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Welcome to edition #8 of the Carnival of Politics - a recap of the best from the past week. This edition is available at our website here

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Faith Forum: Sincerity Versus Stump Speech
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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Walzer On Russia
5 Votes, submitted in Other
Worth a read: The invasion may not turn out to be a victory for Russia. The most heartening moment in the last week was the arrival in Tbilisi on Tuesday of the presidents of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, and Poland...

Friday, August 15, 2008

Time for revolution? by Ellis Washington
5 Votes, submitted in Right
As I begin preparation for my teaching duties at Savannah State University, a historical black college founded in 1890 and the oldest HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) in the state of Georgia, I have mixed emotions. Frankly, I fear for the intellectual integrity of my students – people whom I’ve never met.

China Agitates To Undermine American Liberties
5 Votes, submitted in National
It’s bad enough that those living under the heal of tyranny have their God-given rights suppressed but one expects to hear of this transpiring in less-developed countries that have never really known freedom to begin with.

McCain's Bellicose Tune (Song Parody)
5 Votes, submitted in Humor
A song parody "celebrating" bellicose John McCain, to the tune of "I’m Popeye The Sailor Man." Here's verse one of McCain’s Bellicose Tune:

I’m tougher than nails, I am.
I stand up for Uncle Sam.
The other guy’s weak,
While I’m still at my peak,
Cuz I’m tougher than nails, I am! ..."

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Bob Barr Comes to Richmond
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
Libertarian Party presidential nominee spoke to political activists in Richmond, Virginia; includes video and a partial transcript of Barr's remarks.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Americans will reject the fifth column Democrats by Marie Jon
5 Votes, submitted in National
As President Ronald Reagan once said, “It is a time for choosing.” In less than three months Election Day will be upon us. It is a privilege and our duty to vote. If we don’t vote, we deserve the government we get. You should love your country enough to do some investigational homework ...

Communism then and now
5 Votes, submitted in World
Today’s column continues my review of Dr. Benjamin Wiker’s fascinating opus, “10 Books that Screwed up the World and 5 others that didn’t Help” (Regnery, 2008). My critique will be on Marxism’s founder, Karl Marx, and the chief propagandist of communism, Friedrich Engels, and their celebrated book, “The Manifesto of the Communist Party” (1848).

Schilling Profiled in 'Daily Progress'
5 Votes, submitted in Right
Once the lone Republican member of Charlottesville's City Council, now Rob Schilling is goring liberal oxes on talk radio, with his own show on WINA-AM.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Battleground State -- Ohio
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
This article is the latest in a series analyzing the so-called "Battleground States" in the upcoming Presidential election.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Revisiting 'The Fix'
5 Votes, submitted in National
Revelations of John Edwards' extramarital affair offer a reminder of that rare thing: a musical play about politics, "The Fix," by Dana Rowe and John Dempsey.