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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:25:54 GMT Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:25:54 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ When senators tried to pass a "comprehensive immigration bill" last June that would have established a guest worker program for illegal immigrants, many conservatives decried the legislation as amnesty and demanded that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/07/31/illegal_immigrants_down_11_percent e5f56898-d192-4ade-b592-b1e8b7d58ecc Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:25:54 GMT The Guantanamo Bay detainee prison in Cuba seems to have few fans among Senate lawmakers these days. Several senators spoke out against Guantanamo at a Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, calling for the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/07/17/senators_call_for_the_closing_of_guantanamo 2c5e65d6-e9b0-4bc2-a090-77f445212b7b Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:15:32 GMT First they went after Saturday Night Live. Then Jon Stewart got blasted. Now left-wing blogs are attacking the New Yorker for satirizing Barack Obama and his critics on the cover of their most recent issue. The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/07/15/liberal_blogosphere_satire_of_obama_is_unacceptable 193adff5-9fd8-47bd-8db2-b79e35f6256d Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:09:59 GMT A former leader of a radical Islamic organization told Congress extreme Muslims are motivated by an ideology similar to Marxism and that Islamism has much in common with the former Soviet Union. Maajid Nawaz, a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/07/10/former_islamic_extremist_radical_islam_similar_to_marxism,_soviet_union 8c275031-1119-47e2-9005-67a09f4ace7b Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:45:38 GMT Democrats had some tough questions for Attorney General Michael Mukasey Wednesday, grilling him about his positions on legal issues like waterboarding and the bounds of executive power. Appearing before the Senate... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/07/09/democrats_grill_mukasey_in_judiciary_committee 488639f1-9704-4e7a-951d-42b904ffaf44 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:51:09 GMT The GOP had harsh words for Democrats on Capitol Hill this morning, accusing them of misunderstanding the economics of oil and stalling needed drilling initiatives. "We ought to take a square look in the mirror,"... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/06/26/republicans_assail_democrats_on_high_oil_prices 50a86aca-48e2-4266-8567-71041279580e Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:02:07 GMT An acclaimed British author could be charged with committing a hate crime after offering a scathing criticism of Islamic radicalism. Ian McEwan, author of widely praised novels Atonement and Enduring Love, condemned... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/06/25/british_novelist_who_despises_islamism_may_face_hate_crime_charges 3e40cfdc-ce99-47f1-85b4-aa15033dc99e Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT In the wake of his recent death, some liberal writers and bloggers are criticizing Meet the Press host Tim Russert for being insufficiently tough on Bush administration officials. "Everyone my age is checking their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/06/23/liberals_posthumously_bash_tim_russert 4bf017ea-da4a-40ae-b31f-a1277ca9efe8 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:57:15 GMT Truckers in Albany protested at the New York Capitol amidst concerns their industry would be hit hard by skyrocketing fuel prices and climate change legislation. About 100 truckers attended the demonstration, where... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/06/20/truckers_call_for_gas_tax_holiday,_question_global_warming_legislation 25d38fbe-89e8-4be7-afa6-e529838b29b1 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:57:37 GMT Amidst outrage over illegal immigration, some self-identified conservatives who see a bright side to open borders have been speaking up. "These are economic migrants," said Jason Riley, a member of the Wall Street... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/06/18/open_border_conservatives_speak_out 944f0594-491f-4e23-bccc-9a78f90c6a1f Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:59:08 GMT A passage from a book by comedian and Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken describes one prominent conservative being shot in the head and another soliciting a prostitute, among other graphic images. The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/06/16/al_franken_book_portrays_conservative_pundits_being_shot_in_the_head,_soliciting_prostitutes 3c0f3d6c-7719-4662-8d66-91a798500710 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:13:12 GMT Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) gave a grim assessment of the Bush administration Thursday and said the problems facing America today are "far deeper and wider and worse than what FDR faced." Speaking at the Cato... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/06/12/hagel_calls_americas_problems_worse_than_what_fdr_faced 16b17450-cde3-4fa1-89b1-1b87876e51aa Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:50:07 GMT Several high-profile conservatives gathered on Capitol Hill to rally support for the Broadcaster Freedom Act, a measure to block the government from any future attempts to chill political speech on the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MattPurple/2008/06/11/conservatives_rally_to_defeat_the_fairness_doctrine c5297bf2-264b-450c-8ad7-abb04fcdc41b Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:45:34 GMT