Hasan Proclaimed Himself “Soldier of Allah”
On Thursday, Major Nadil Malik Hasan was charged with 13 counts of murder for the killing spree last week at Ft. Hood, Texas. Hasan will be tried by a military tribunal,...
About: Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
Posts by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
Reid Reportedly Ready to Raise Taxes to Fund “Public Option”
Anxious to find a revenue source rich enough to fund the proposed government-supported healthcare behemoth, Senate Democrats are considering dipping their buckets into a familiar well — the pockets of the...
Reid: Obama Will Have Healthcare Bill by Christmas
With a new bag of political capital burning a hole in his pocket, President Obama pressed his nose against the window and wondered if that most wondrous of all gifts, Senate...
Questions Abound in the Investigation of the Ft. Hood Massacre
“What did you know and when did you know it?” was the infamously blunt question asked of President Richard Nixon regarding his involvement in the Watergate scandal. His unwillingness to answer...
Ft. Hood Gunman Suspected of Having Ties to Al-Qaeda
Suspected Ft. Hood gunman Army Major Nidal Hasan attempted to contact suspected al-Qaeda collaborators, and the Army may have known about it for months.This is the alarming story being reported today...
House Healthcare Bill: Medicare for a New Millennium
Congressman Eric Cantor of Virginia squeezes past a pillar at the back of the House Chamber and sits in an empty seat, his right hand on the left elbow of fellow...
Healthcare Bill: Pay for a Plan or Go to Jail
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is prepared to jail any American who does not buy a qualifying health insurance plan if the healthcare bill she sponsored (H.R. 3962, as amended)...
Poland Requests U.S. Military Presence
Poland’s recent appeal to Washington reads like something printed on the front pages of newspaper from 20 years ago: Poland Fears Russian Invasion – Asks U.S. for Soldiers. ...
Obamacare and the Demise of Federalism
By the time of the founding, the definition of federalism was already so firmly settled and so deeply imbedded in the American understanding of good government that James Madison, in his...
Baha’i Conference Promotes World Parliament
On October 24, the Francophone European Association for Baha’i Studies convened its annual conference in Luxembourg. Normally, the minutes of the meetings of such a niche organization would not be newsworthy....
Massachusetts Gun Storage Law Heading to State’s Highest Court
If Charleton Heston had lived in Massachusetts, then his rousing warning regarding his right to gun ownership would have read: “You can have my gun when you pry it from my...
Ayn Rand: Conservative Heroine?
In the Sunday New York Times, Adam Kirsch, senior editor at The New Republic, writes a review of a recent biography of Ayn Rand, one of American history’s most iconic figures....
The Melancholy and Vain: Barack Obama’s Hamlet Complex
In a recent interview with CBS's Early Show anchor, Harry Smith, former Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney compared President Obama’s hesitation to announce and stick to a consistent...
Obama Follows Bush Administration’s Suit Regarding Warrantless Wiretaps
In American politics there is no adage truer than "The more something changes the more it stays the same." The latest piece of evidence offered to prove this maxim is the...
DHS Extends Privacy Protection to Illegal Aliens
The Department of Homeland Security is gagging local law enforcement agencies around the country to protect the privacy of illegal aliens. This sort of heavy-handed micromanagement should come as no surprise to those...