Cuban Wretch “Escapes” Castro’s Paradise
On Thursday, July 14, 2011, a young Cuban who tried to stow away inside the landing gear of a Spanish airliner died during the nine-hour flight from Havana to...
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British Retirees (“Pensioners”) Costing Too Much
The notion that government can keep robbing Peter to pay Paul indefinitely was always unrealistic. The creation of “entitlements” did not happen in America under FDR, as many people...
Growth Estimates for PIGS Revised Downward — Again
There is a theme to news stories about the PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain) in the last few years: Rosy projections always turn out worse than expected. So...
Australian Liquor Industry Puts Warning Labels on Bottles
The Australian liquor industry, under an ostensibly voluntary arrangement, has announced that it will carry health warnings on its bottles such as, “Drinking can harm yourself and others.” Of course,...
No Separation of Mosque and State
While the ACLU worries about whether a Christmas decoration in the public library or a moment of silent prayer in school violates the First Amendment, other non-Christian nations have...
Rhode Island Law: Some Form of ID to Vote in 2012; Photo ID in 2014
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee has signed into law a bill requiring voters to show some form of identification — such as a Social Security card or a birth...
EU Bank Raises Rates, Accepts Portugal’s Junk Bonds as Collateral
Americans know the term "stagflation"; the decline in economic activity accompanied by an artificially inflated money supply is what Europe is presently experiencing. On Thursday, European Central Bank President...
Portugal’s Government Bonds Now at “Junk” Status
Wednesday, the financial crisis which is threatening all Europe deepened, as the rates for Portuguese government debt instruments jumped higher based upon a decision by Moody’s rating service to...
Rand Paul Works to Protect State Gold Money From Taxation
Constitutionally minded members of Congress Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Representative Mike Lee of Utah have introduced federal legislation that would exempt...
Judge Blocks Boeing’s Proposed Move of Some 787 Production to S.C.
The State of Washington is a Democrat stronghold. It has been decades since Democrats have lost a senatorial or gubernatorial race. Washington is also blessed with abundant natural beauty,...
More Pro-Life Battles — and Victories
Indiana has recently passed a pro-life reform bill, which contains abortion limits and revokes funding for Planned Parenthood. Predictably, it has incurred outrage from Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, and...
UK Teachers’ Unions Plan Massive Strike Thursday Over Pension Reform
The United States is hardly the only country whose teachers who have formed unions and then threatened to hold children hostage. In the United Kingdom, the National Union of...
Environmental Extremists: The World Will End!
Those who fancy that man is God make many assumptions about human "divinity." Yet man is little closer to predicting the course of volcanoes than when Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii....
Conservatives Override Governor’s Veto to Pass N.C. Budget
Although much of the nation?s attention has lately been focused on the struggle between President Obama and Republicans on the federal budget, many of the battles against big government...
Wilders Acquitted; Free Speech Prevails in Politically-Correct Holland
Geert Wilders (left), member of the Dutch Parliament's Party of Freedom who was criminally prosecuted for speaking out about the Islamic immigration and integration problem in the Netherlands, has...