worked at academic tertiary Level I trauma center as well as a recovering Pol who served as State Representative in Minnesota. Conservative.

| December 31, 2012

9 COMMENTS

The narrative that Ms. Clinton and the Obama Administration is purposely hiding behind her recent illness/traumatic injury to avoid testifying before Congress on Benghazi needs to be put to bed, for now. Conspiracy theorists can be forgiven, however, due to the apparent inability of the Obama Administration to be more forth coming in regards to […]

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By MichaelC19fan

MichaelC19fan

Finally succumbed to the pleadings on the flagship Ricochet podcast and became a member. I am a New York native living in Virginia. I am interested in history, politics, 19th century literature an

| December 31, 2012

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What has been the effect of the “everybody should go to college” mantra? It destroyed the signalling effect of going to college. Maybe 30 years ago a person can get on a career path despite majoring in the Liberal Arts. The fact said person was admitted into a college and earned a degree meant something […]

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Make Your Own Thomas Friedman Columns!

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

Pejman Yousefzadeh

| December 31, 2012

15 COMMENTS

Just use this. You’ll probably do as good a job as Friedman himself, though unfortunately, you won’t be paid nearly the amount of money that Friedman is to put out his tripe.

This particular “column” is my favorite. Just stating that for the record.

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By Knell

Knell

I love this place! It's just about the only thing I read on the internet anymore. Keep it up folks, I need you.

| December 31, 2012

8 COMMENTS

Click here (Be warned it’s very violent.) You don’t need to watch more than a even few seconds to get the point. Preview Open

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How Do You Talk to a Child About Death?

By Jack Dunphy

Contributor

Jack Dunphy

"Jack Dunphy" is the nom de cyber of a police officer in Southern California. Twitter: @OfficerDunphy.

| December 31, 2012

24 COMMENTS

With apologies for the downer of a topic, but . . .

A married couple of our acquaintance will soon attend a memorial service for a woman who recently passed away, and of whom their young daughter was quite fond. They have not yet told their daughter of the woman’s death as they are at a loss as to how to proceed with such a discussion. I told them I would put the matter out for consideration among the Ricochetti, where much wisdom can reliably be found.

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By Macsen

Macsen

| December 31, 2012

…is high-speed internet access for all: The Internet has taken the place of the telephone as the world’s basic, general-purpose, two-way communication medium. All Americans need high-speed access, just as they need clean water, clean air and electricity. But they have allowed a naive belief in the power and beneficence of the free market to cloud […]

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By Stu In Tokyo

Stu In Tokyo

I'm a conservative Canadian living and running a small business in Tokyo Japan. Husband and father of two wonderful girls.

| December 31, 2012

6 COMMENTS

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By sawatdeeka

sawatdeeka

Hello. My Ricochet name, sawatdeeka, is a Thai greeting that women use. Men would say, "sawatdeekap." So, sawatdeeka. Here are some bio basics: -I've been a wife for half my life, and we're parents of two teenage daughters. -I work in education, mainly from home doing mostly curriculum and instruction for a small Christian school in California (title: accreditation coordinator). -I taught humanities to junior high and some high school from about '97 to '99, before I had my daughters. … [more]

| December 31, 2012

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I’m sure at one time almost everything we enjoy, or take for granted, was considered a perk for those who had money. Having grown up overseas, there are many ordinary things whose ubiquity I almost haven’t gotten over yet, such as air conditioning and carpet. I remember my mom telling me that most Americans owned a car, […]

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By Tim H.

Tim H.

Mild-mannered college professor by day, astrophysicist by night. Methodist, Southerner, East Tennessee hillbilly. I'm a traditional Southern conservative with a strong libertarian streak. A sunny disposition and a trust that America will survive the problems we face.

| December 31, 2012

I’m hoping to get Dave Carter’s attention with this post. Yesterday, heading home from a Christmas visit with my parents, I passed a truck that I’m sure was one of the five Schneider National trucks described by Carter in his October post, “The Ride of Pride.” Brother Dave, is there any chance that you were heading […]

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By Nobody

Nobody

Mystery wrapped in enigma.

| December 31, 2012

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Some of these are completely serious, some of them only half so. 1. Guns in general, and the AK-47 and AR-15 in particular, will continue to be discussed by liberal media as though they were actors in crimes. Preview Open

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By Daniel Jeyn