Al Gore’s Cultural Revolution
by Robert Tracinski
A significant part of what is at stake in this year’s election is the impact of the presidential contest on the legislative battle over “cap-and-trade” energy rationing.
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Iraq Surge: Clear success
by Kevin Mooney CNSNews.com
When the Democrats won control of Congress in 2006, many pundits attributed their victory to public anger over the war in Iraq and predicted that the war would be a paramount issue in the 2008 presidential election. But with U.S. policy beginning to succeed in Iraq, it did not turn out that way.
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Reject early release for convicted felons
by Earl Arakaki
Senator Will Espero’s www.HawaiiReporter.com article, “Proposed pilot project for Hawai`i’s prisoners could save $1 million for every 100 inmates” should be of concern for every law-abiding citizen.
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Democrats furious with Inouye
by John H. Fund
Democrats are furious with Hawai`i Senator Daniel Inouye for his last-minute show of support for Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, a Republican who is nonetheless Mr. Inouye’s close friend. Mr. Stevens is trailing in his race for re-election following his conviction on seven felony counts of failing to report more than $250,000 in gifts.
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Alaska’s Glaciers Are Growing
by Dennis T. Avery
Alaska’s glaciers grew this year, after shrinking for most of the last 200 years. The reason? Global temperatures dropped over the past 18 months. The global mean annual temperature has been declining recently because the solar wind thrown out by the sun has retreated to its smallest extent in at least 50 years. This temperature downturn was not predicted by the global computer models, but had been predicted by the sunspot index since 2000.
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Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?
by Orson Scott Card
An open letter to the local daily paper — almost every local daily paper in America:
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OHA’s Kau Inoa deception
by Colin Kippen
I am challenging the present Chair, Haunani Apoliona, because of OHA’s callous disregard of the needs of the Hawaiian people the state agency is mandated to serve, outrageous spending on lobbyists and mainland junkets while Hawaiians here in Hawaii suffer, and deceptive tactics regarding OHA’s Kau Inoa registration process under her leadership.
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