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Lisa Fabrizio

Lisa Fabrizio is a freelance writer from Stamford, Connecticut. She receives e-mail at: mailbox@lisafab.com.

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» Aborting Healthcare Reform

By Lisa Fabrizio | Published Yesterday | From Our Writers | Unrated

And so it comes down to this: President Obama wants his signature healthcare reform bill passed this week, no matter what, whether or not the American people want it, and whether or not his own party has the votes to pass it.

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» "The Gales of November"

By Lisa Fabrizio | Published 03/12/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated

Writer Lisa Fabrizio is intrigued by the world of sports--and politics. She proves her fascination with politics today by waxing poetic over the forthcoming November election.

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» The Perils of Progress

By Lisa Fabrizio | Published 03/3/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated

Make no mistake about it: government expansion is the goal of liberals, or progressives as they now label themselves. That is surely what they are, because they see the growth of federal power as progress, whereas conservatives feel exactly the opposite. In his essay, "The Rights of Man," Thomas Paine wonderfully summed up this difference when he warned that governments in a continuous quest for progress are the most dangerous.

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» Who Are These Americans?

By Lisa Fabrizio | Published 01/28/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated

History has struggled to identify these voters for decades, ever since the left started making bold yet covert moves to draw our country into the socialist web woven by FDR and fomented by the radical 1960s. Nixon called them ''the silent majority,'' but after the failed presidency of Jimmy Carter, they were dubbed ''Reagan Democrats.''

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» Are Some More Equal Than Others?

By Lisa Fabrizio | Published 01/22/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated

Equally horrifying would have been the extent to which huge chunks of political payoffs have been doled out to these special interests, as most recently evidenced by the healthcare reform debacle.

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» Tinseltown Nostalgia and the Films of Frank Capra

By Lisa Fabrizio | Published 01/11/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated

Many broadcasters, like Turner Classic Movies, featured the films of Frank Capra this season--particularly his Christmas saga, "It's a Wonderful Life." Capra, a naturalized American citizen who fought in two wars for his adopted country, was famous for his optimism and his emphasis on the value of the individual versus that of powerful interests.

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» Ten Years in the Life of a Nation

By Lisa Fabrizio | Published 01/2/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated

And so the new decade begins much like the last one: with the death of a dozen or so American servicemen--this time on our own soil--in the war between Islamic fundamentalism and western civilization--a war that our current president doesn’t seem to have the stomach even to acknowledge, much less fight. Welcome to 2010.

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» 'Twas the Night Before Christmas--2009

By Lisa Fabrizio | Published 12/25/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated

In addition to being a fine commentator on politics and sports, writer Lisa Fabrizio has a special talent for parody, as shown by what she has done with this famous Christmas poem.

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» Nuptial Disagreements

By Lisa Fabrizio | Published 12/17/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated

The latest allegations by numerous women involved in the Tiger Woods flap took many folks by surprise, including me. I bought into his external show of gentlemanliness and thought that he might be one of the few celebrities of his generation who were exempt from our poisonous modern culture which prescribes self-gratification and sex on demand as the way to live life to its fullest.

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» "Yes, Virginia"

By Lisa Fabrizio | Published 12/11/2009 | From Our Writers | Unrated

As we talk about the ‘'war on Christmas,'' which we are coerced to do every year, we generally focus on the efforts of the ACLU and its ilk to continue its assaults on the symbols of the holiday. From coast to coast, lawyers are lining up to snatch away the visions of sugarplums that might otherwise dance in the heads of American children.

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