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• October 26, 2009

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  by Patrick Dorinson

  opinion

  THE COWBOY LIBERTARIAN: Why the Range War In the West Matters

  One environmental group is dedicated to the goal of ending commercial development on the vast public lands of the West -- even if it means no cattle, sheep, solar farms, wind farms, natural gas or oil development or vitally needed new transmission lines to bring electricity to the cities of America. 
  

• October 15, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

  opinion

  THE COWBOY LIBERTARIAN: Letter to a Cub Scout

  You are developing your character right now and I bet you don’t even know it. 

• September 14, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

  opinion

  THE COWBOY LIBERTARIAN: A Tale of Two Pledges

  The first pledge was written in 1892... the second, with the permission of the local PTA, for elementary schoolchildren in Salt Lake City in 2009.

• August 28, 2009

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  by Patrick Dorinson

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  THE COWBOY LIBERTARIAN: Obama the 'Post Turtle'

  The days of fancy speeches and adoring rallies are over. The American people have been aroused from their infatuation and will now be judging President Obama on the cold hard facts not his rhetorical flourishes.

• July 10, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  Range War In the West

  There is a range war in the West. Why should you care? Because wherever you live in America  sooner or later it will affect you.

• July 03, 2009

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  by Patrick Dorinson

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  July 4 -- A Day to Read, Remember and Give Thanks

  Every Fourth of July I pull out my copy of the Declaration of Independence and read it in its entirety. I do so to remind myself that while I am no blood relation to the Founding Fathers, I am, by virtue of my birth and citizenship, an heir to the legacy of democracy they bequeathed to us all.

• July 02, 2009

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  by Patrick Dorinson

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  The Decline and Fall of the All-American Male

  We need to clean up our gender and start asserting ourselves again. A successful America needs two strong genders not one holding power over the other.

• May 24, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  PATRICK DORINSON: At Graduation Time, I Think of Ann Moore, My Kind of Teacher

  Its graduation time in America and in college and high school football stadiums and gymnasiums around the country students will don caps and gowns and participate in one of the many rites of passage that will mark their lives.

• May 23, 2009

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  by Patrick Dorinson

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  Judge Judy for Supreme Court

  By Patrick Dorinson Political Commentator

  "I will seek somebody with a sharp and independent mind and a record of excellence and integrity."

  So said President Obama recently when talking about what qualities he's looking for as he searches for someone to fill Justice David Souter's shoes on the Supreme Court.

• May 15, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  Ten Political Expressions That Have Got to Go

  Politicians are no different but their lexicon is filled with things that either don't make sense or insult the intelligence of people they are trying to explain things. Many are oxymorons. Most are downright laughable.

• May 11, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  How Would Obama Be Covered If He Were a Republican?

  Every day we learn more and more about the personal life of President Obama. The mainstream media seems obsessed with giving us every little detail of his day. About the only thing they haven't covered yet are his personal grooming habits.

• April 27, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  Obama's Next 1360 Days Are More Important Than the First 100

  But before the fawning mainstream media, Chris Matthews and the Democratic Party start a campaign to decide which dead white guy to replace with Obama's visage on our coins and currency; it's time for a little "Whoa there".

• April 21, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  'Only a Buzzard Feeds on His Friends' and Ten Other Tips For Republicans From the Cowboys

  Last week I offered some Old West cowboy wisdom for President Obama after he returned from his trip to Europe and Turkey. Well, Congressional Republicans, just to keep it fair and balanced, it's your turn to take your medicine so get in line and open wide 'cause here comes the castor oil.

• April 16, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  Live From a Tea Party -- Up Close and Personal in Sacramento

  Under a bright blue California sky, close to 6,000 people have gathered on the West Front of the State Capitol and said "Enough!" I ran into an old California Highway Patrol officer I know and he said that he thought this was one of the biggest rallies we have had at the Capitol in many years.

• April 15, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  Live From a Tea Party -- The Scene In Sacramento

  Editor's note: Sent to the FOX Forum at 3 p.m. ET.

  First crowd estimate is 5,000 and they are still coming. Crowd appears to be a lot of baby boomers and seniors. Program has not yet really started.

• April 09, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  Cowboy Wisdom -- 5 Rules Obama Needs Right Now

  Welcome home, Mr. President. You sure had a long trip. I hope your cold is much better and you get a chance to rest over the Easter Weekend.

  There are folks that are a lot smarter than I am, or at least the media thinks they are, who are giving your trip a full political and policy proctologic examination.

• April 01, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  Government Motors -- Coming to a Showroom Near You

  Now that General Motors has effectively been taken over by the government and Chrysler has been given last rites, it might be helpful to see what kind of cars the government might produce.

  We only have to look at the results other government's attempts at producing cars -- the Soviet Union and their Eastern Bloc allies during the Cold War.

• March 23, 2009

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  by Patrick Dorinson

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  America Is Burning

  Unlike the wildfires we have every year here in California and throughout the West, it is not consuming acres of forest and people's homes -- unless you count the huge drop in home values. It is consuming America's trust and confidence in the very institutions that we count on to guide this nation.

• March 17, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  Politicians Kill DC Voucher Program, Dash Students' Hopes

  Most of the criticism leveled at the recent Omnibus Spending Bill was about the 8,000 pork barrel projects it contained. Oddly enough, some of the folks complaining the loudest had their snouts deepest in the trough.

• March 09, 2009

  FOXNews.com

  by Patrick Dorinson

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  Our Economic Crisis: The View From the Real America

  As the economic crisis worsens -- with seemingly with no end in sight -- I have been watching the TV coverage, listening carefully to the radio and reading all the blogs. Across all media the economic experts, pundits and wannabe political strategists tell viewers and listeners how Americans are coping with the recession.

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