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December, 2004
28 December 2004 The Reality of Reality Television
24 December 2004 Merry Christmas from BrianClardy.Com
21 December 2004 Too Many Americans Don't Understand the Supreme Court
17 December 2004 Iraq's Elections Must Go Forward
14 December 2004 Amend the Constitution, But Carefully
10 December 2004 Children Deserve Their Shot At Life
07 December 2004 Let the Downard Slide Continue
03 December 2004 Only Citizens Have Constitutional Rights

November, 2004
30 November 2004 The Federal Marriage Amendment Is Already In the Constitution
26 November 2004 Thanksgiving Greetings from BrianClardy.Com
23 November 2004 Condi for Prez
19 November 2004 Killing A Terrorist Is Never A Bad Thing
16 November 2004 A New Secretary-General to Finish Off the UN
12 November 2004 R.I.P. Arafat... And Good Riddance
09 November 2004 The Democrats Just Don't Get It
05 November 2004 Is New Hampshire the Granite State or North Massachusetts?
02 November 2004 Iraq's Terrorists Understand Something Too Many Americans Don't

October, 2004
29 October 2004 The Conservative Primer for Children, Volume 9 (R)
also On Tuesday, Re-Elect President George W. Bush
26 October 2004 Yankees Show You Can't Just Throw Money at Your Problems
22 October 2004 Making People Believe What They Say They Believe
19 October 2004 Who Courts the Uninformed?
15 October 2004 The Consistent Incoherency of Kerry’s Vision for America
12 October 2004 The Police Can't Stop Them, They're Criminals!
08 October 2004 Balancers-in-Chief
05 October 2004 It's Not "Hard Work" to See The Candidates Are "Consistent"
01 October 2004 Now Critical Ads Are Bad?

September, 2004
28 September 2004 Whose "Make Believe World" Is It?
24 September 2004 The Conservative Primer for Children, Volume 8 (G, H, J, Y)
also Letterman Exposes Kerry's Lack of Judgment
21 September 2004 One Democratic Faction to the Others: "Keep America Divided!"
17 September 2004 What the World's Vote for Kerry Really Means
14 September 2004 Patriotism Defined
10 September 2004 Could Chechnya Finally Be The Turning Point?
07 September 2004 Desperation vs. Confidence: Kerry vs. Bush
03 September 2004 An Erroneous Definition of Peace

August, 2004
31 August 2004 Number of Reason to Despise McCain-Feingold: 527
27 August 2004 The Conservative Primer for Children, Volume 7 (N, P, U)
     (Special Republican National Convention Edition)
also At Least One Party's Convention is Looking Ahead
24 August 2004 Iraq's Soccer Players Can Now Effect Positive Change
20 August 2004 Aligning the Military for the Future
17 August 2004 Medicare and Obesity vs. Personal Responsibility
13 August 2004 Having Perspective in the Oval Office
10 August 2004 Unlike Other "News" Networks, Fox At Least Admits to its Bias
06 August 2004 No One Has Ever Seen A Truly Negative Campaign Ad
03 August 2004 Judged by his Record, Kerry Has No Ideals

July, 2004
30 July 2004 The Conservative Primer for Children, Volume 6 (B, M, V)
also The Benefits of Proactive Government
27 July 2004 It Isn't Partisan to Point Out That Some of the 9/11 Commission's Recommendations Have Been Taken
23 July 2004 It's Not Too Late to Prevent A Repeat of the 2000 Elections
20 July 2004 Abstinence Education Can Help Stop AIDS
16 July 2004 Why Should Bush Speak to the NAACP?
13 July 2004 In Defense of Marriage
09 July 2004 We Must Remember, Freedom Isn't the Only Thing We're Exporting
06 July 2004 Sometimes, The "Right to Privacy" is Inconvenient for the Media
02 July 2004 Let Freedom Reign, Forever

June, 2004
29 June 2004 Sadly, Racism is Still Being Kept Alive... By Liberals
25 June 2004 The Conservative Primer for Children, Volume 5 (E, X, Z)
also Minimum Wage Increases Unemployment, Too
also Unemployment Rates (Seasonally Adjusted) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (table)
22 June 2004 Compassionate, Tolerant Liberals: An Oxymoron
18 June 2004 No Child Left Behind Will Work for Special Education -- But Only If Implemented Thoughtfully
15 June 2004 Inclusion Should Be Determined on a Case-by-Case Basis
11 June 2004 It's Okay!  I'm ADHD!
08 June 2004 In Memory of Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)
and EBD Pawns
04 June 2004 Managing Behavior Management
01 June 2004 Common Sense vs. Brain-Based Learning

