UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on Small Arms: Gun Grab Gradualism
The United Nations is polishing up a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) this month in a New York convention that would create a global registry of private ownership of...
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Ron Paul Forces in Nebraska Fail to Clinch Speaking Slot for Paul in Tampa
Ron Paul forces failed to secure a plurality of delegates at the state Republican convention in Nebraska, a state that could have guaranteed that Paul be entered into nomination...
Andy Griffith, R.I.P.
Actor and comedian Andy Griffith died of a heart attack July 3 at age 86. The actor was best known for portraying small-town sheriff Andy Taylor in The Andy...
Wisconsin Is Only the Beginning
The recent public-employee union controversy in Wisconsin is part of a global phenomenon, and every U.S. government unit will face the same crisis. Governor Walker stood up to the teachers'...
Accused Wiki-Leaker Bradley Manning Wins Discovery in Court Case
The attorney for accused document leaker former U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning won a pretrial motion for full discovery of exculpatory evidence in military court June 25, according to various news...
Jimmy Carter Condemns U.S. Human Rights Violations Citing UN, Not Bill of Rights
“The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights,” former President Jimmy Carter charged in a June 24 op-ed in the New York Times,...
Citizens United Is Breaking Up Corporate Dominance of Elections
With the 2012 political season heating up, many people are calling for a ban on the SuperPacs created in the wake of the 2010 Supreme Court Citizens United decision....
Romney’s Weekend With Establishment Bush-era Warmongers
Presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney recycled establishment Bush-era foreign policy neoconservative apparatchiks June 23-24 in a weekend retreat at the Chateaux at Silver Lake in Park City, Utah, where Romney...
Citizens United Reaffirmed, 5-4, as Supreme Court Strikes Down Montana Law
The U.S. Supreme Court definitively reaffirmed its 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision in a 5-4 ruling that struck down a Montana state law banning independent expenditures on behalf...
CFR Tells America: Don’t Worry About Domestic Drones
Many Americans are justifiably anxious about drone use by the federal government against the American people, but the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations says that concerns about our...
House Oversight Committee Votes Contempt Charges Against Atty. Gen. Holder (23-17)
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted along partisan lines to bring contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder June 20 by a vote of 23-17 over the...
Virgil Goode: Constitution Party Candidate for President
While all of the mainstream press focuses upon the phony horse-race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for president, many Americans may be surprised to find that they will...
Ron Paul Wins Iowa Delegate Majority
Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul emerged from the Iowa state convention with a clear majority of the delegates being sent by the state to the GOP national convention in...
Lessons from the Greek Crisis
As the Greek economy descends into political and economic chaos, it's only natural for Americans to wonder how the United States can avoid such a catastrophe. Greece is descending...
Louisiana GOP Convention Splits; Ron Paul Wins Majority Convention
A Ron Paul supporter was arrested and emerged with broken fingers and another was reportedly given a dislocated hip after a June 2 Louisiana Republican convention split into two separate groups. According to Hamdan...