Scientists Try to Have It Both Ways on Global-warming
It was announced June 15 that scientists are now fairly sure that around 2020, sunspot activity is going to lessen significantly. All the conditions for it are lining up so far....
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Got Meds? Not Necessarily, Say U.S. Hospitals
Over the Memorial Day weekend, while many were getting their first taste of summer — ergo, not reading the news — it was reported that U.S. hospitals were experiencing shortages of...
What’s Really in Those Teen Magazines? (Hint: Nothing Remotely Romantic)
There’s a really dirty little secret about the category of literature known as “women’s fashion magazines”: They are aimed at pre-teens, teenagers, and 20-something adults. In fact, magazines like Cosmopolitan and...
Service Versus Surveillance: Has Computer Technology Outpaced the Legal System?
First, the short version: Privacy? "Fuggedaboudit!" You can encrypt your messages, lock your laptop and password-protect your various accounts till your fingers fall off. You can purchase “gee-whiz” software packages to...
Liberal Columnist “Mugged” by Reality: Still Doesn’t “Get It”
Here?s one for late-night jokester Jay Leno?s weekly ?Headlines? segment featuring Stupid Criminals ? his favorite target. Although, he might want to consider a sister segment to his repertoire: Clueless Victims. ...
National Insecurity — Part 2: Fed’s Message to Border Agents: Back Off!
In Part 1 of this series, the symbiotic relationship between the federal government and leftist environmental groups was examined to provide a partial explanation for our leaders’ lack of commitment to...
National Insecurity — Part 1: A Culture of Federal Corruption and Collusion
The nation’s porous borders took front and center stage this week, as unconnected, but surprisingly related, news items highlighted the lack of political will at the top to stem illegal immigration...
Book Review: Now Tell Me I Was Wrong
Tom DeWeese is among the unsung heroes of the real conservative activist movement, the one that focuses on individual (as opposed to collective) liberty, free enterprise (sans the uber-regulations aimed at...
How to Concede in Politics Without Really Trying
Most adults recall the iconic musical comedy, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. It is still a mainstay of annual high-school plays, drama schools, and replays on classic-movie channels....
How Bad Laws Go National: Case Study HB 235
At this writing, a piece of state legislation in Maryland, HB 235, has passed the state House in Annapolis and is poised to be fast-tracked through the state Senate via the...
D.C. Resident Complains About Nonstop, Noisy Protests
As union leaders and “community organizers” ratchet up the noise level of assorted demonstrations and protests, using microphones, megaphones, and even drums that can be heard for blocks, some city residents...
The PBS-NPR Debate’s Unmentionable Dilemma
As House Republicans pushed to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) this month, Democrats fought back with a vengeance. Barack Obama even upped the ante a whopping...
Sex and the “Study”
In an era of trillion-dollar budgets and out-sized deficits, the U.S. government continues to finance studies that nobody needs. The latest goofball “research analysis” hit the news on Thursday, March 3,...
Education’s Implosion Abetted by Unionization of Public Employees
The State of Wisconsin is a microcosm of everything that's wrong in public education, including education policy at the federal and state levels, as well as with the unionization of public...
Normalizing the Surveillance Society
The District of Columbia, like other metropolitan areas, has been using traffic cameras to catch motorists who speed or run red lights. It has even deployed surveillance cameras in neighborhoods. Moreover,...