May, 2004
28 May 2004 The Conservative Primer for Children, Volume 4 (K, L, O)
also Bush Needs To Address the Nation, Not Just Cable News
25 May 2004 No Candidate Has the One Best Energy Plan
21 May 2004 In the Interests of Personal Responsibility, Rumsfeld Cannot be Fired
18 May 2004 The Clarity of Common Sense
14 May 2004 Stopping Evil Begins with Recognizing It
11 May 2004 A Few Morons Make All of Us Look Bad
07 May 2004 The Day After Tomorrow Perpetuates the Liberal Agenda
04 May 2004 The Liberals Abandoned Our Soldiers Long, Long Ago

April, 2004
30 April 2004 The Conservative Primer for Children, Volume 3 (F, Q, S)
also Even His Wife Helps to Expose Kerry's Hypocrisy
27 April 2004 When You Don't Like The Rules, Sue
includes special memorial to former Arizona Cardinal and US Army Ranger Sergeant Pat Tillman
23 April 2004 Is Kerry's Façade Finally Crumbling?
20 April 2004 "Misguided Individuals" or Slanderous "S.O.B."s?
16 April 2004 A Referendum on Conviction and Integrity
13 April 2004 The September 11 Witch Hunt Continues
09 April 2004 It's Time to Eliminate the Income Tax
06 April 2004 The Constitution is Not Supposed To Be Twisted Into New Shapes
02 April 2004 Democrats Would Prefer That We Get Our Oil From Terrorists

March, 2004
30 March 2004 Finally, Unborn Children are People Too
26 March 2004 The Conservative Primer for Children, Volume 2 (C, T, W)
also Only to Liberals and Appeasers is Hamas Not a Terrorist Organization
23 March 2004 When Desertion Isn't a Crime
19 March 2004 Thanks to al Qaeda, Spain Joins the Axis of Cowards
16 March 2004 Kerry Wraps Up the North Korean Vote
12 March 2004 The Double-edge Sword of Campaigning
09 March 2004 We're Supposed To Be Allowed To Amend the Constitution
05 March 2004 A Precedent Liberals Can Ill-Afford
02 March 2004 Tolerance, Intolerance, and The Passion of the Christ

February, 2004
27 February 2004 The Conservative Primer for Children, Volume 1 (A, D, I)
also How Far Can Outsourcing Go? (guest column by Ron Clardy)
24 February 2004 Liberals Believe Everyone Succumbs to Their Emotions
20 February 2004 Does Kerry Really Abhor Special Interests?
17 February 2004 World Press Photographers Apparently Miss Saddam Hussein
13 February 2004 As Usual, The "Thinking Democrats" Have Not Thought Things Through
10 February 2004 Bush Continues to Pander to the Left
06 February 2004 Emphasizing the Negative
03 February 2004 RateMyTeachers.Com Is No Different Than RateMyPresident.Com

January, 2004
30 January 2004 Franken vs. Freedom of Speech
also The "Acad-enemy" Awards Are Coming (guest column by Brett Clardy)
27 January 2004 WMD Program-Related Activities Are Still WMDs
23 January 2004 The State of Our President and His Policies
20 January 2004 The Most Racist Political Party
16 January 2004 President Bush Deserves Four More Years
13 January 2004 An Organization That Can't "Moveon"
09 January 2004 What Happened to the Conservative President Bush?
06 January 2004 Parents Should Resolve to Not Drug Their Kids
02 January 2004 BrianClardy.Com 2004 Reader Survey
also "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (guest column by Brett Clardy)

December, 2003
30 December 2003 Three Things the 108th Congress Should Resolve to Do
26 December 2003 Holiday Greetings from BrianClardy.Com
also "The Top Ten Holiday Films" (guest column by Brett Clardy)
23 December 2003 Now is the Time for Forgiving
19 December 2003 When the Going Gets Tough, The UN Gets Going!
16 December 2003 Space Remains the Final Frontier
15 December 2003 So, Now What?
12 December 2003 Joseph Lieberman: A Decent Man Backstabbed by a Former Vice President (2004 Democrats)
09 December 2003 "Zero-Tolerance" for "Zero-Tolerance"
05 December 2003 We Can't Have an "Army of One"
02 December 2003 A President We Should All Be Thankful For

November, 2003
28 November 2003 Thanksgiving Greetings from BrianClardy.Com
also "The Top Five Movies That Make You Cry... But Shouldn't!" (guest column by Brett Clardy)
25 November 2003 First Graders Aren't P.C. Enough
21 November 2003 Liberals Perpetuate the Judicial Jihad
18 November 2003 The "Religion of Peace" Isn't
14 November 2003 What is the Meaning of "Adultery"?
11 November 2003 Veteran's Day: In Honor of Those Who Gave Their Lives So That We May Live in Freedom
also "Matrix Revolutions" (guest column by Brett Clardy)
07 November 2003 Streisand's Not-So-Truthful Truth Alerts
04 November 2003 Who Will Save Pfc. Lynch From the Media?

