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The State of Texas County of Bexar Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Susan Renne, (Print Name) who, being by me duly sworn, upon oath, stated the following facts: My name is Susan Renne . I am over the age of eighteen years, and I am of sound mind and competent to make this affidavit. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated in this affidavit, and I do solemnly swear, or affirm, that the following facts are true: I was fifteen years old, growing up in Leawood, Kansas, when I realized I had not had...

Are Senate Democrats Pro-Choice or Pro-Coercion? by Maggie Gallagher [Pro-Life Infonet Note: Since January of 1993, Maggie Gallagher's opinion column has appeared in New York Newsday and in many other magazines and newspapers. Gallagher's first book, Enemies of Eros: How the Sexual Revolution is Killing Family, Marriage and Sex, was published by Bonus Books in 1989.] Here are the facts: Most doctors do not like to perform abortions, and most abortionists like to make money. They tend to locate clinics in lucrative urban areas, leaving rural women to travel sometimes as much as a few hours in order to get...

By John Lettice Posted: 07/19/2002 at 02:15 EST Microsoft's sales grew 10 per cent in its fourth quarter, helped by what is described as strong demand by business for Windows XP. This strong demand might under other circumstances be viewed as curious, considering businesses have battened down the hatches are are taking an extremely leery view of IT investment, but currently we have the small matter of the Licensing 6 31st July switch or die deadline. We'd have said 'strong surrender' was more appropriate. Microsoft also has this month to run before 6 kicks in, so should benefit in Q1...

Machiavelli says in "The Prince" that a people once free in an orderly society are extremely difficult to enslave, and that if they are enslaved, will never stop rebelling against their oppressors. Lost freedoms will never be forgotten. One wonders whether the same thing is true of a once proud, independent profession whose leaders have successfully enfeebled it to serve an ideology that is at cross purposes with the culture that sustains it. Matthew McGowan describes in "Coloring the News" a major change in the goals and ethics of the American mainstream media over the past few decades. Truthful and...

This one I've got personal knowledge of, so I thought I'd give everyone a heads up.Katie Hall is City Clerk of Gary, IN, and has held that office since 1987. Prior to that point, she has been an Indiana state senator, and was a US Congresswoman for a term and a half in the early 80's.In her position, Hall forced her employees to buy candy, tickets to dinners, and raise money for her political campaigns. The feds indicted Hall on 22 counts, which could net her 115 years in prison.What the story that I'm including below doesn't note is that...