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Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
During the December 5 edition of Fox News Watch -- Fox News' media criticism show -- contributor James Pinkerton defended Fox News host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's role in granting a commutation for Maurice Clemmons, who has been accused of killing four police officers in Lakewood, Washington; Fox News did not disclose that Pinkerton served as a senior adviser to...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
"Gerald Ford will always be president." That's a cynical piece of Washington wisdom that you can find a) discomfiting, or b) reassuring. But c), it...
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Grits for Breakfast (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... blood, hair or other more traditional types of biological evidence. In today's Houston Chronicle, James Pinkerton has a story (" DNA not just for homicides anymore ," Dec. 7) explaining that resource shortages prevent Houston PD from using DNA to solve burglaries and other nonviolent offenses, despite success with the tactic in other jurisdictions. The article opens: A cigarette...
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Liberalguy (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
By James Pinkerton "Reading through the depressing news coming out of Afghanistan, and still digesting President Obama’s Tuesday night speech at West Point, I realized that I needed some expert help in making sense of it all. So I pulled out my ouija board and summoned up the ghost of the greatest military analyst and theoretician of all time, Carl Von Clausewitz. The famous...
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Liberalguy (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
By James Pinkerton "But for those more interested in the politics of today, Shirley’s book has much to offer. In the late 70s, the country stagnated and staggered under the misrule of Carter and Congressional Democrats; yet even so, the American people were not sure that they wanted to turn the country over to Republicans, who bore the scars of both the Depression and Watergate....
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Another Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Obama Ignores Terror Threat at His Own Peril - FOXNews.com BY: James Pinkerton In the wake of “11/5,” the attack at Fort Hood, Barack Obama faces a tough choice--like it or not. The 44th president must choose to confront an unpleasant reality, head on--or else it will run him over. The issue is the threat of terrorist violence, here on the homefront. Terrorism, and the debate...
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Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... was so intense there was a risk the final statement would not mention climate change at all. James Pinkerton: One Year Later: Gerald Ford Will Always Be President A year ago, Obama might have thought that he was going to be another FDR -- an admiring media told him he could do it -- but it hasn't happened. Perhaps the situation might have been different if Obama had put more emphasis,...
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TTC News Archives (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
City's defense for not paying up sounds familiar Explanation for toll-road fines is the same one Houston rejects when motorists contest red-light violations 10/30/09 By JAMES PINKERTON Houston Chronicle Copyright 2009 The city has avoided paying county toll road fines using a defense it does not want motorists to use when contesting red-light camera violations. Earlier this week, city...
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blogHOUSTON (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
SO, THE CITY OF HOUSTON wants Harris County to go after vehicle owners who haven't paid red light camera tickets, but the city is unwilling to pay county toll fines incurred by drivers of city cars (via the Chron's James Pinkerton): "Harris Co. ha...