October, 2003
31 October 2003 Why Can't Students Criticize Their Teachers?
28 October 2003 Pulling the Plug on Liberal Methodology
24 October 2003 To Discriminate, Or Not To Discriminate?
21 October 2003 The Altered Perception of Limbaugh
17 October 2003 Note to Liberal Left: Limbaugh is Not the Only Thing Keeping the Conservative Right Alive
14 October 2003 HBO Rightfully Stops Oliver Stone From Empowering Castro
10 October 2003 Establishing Bad Precedent
07 October 2003 Limbaugh's Right: McNabb's Not That Good This Season
03 October 2003 My First Amendment Right to Hang Up

September, 2003
30 September 2003 Selling Hypocrisy for a Quarter
26 September 2003 And Then There Were... Ten?
23 September 2003 Apparently, Ephedra is More Dangerous than RU-486
19 September 2003 The Voters Again Vote Against Tax Increases
16 September 2003 The Next Front in the War on Terror
12 September 2003 Why The Music Industry's Gone to War
09 September 2003 The Creation of a Terrible Precedent
05 September 2003 Howard Dean Offers The Prescription Needed to Increase Terrorism (2004 Democrats)
02 September 2003 When Elementary School Entrepeneurs Go Bad

August, 2003
29 August 2003 Proposition 187 Must Be Implemented
26 August 2003 Scapegoating No Child Left Behind
19 August 2003 Could A National Sales Tax Work?
15 August 2003 Apparantly, Whites Aren't Good Enough to Teach Black History
12 August 2003 Unfortunately, We Can't Torture Torturers
08 August 2003 English-only as an Enabler
05 August 2003 Heterophobes Force Changes
01 August 2003 Terrorists for Allies?

July, 2003
29 July 2003 Our Military Should Only Be Buying American
25 July 2003 Parents' Day: Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child
22 July 2003 Bob Graham: Hypocrisy Incarnate (2004 Democrats)
18 July 2003 Democrats Gives Minimal Thought to Minimum Wage
15 July 2003 Disarming Iraq
11 July 2003 Liberals Never Learned the Difference Between 'Of' and 'From'
08 July 2003 America's Unique Blended Culture
04 July 2003 It's Freedom and Independence Day
01 July 2003 Socialism Makes Its Move

June, 2003
27 June 2003 The Constitution Protects Our Right to Think Despicable Thoughts
25 June 2003 John Kerry: A Liberal in Moderate Clothing (2004 Democrats)
23 June 2003 More Bad News for France
20 June 2003 Diluting Television
18 June 2003 Creation versus Evolution: Not Mutually Exclusive
16 June 2003 Reparations Will Always Be a Bad Idea
13 June 2003 Parental Responsibility Means Work
11 June 2003 Someday Clinton Will Go Away... But Not Yet
09 June 2003 Common Sense Election Reform
06 June 2003 America is Not A Democracy
04 June 2003 Seven Ways to Make America Better – A Recap
02 June 2003 Dumbing Down the Education System (Guest Column by Ron Clardy)

May, 2003
30 May 2003 Space: The Final Fronter, And Not Just Because It's There
28 May 2003 Seven Ways to Make America Better #7 – Education, Part Two (Vouchers and Teacher Accountability)
26 May 2003 In Honor of the Fallen
23 May 2003 The UN Fails Again
21 May 2003 Seven Ways to Make America Better #6 – Immigration
19 May 2003 Who's Afraid of the USA PATRIOT Act?
16 May 2003 More Moore Lunacy
14 May 2003 Seven Ways to Make America Better #5 – Taxes
12 May 2003 The Old Man of the Mountain is Gone...
09 May 2003 Yet Another Stupid Immigration Policy
07 May 2003 Seven Ways to Make America Better #4 – Education, Part One (Tax Credits, Loans, and Grants)
05 May 2003 The Left is Running Scared
02 May 2003 Sue Your Liberators

