Senator Reid Flip-Flops on Debt Ceiling
The contentious debate over raising the debt ceiling continues to heat up as prominent politicians weigh in on the issue. The latest assertion comes from Senate Majority Leader Harry...
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Food Prices Paving Way for Social Unrest
As world food prices continue to approach crisis levels, and global demand continues to increase, one international organization, The World Economic Forum, warns of possible “social and political instability.” In...
EU Officials Want Larger Bailout Fund
Even as the European Union is bankrupting itself with bailouts, the EU’s top Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Wednesday that the €440 billion ($570 billion) bailout fund...
Privacy Laws at Risk for Internet Users
Telecommunications and Internet companies are increasingly finding themselves in uncomfortable positions, caught between privacy laws that protect their consumers and law enforcement efforts that necessitate privacy invasion. As Internet...
Dems Propose Banning “Threatening Symbols and Language”
It was only a matter of time before Saturday's shooting in Arizona prompted calls for gun regulations. Unfortunately, the calls go far beyond restrictions on guns. Democrats in Congress...
Will Arizona Shooting Impact Healthcare Repeal in House?
Today's scheduled healthcare repeal vote was postponed in the House of Representatives immediately following Saturday's shootings that killed six and left Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords hospitalized with critical injuries. Some...
Some Expected Loughner to Snap
The efforts of the mainstream media and those on the Left to paint the Arizona shooting as a vast right-wing conspiracy wholly ignores the 22-year old shooter’s history and...
GOP Selects Less Aggressive Immigration Chair
Though the GOP was predicted to give the position of the new chairman of the Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and other related issues to Representative Steve King...
House GOP Leaders Mount Challenge to Debt Increase
Among the top priorities for some GOP House leaders is challenging a raise of the nation’s debt ceiling. On Thursday, House Republicans told the White House that its request...
SEC Prepares to Investigate California
The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to investigate the State of California for alleged failure to disclose information on its enormous public pension fund. The Golden State will...
Gay Rights Group Petitions CNN
Further proof that freedom of speech is increasingly under attack can be found in a recent endeavor by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. GLAAD presented a petition...
House Republicans Target Obama’s Czars
Some newly elected Republicans came to the House of Representatives with a very clear agenda: to change the course of Washington politics. One measure by which they plan to...
Brits Discredit Autism/Vaccine Link Study
In 1998, a study conducted by Andrew Wakefield, a former British surgeon and researcher, and his colleagues was published in The Lancet. According to the conclusions of the study,...
Conservative and Liberal Calls for a Con-Con
Several weeks ago, a liberal organization known as the Justice Movement asked Congress to pass legislation authorizing the formation of a constitutional convention in Philadelphia on July 4, 2011....
California Bids Farewell to Incandescent Light Bulbs
On January 1, California became the first state in the country to require a new standard for screw-base bulbs, potentially eliminating 100-watt incandescent light bulbs. According to experts, the...