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Mark Baisley (Dec 25, 2011)
With today being both Christmas and Hanukkah, I figured that I would take an uncharacteristically charitable tone with this week’s article. No political analysis. ... more
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Mark Baisley (Dec 24, 2011)
BLACK MARKET TOILETS
My dad builds custom homes in California and the regulators at all levels routinely give him new, maddening impediments to practicality. The... more
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Mark Baisley (Dec 18, 2011)
On December 25, we will celebrate the birth of the Declaration’s Creator.
Thomas Jefferson described writing the first draft of the Declaration of Independence as... more
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Mark Baisley (Dec 16, 2011)
Among the many thoughtful details that the founders bequeathed to the rest of us is the purposeful naming of our nation; The United States of America. A single moniker... more
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Mark Baisley (Dec 04, 2011)
This past week, I endured a very personal and distressing episode of government imposition by way of environmentalism. Let me explain...
Since about the age of... more
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Mark Baisley (Nov 27, 2011)
At the Republican presidential debate last week (you remember; the one moderated by that bearded guy named “Blitz”), Newt Gingrich stirred up some controversy in his... more
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Mark Baisley (Nov 25, 2011)
President Obama will proclaim this Thursday to be a day of thanksgiving, following a tradition established by America’s first president. Many American community... more
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Mark Baisley (Nov 13, 2011)
How in the hell could the administration of Penn State have stood by quietly while untold numbers of boys were viciously and selfishly violated by Jerry Sandusky? I... more
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Mark Baisley (Nov 06, 2011)
Three days after local elections this week, freshly re-elected county Board of Education member Justin Williams opened a speech with, “On Tuesday, I voted for myself... more
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Mark Baisley (Oct 30, 2011)
I have concluded that the ultimate consideration for those vying for the office of President of the United States is their ideology surrounding the purpose, and therefore... more
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Mark Baisley (Oct 23, 2011)
Let’s face the elephant head on. What considerations should we give to personal religion when evaluating presidential candidates?
This uncomfortable topic... more
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Mark Baisley (Oct 16, 2011)
I am enjoying the first really cool evening since May out on my deck, reading about a supernova that will be visible with my amateur telescope, drinking a fine French... more
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Mark Baisley (Oct 09, 2011)
The NFL draft has been completed and we now know for sure who the team players are. No more walk-ons and no more trades. The only decision left pending is a... more
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Mark Baisley (Oct 02, 2011)
In spite of 235 years of history, it appears that Americans continue to struggle with the concept of forced deaths that are carried out by government.
This contention... more
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Mark Baisley (Sep 25, 2011)
Chris Christie just got a new reason to sit this one out: Herman Cain.The New York Post is reporting that influential Republicans have convinced the New Jersey Governor to... more
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Mark Baisley (Sep 18, 2011)
My appreciation for the remarkable design sense of Steve Jobs began around the time of the renowned 1984 Macintosh ad that aired nationally just once during Superbowl... more
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Mark Baisley (Sep 11, 2011)
I still have my unused airline ticket from September 11, 2001, ten years ago today. My wife and I had flown to Washington for a week’s vacation that included a White... more
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Mark Baisley (Sep 04, 2011)
Have you heard about Hollywood’s new reality show, Politically Punk’d? I just watched an episode in my community and it is hilarious.
The premise is to place... more
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Mark Baisley (Aug 28, 2011)
Every now and again, your teenager gives in to that base temptation and does something impulsive and self-destructive. It sets them back for a while, but you dust them... more
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Mark Baisley (Aug 21, 2011)
The most rewarding benefit of publishing an article in Townhall is the variety of informative responses that I receive from readers. My article on automobile fuel... more
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Mark Baisley (Aug 15, 2011)
Imagine wind powered houses and solar powered automobiles. Now imagine monkeys flying out of your tailpipe, Wayne Campbell.
The greenies’ dream of forcing the American... more
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Mark Baisley (Aug 07, 2011)
I was 17 years old in the Summer of 1972 while cruising on a 24-foot Bayliner a few miles off the southeast coast of Puerto Rico on a day that I will never... more
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Mark Baisley (Aug 01, 2011)
The United States Congress will not pass a balanced budget amendment unless they have a gun to their head -- and I think the debt ceiling negotiations has... more
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Mark Baisley (Jul 24, 2011)
In 2005, I ran for my local party’s nomination for the State Senate. I was resoundingly defeated by a reliable conservative with far better credentials. The vote... more
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Mark Baisley (Jul 17, 2011)
As an engineer, one of the most valued books in my personal library is How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer. The author briefly uses politics to illustrate his lesson on... more
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Mark Baisley (Jul 03, 2011)
I predict the discovery of repulsive behavior in the White House on January 19, 2013.Several months after the Bill Clinton staff moved out of the West Wing in 2001, George W.... more
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Mark Baisley (Jun 27, 2011)
It must require an Ivy League degree in relevant truth to buy into the ACLU’s separation clause arguments. The relevant portion of the First Amendment to the... more
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Mark Baisley (Jun 20, 2011)
Warner Brothers is coming out with a new movie on July 8 starring Jennifer Aniston. Sure, there are a bunch of other famous names in the line up. But, hey --... more
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Mark Baisley (Jun 12, 2011)
I just recently came to appreciate the wisdom behind the clarion call to “manage my public, digital persona.”
While everyone who has advanced beyond dial... more
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Mark Baisley (Jun 05, 2011)
A warm “welcome home!” to the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, who landed early Wednesday morning at the Kennedy Space Center. Endeavor’s final odometer reading is... more
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Mark Baisley (May 29, 2011)
I have recently become quite encouraged about America’s long-term economic outlook, despite how badly the Obama administration has handled the economy. ... more
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Mark Baisley (May 22, 2011)
Barney, Harry, Nancy and Barack could just have readily come out of Douglas Adams’ imagination.
They so remind me of my favorite scene out of his marvelous... more
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Mark Baisley (May 15, 2011)
Something has been bugging me for years. You know, like everyone over 50 knows who Gladys Knight is; But what is a “pip”?
The school in my neighborhood told the Cub Scouts... more
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Mark Baisley (May 09, 2011)
Hey, kids. It’s that time of decade again; Gerrymandering Season!
The more that I engage in politics, the more amazed I am at how thoroughly America’s founding fathers... more
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Mark Baisley (May 02, 2011)
The effective education of our youth is critical to America’s long term success for two particular reasons:
1. A free market society necessarily operates on the... more
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Mark Baisley (Apr 24, 2011)
One of the more thought provoking responses to my submission last week on President Obama’s Domestic Imperialism came from Mensa member Mark S., who lamented that his “local... more
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Mark Baisley (Apr 17, 2011)
Is it just me, or did everyone else feel a sudden shift in the tectonic plates of national discourse? For decades, the American political debate could be summed up as... more
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Mark Baisley (Apr 06, 2011)
Digital marketing company Epsilon has become the latest victim to get caught in the world wide web of electronic organized crime.
The Texas-based firm... more