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Harry Reid shames the 'world's greatest deliberative body'

By: Examiner Editorial

For more than two centuries, the U.S. Senate has been known as the world's greatest deliberative body because of its rule ensuring the right of every senator to force consideration of, and a recorded vote on, any issue. The rule made the Senate unique as the world's only legislative entity in which the rights of majorities and minorities were equally protected. But 221 years of tradition and majestic debate mean nothing to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who, for no better reason than avoiding an embarrassing vote, used procedural legerdemain to obliterate minority rights in the upper chamber.

No adults among the Occupy Wall Street protesters

By: Star Parker

I wouldn't think it would be worthwhile to draw attention to the Occupy Wall Street "movement," or its list of demands that wouldn't pass muster in an average kindergarten class. But if America's president and vice president choose to talk about it, and give it credibility, then it's news.

A Soviet spy in the White House invented 'stimulus spending'

By: Diana West

Among the most amazing aspects of the accelerating American submission to the state are 1) how matter-of-fact we are in contemplating massive government interventions such as President Obama's latest stimulus "jobs" plan, and 2) how virtually no one notices the blatant Marxist overtones. When someone does, a la "Joe the Plumber" at the end of the 2008 campaign season, he is mocked off the stage.

Sunday Reflection: Judge orders EPA to pay up for malicious prosecution

By: Daniel J. Popeo

Last Friday, after five years of litigation, a federal judge in Louisiana ordered the U.S. government to pay $1.7 million in damages for maliciously prosecuting Hubert Vidrine, a used-oil processing plant manager.

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