Ken Blackwell

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  Jan 19, 2016

  Sanctions Relief Will Only Aid Iran's Network of Terror

  Whatever benefits the West hopes to achieve from new investments in the Islamic Republic, they don't justify the blood that will stain our hands when we feed such a narrow and dangerous segment of the Iranian economy.

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  Jan 13, 2016

  When Political Correctness Equals Political Cowardice

  Political correctness has become one of the constants of our age. Many of the examples are more ridiculous than anything else.

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  Jan 11, 2016

  6.3 Million Gun Owners Could Lose Their Licenses in Virginia

  Voters are fickle and often don't pay much attention to races besides the top ones, like president and governor. That must be why Virginians narrowly elected Mark Herring state attorney general two years ago.

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  Dec 11, 2015

  Stop Terrorists From Killing Americans, Not Americans From Owning Guns

  Another terrorist attack, another refusal by President Barack Obama to tell the truth. Instead of admitting that Islamic terrorists had staged another murderous assault on innocent people, he turned the victims into a political prop. Instead of explaining how he intended to stop terrorists from killing Americans, he launched another campaign to stop Americans from owning guns.

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  Dec 5, 2015

  Be Compassionate But Cautious When Accepting Refugees

  Americans always have welcomed those fleeing danger and oppression abroad. Some of the earliest Americas crossed the Atlantic to escape religious persecution in Great Britain.

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  Nov 19, 2015

  Attack ISIS, but Don't Help Assad, Putin and Iran

  In leading his country in the confrontation of a unique set of challenges Winston Churchill famously said: "This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure."

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  Nov 16, 2015

  Why Most Americans Could Soon Be Insured by Only 3 Companies

  At a recent Congressional hearing, Dr. Mandy Cohen of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services explained that almost 700,000 Americans have lost their health coverage because the insurance co-ops formed under ObamaCare to foster competition couldn't compete with "big, experienced players" in the insurance marketplace.

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  Oct 23, 2015

  Stop Appeasing Iran's Ayatollahs as They Crackdown on Dissidents

  Shaqayeq Azimi is an aspiring, joyful girl of 22 with a full life ahead of her. She is also an Iranian dissident, committed to challenging the repressive theocracy that rules her home country.

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  Oct 22, 2015

  Crony Capitalism Splits House Republicans

  Advocates of crony capitalism just won't give up. Last Friday, a large block of House Republicans joined Democrats in signing a discharge petition to force revival of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) to the House floor.

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  Oct 16, 2015

  Kim Davis, Abraham Lincoln and Conscientious Objectors

  Most liberals and even some conservatives are arguing that Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis must either issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples or quit her post. Where you stand on this issue too often comes down to a case of where you stand on the question of whether same-sex nuptials are now "the law of the land" because Justice Tony Kennedy and four of his black-robed cohorts say so.