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Towery: When the Messenger Gets Shot, Others Are Sure to Follow

In the world of White House politics and the politics of handling the White House press corps, the president's press secretary is the most visible target and often the first to fall when the media turns on an administration. And it appears that press ...

Towery: Americans support death penalty for bomber

An ABC News-Washington Post survey shows that well over 70 percent of Americans want the surviving accused bomber of the Boston Marathon to be executed if found guilty in a court of law. Executed, as in the vicious manner in which he and his brother ...

Redistribution of Wealth Poll Not to Be Taken Lightly

A Gallup poll released this week shows that almost 60 percent of adults in America believe that wealth is distributed unfairly, with over 50 percent saying that "the rich" should be taxed heavily to accomplish a fair distribution of resources. This n ...

Bank Job Cuts, Wall Street Bonuses and Fed Policy

The Wall Street Journal of Feb. 27 tells the story in its own headlines. On page C1, the story was, "JPMorgan Pulls Belt Tight," while on C3 the headline read, "Wall Street's Bonus Pool Hits $20 Billion." If that doesn't describe this crazy false rec ...

Towery: Bring on the Sequester

Of course, just like the "fiscal cliff" we never jumped off of, the nation will likely never see the so-called "sequester" or "automatic sequential budget cuts" that were agreed to by President Obama and Congress in the fall of 2011 come to fruition ...

Towery: The GOP Shouldn't Throw the Baby out With the Bathwater

For most in the political commentary business, labels come and go. I've read reactions to columns throwing about labels like "RINO" (Republican in Name Only) and "Establishment," coupled with others using terms like "radical," "ultraconservative" and ...

Towery: GOP Leaders May Finally Be Catching On

Speaker John Boehner finally declared this week that President Obama's goal over the next few years is to "annihilate" the GOP. Wow, he finally figured that out. And to reporters about his ticket's defeat in November, Rep. Paul Ryan stated that there ...

Towery: Universal Background Checks and Physician Reporting

For years now, we've heard from all types, ranging from the "over-informed" to the just plain ignorant, claiming that under President Obama the nation isn't just moving towards "socialism," but rather in a direction in which liberty truly disappears ...

Towery: Farewell, Mr. Boortz

For my money, the single most talented voice in the modern history of talk radio is retiring later this month. Not "one of" the most talented -- the most talented. Neal Boortz began his career in radio while in college at Texas A&M, but his long ...

Towery: Get Rid of the Republican Establishment, Once and for All

Here's a New Year's wish I would love to see come true. However it is defined or however many people are part of it, it is time to send the giant never-ending "GOP Establishment" made up of some professional politicians, some moneyed nouveaux riche w ...


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