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Today I bring you this excellent read by Thomas Sowell, who points out that character DOES matter.

Irrelevant Apologies by Thomas Sowell
It is amazing how seriously the media are taking Senator Barack Obama's latest statement about the latest racist rant from the pulpit of the church he has attended for 20 years. But neither that statement nor the apology for his rant by Father Michael Pfleger really matters, one way or the other. Nor does Senator Obama's belated resignation from that church.
For any politician, what matters is not his election year rhetoric, or an election year resignation from ...

Or should I say in the rear view mirror? Because no matter how fast they try to run, it's coming ... and it ain't gonna be pretty.

As the three leading candidates McCain, Obama, and Clinton continue to campaign on, promising anything and everything to everyone... there's an elephant in the room, and not only do they refuse to talk about it, nobody in the media even bothers to ask.

Meet Mr. Elephant ... his name is Social Security.

Yeah, once and awhile, a politician brings up Social Security, but mostly they just hang their hat on the mythical year 2017. This ...