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An "App"ropriate Way to Travel Russell Eric Dobda
Category: Americans Abroad Published: November 2015
It is a breeze to circle the globe safely and inexpensively with modern technology at your fingertips.
 
Aussie Phemon Rolls with the Rockettes Sophie Holloway
Category: Entertainment Published: November 2015
"Coming from Down Under at the tender age of 20, she landed on the Great Stage, performing in the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular."
 
Bank on It Lawrence H. White
Category: Economics Published: November 2015
"Where free banking was given a reasonable trial…it functioned well for the typical user of money and banking services."
 
Battling for Our Embattled Constitution Harry V. Jaffa
Category: American Thought Published: November 2015
"The struggle for truth will be hard. The end of this deadly ignorance is not at hand. This is not the beginning of the end. It is not even the end of the beginning--but the battle is joined."
 
Changing the Conversation from Racism and Police Violence to Hope and Opportunity Mark Culliton
Category: Education Published: November 2015
"Unlike most programs, [ours] is not looking for highyl motivated students in need of rescue. We seek those students most programs leave behind, those least likely to succeed."
 
Dispelling Monetary Doldrums via Dollarization Steve H. Hanke
Category: Economics Published: November 2015
"Venezuela's annual inflation rate [is] 335%--the highest in the world. For those holding bolivars, it amounts to no rule of law and bad money."
 
Fearless Flying Louie Delaware
Category: Going Places Published: November 2015
"If you know what to expect and plan ahead, your child's safety will not be something you have to worry about in the midst of holiday air travel."
 
For-Real Holiday Survival Deborah Cornwall
Category: Life in America Published: November 2015
"Many cancer patients live long and happy lives, well after their initial diagnoses. Holiday periods nourish their spirits and remind them how much they have to live for."
 
How Money Talks Mark Fagan
Category: Law & Justice Published: November 2015
"More than 12,000 registered lobbyists [spend over $3,000,000,000 per year] to influence public policy through direct communications with government officials."
 
Let the Party Begin Ivana Cortes
Category: Life in America Published: November 2015
"As you psyche yourself up for the holiday season, remember that everyone loves a pregnant woman."
 
Millions on the Move Llewellyn D. Howell
Category: Worldview Published: November 2015
"It commonly is suggested that the only solution is to stop the [migrant] movement at its source, but you cannot make Iraq or Syria into America."
 
More than Just a Woman Jonathan W. Emord
Category: Political Landscape Published: November 2015
"If Clinton were to face Fiorina in a general election, a stark contrast would be apparent on the issues, and not on Clinton's trump card--gender--as a fallback [since Clinton] cannot remove herself from her own history of corruption, abuse of power,…"
 
Navigating Your Air-Passenger Rights Eve Büchner
Category: Going Places Published: November 2015
"Air-passenger rights in the U.S. are far less favorable to consumers than those in the European Union. The U.S. has not passed legislation requiring airlines to compensate passengers in the event of a delayed or canceled domestic flight."
 
Planned Parenthood's Evil Empire Jonathan W. Emord
Category: Medicine & Health Published: November 2015
"The Obama Administration and Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's defense of Planned Parenthood in the face of the revelations sharply reminds us that neither is possessed of even a modicum of deceny or respect for human life."
 
Preserving Life Is not "an Exercise in Futility" Elizabeth Lee Vliet
Category: Medicine & Health Published: November 2015
"More than half of [Planned Parenthood's] budget comes from taxpayers, the majority of whom do not support abortion, especially late-term killing of viable babies."
 
Red Alert: Holiday Office Party Dead Ahead Geoffrey Tumlin
Category: Life in America Published: November 2015
"…Lay of the juice, master the exit, review a few names, partner up smartly, and think about the party as a celebration and not as a Santa-themed networking event."
 
Secrets of the Secret Service Sue Ann Baker
Category: USA Yesterday` Published: November 2015
"In one of life's little ironies, my next protective assignment [after segregationist Gov. George Wallace] was that of another political candidate--a woman who happened to be black [Shirley Chisom."
 
Straightening Out the Twisted Road to the World Series Wayne M. Barrett
Category: Athletic Arena Published: November 2015
Why is it so difficult for Major League Baseball to implement an equitable playoff system?
 
The Beat Goes on--and on and on Gerald E. Marsh
Category: The World Today Published: November 2015
"The key to understanding the current chaos in the Middle East is to recognize that the primary identity of its people its with their religion, sect, tribe, and family--not the states formed" following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire.
 
The Outrageous Lack of Justice in the Obama Justice Department Michael B. Mukasey
Category: National Affaris Published: November 2015
"…Efforts [must be made] to return the department to its true mandate--not doing justice according to your own lights, but defending the law and having enough faith in law to believe that the result, more often than not, will be justice."
 
Time to Get Serious Robert R. Neuman
Category: Education Published: November 2015
"Beign a 'serious' student does not mean you lose the fun in your life or become a different person. Serious means dynamic…"