Insight

One last word on Miley Cyrus

Paulette Huebert Touby — I just love Miley Cyrus. She’s such a fresh little thing. Perfectly shaped with a beautiful smile on a well-proportioned small face. Even through the antics of the MTV awards one can see a sweetness in ...

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Obamacare Is Another Private Sector Rip-Off Of Americans

Paul Craig Roberts, Ph.D — The government of the “world’s only superpower,” the “exceptional,” the “indispensable” country, claims to know what is best for Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, Mali, Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, China, indeed for ...

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Bouncing off the bottom

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. — “You are going to die,” Burt told Valerie (not their names) after she said she wanted a divorce. The 26-year-old policeman lifted a rifle and pointed it at her face. “No. Please no!” begged Valerie. ...

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C’mon! Isn’t sex—good sex–about conquest and submission?

Paulette Huebert Touby — So are we just being politically correct and predictable to object to a video “objectifying,” for lack of a less-charged word, the women in Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines? For the record let’s just get it straight ...

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I dare you to read this

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. — Recently, a reader wrote me to suggest that rather than trying to encourage someone, a better way to motivate them is to issue a challenge. So, I felt challenged to write about it. Whenever I ...

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Why can’t we have cops like Andy Griffiths?

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. In 1971, George Johnson, a New York City policeman, arrested a man who was in a Times Square office building rifling through coats looking for money. Rather than call a paddy wagon, Johnson walked the man ...

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On appealing to high school girls

The girls always talk to guys on the football team, you should go out for football Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. — One afternoon, back in 8th grade, I was hanging out with my pal Charlie, when I noticed copies of ...

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My wife of 3 years said the same things my father had said

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. — “I did not marry you to be married to a bartender!” I should have paid more attention to the truth of her words, they clearly stated that she did not love me for who I ...

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Sooo, you’re a motivational speaker. Well, motivate me!’

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. — “Baby Bobby! Baby Bobby!” The words stung and Mike knew it – he could read it in my face. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me!” I yelled back. ...

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The mystery of the top-shelf hatbox

The next hatbox I pulled off the top shelf of the closet nearly tipped me off the ladder. It was the weight that surprised me; it was far too heavy for just a hat. As I regained my balance, I ...

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