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Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 07:46 PM

Grassroots spurs Gingrich to victory as Romney stalls again in South Carolina

Mitt Romney is in deep doo doo after South Carolina.

Moderates by their very nature are never as enthused as those further to the right or left of the political spectrum.

Thereby lies Mitt Romney's greatest fear, as he surveys the damage down to him by Newt Gingrich in South Carolina.

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Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:49 AM

Rick Perry was all hat and no cattle -- His exit helps Newt Gingrich beat Mitt Romney

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Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 07:20 AM

Stopping abusive behavior at St.Patrick's Parades can be done -- New York and Chicago parades point the way forward

Drinking and the St.Patrick's Day parade go hand in hand, whether we like to acknowledge that or not.

In the past few days, the Hoboken parade, one of the largest in New Jersey, has been canceled while the South Side St.Patrick's Parade in Chicago is being held again after an absence of a couple of years

In both parades, the abuse of alcohol was a major issue.

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Friday, January 06, 2012 at 11:53 AM

Pope Benedict snubs Dublin's Archbishop Martin for new cardinal list

Surprise, surprise, no red hat for Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, the outspoken head of the Dublin Archdiocese, in Pope Benedict's latest list of new cardinals.

Martin is far too honest, straightforward and unable to play the Vatican game to be made a cardinal of course.

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Wednesday, January 04, 2012 at 03:26 AM

Ron Paul may run as Libertarian after Iowa because of massive youth support