April, 2003
30 April 2003 Seven Ways to Make America Better #3 – Military Funding
28 April 2003 When Murder Isn't Murder
25 April 2003 Apparently, It's Only Okay to Have Politically Correct Opinions
23 April 2003 Seven Ways to Make America Better #2 – Abortion
21 April 2003 “Tax Cuts Are Spending”
18 April 2003 Times Polling Proves There's Media Bias
16 April 2003 Seven Ways to Make America Better #1 Welfare Reform
14 April 2003 Schwarzenegger versus Rice?
11 April 2003 Be Pro-Parent, Not Anti-Gun
09 April 2003 Are We There Yet?
07 April 2003 The Splintering of the Donkey
04 April 2003 When the Geneva Convention Doesn't Apply...
02 April 2003 The Truth About ANWR

March, 2003
31 March 2003 There's Hope for Liberals Yet
28 March 2003 Michael Moore: The Irrational Left Personified
26 March 2003 Reality War
24 March 2003 America's Legal Monopoly: The Postal Service
21 March 2003 Now France Wants to Help
19 March 2003 Hussein's Failure is Nearly Complete
17 March 2003 Hollywood's Fictional World
14 March 2003 Media Darling McCain Proves Media Bias
12 March 2003 A Presidential Candidate Should Always Be American First
10 March 2003 The Cowardly Foursome Aid and Abet Iraq
07 March 2003 More Corruption of Islam
05 March 2003 Call Their Bluff: Enact a Federal 'Tax Me More' Fund
03 March 2003 The New Trade Center

February, 2003
28 February 2003 Americans Have a Right to Intelligently Protest Their Country
26 February 2003 The Criminal Waste of Six Organs
24 February 2003 When Teenage Sex Becomes Just Another 'Level of Intimacy'
21 February 2003 What the Hell is Wrong With France?
19 February 2003 The Continuing Legacy of Liberalism
17 February 2003 President's Day Odds Making
14 February 2003 English-Only Does Not Mean Anti-Immigrant
12 February 2003 Iraqi Oil is Necessary to Win the War Against Terrorism
10 February 2003 Republicans Are the TrueMajority
07 February 2003 The Cowardly Center of the Universe: 1st Avenue at 46th Street, New York City
05 February 2003 The Educational Scapegoat
03 February 2003 Columbia's Mission Must Continue

January, 2003
30 January 2003 Reflections on the President's State of the Union
The (Same Old) Democratic Response to the President's State of the Union Address
29 January 2003 Surprise! Fast Food is Bad For You!
27 January 2003 My State of the Union Address
24 January 2003 Denial and the Peace Activist
22 January 2003 Double Taxation is Always Wrong
20 January 2003 Is This What Dr. King Would Have Wanted?
17 January 2003 A Governor Gets Between Murderers and the Chair
15 January 2003 Clones: The Next Oppressed Class of People
13 January 2003 Four-Year Representative Terms: More Protection for Incumbants Than Campaign Finance Reform
10 January 2003 A Brave New Economic World
08 January 2003 How To Be Bias in the Media Without Appearing Bias
06 January 2003 An Indefensible Defense of the Church
03 January 2003 Political Correctness Has Run Amok
01 January 2003 Some New Year's Resolutions for the 108th Congress

December, 2002
30 December 2002 Professionals in the Classroom: Why Are Teachers Afraid?
27 December 2002
25 December 2002
23 December 2002
Holiday Break -- No Columns
20 December 2002 Religion and the First Amendment
18 December 2002 Hydrogen Could Avert War in the Middle East
16 December 2002 Is this the Season of Forgiveness or Not?
13 December 2002 Jesse Jackson - A Liar in Liberal Clothing
11 December 2002 State-Sponsored Racism
09 December 2002 A Wish for Human Rights Day
06 December 2002 The Tragedy of Al Gore
04 December 2002 The Transportation Security Administration - A Rant
02 December 2002 How to be Pro-Life and Not Part of the "Religious Right"

November, 2002
29 November 2002 It's the People, Stupid!
27 November 2002 Who is Responsible for Forest Fires?
25 November 2002 Those Against ANWR Drilling Are Supporting Terrorists
22 November 2002 Augusta National Must Ignore NOW's Demands
20 November 2002 Media Bias - Not Just a Political Animal
19 November 2002 The Human SpeedPass/Lojack Chip
15 November 2002 Next Time Something is Stolen From You, It Could Cost You $12 Million
14 November 2002 Web Building for Dummies?

October, 2002
18 October 2002 Too Many Boys?  For Just £4000 You Can Have a Girl!
17 October 2002 Campaign Finance Reform - A Rant

September, 2002
12 September 2002 Remember, We're Republicans First

Miscellaneous, 2001
21 October 2001 The Hunting of a President(?)
30 September 2001 Why Not Lie?
23 September 2001 The Unattainable Simple Life
16 September 2001 I'm Proud to be an American
13 September 2001 A Second Day of Infamy



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