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What's wrong with giving the remains of aborted fetuses the respect they deserve?
Plenty, if you are a pro-choice fanatic like Wendy Davis. She is upset that Texas, beginning Dec. 19, will require a dignified burial of aborted babies’ bodies. The New York Times reported on the new regulations, implementing a new law: Texas approved new rules this week requiring health care facilities that perform abortions to bury... Read more »

By Dennis Byrne,
December 2, 2016 at 3:42 pm
December 2, 2016 at 3:42 pm
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Who's lower than Fox News? Progressive icon Wendy Davis, that's who
Geoffrey Ward, the historian who helped Ken Burns write his PBS documentaries including the recently concluded “The Roosevelts,” said that if Fox News had been around during the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the network “would have loved’ to exploit Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s handicap and shown him struggling in his wheelchair. Here’s the accusation: In... Read more »

One reason to eliminate the death penalty
“Cameron Todd Willingham case: Expert says fire for which father was executed was not arson,” Chicago Tribune After you read the story, there’s not much else to say.

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