Pentagon Report Verified Detainee Torture
The picture that emerges from 51 pages of recently declassified documents about detention at Guantanamo is one of persistent torture approved directly by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, combined...
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Obama Needs to Learn “Opportunity Cost”
President Barack Obama was recently called upon to defend his track record of predictions made while selling his “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” (ARRA) “stimulus” package. ...
Free Bernie Madoff? That’s a Little Too Much
The Ludwig von Mises Institute’s Jeffrey Tucker recently published a column entitled "Free Bernie Madoff," in which he makes the case for freeing the $67 billion swindler. ...
Was Swine Flu Outbreak Caused by Lab Leak?
The current H1N1 influenza A (i.e., “swine flu”) outbreak around the world was likely an after-effect of a government laboratory leaking a virus in 1977, according to a news...
Guantanamo Defense Lawyers Point to “Black Site” Torture
Defense lawyers for a former Guantanamo Bay detainee have won a partial victory in opening up the torture at secret CIA prisons around the world during the Bush administration....
FBI: Saddam Hussein Was More Afraid of Iran Than U.S.
Saddam Hussein faked holding weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in fear of militant Shiite Iran, recently declassified conversations between FBI agent George L. Piro and former the Iraqi dictator...
JBS Brings Optimism to Fox’s “Freedom Watch”
John Birch Society President John F. McManus brought a level of optimism to the freedom fight when he told the Fox News Network’s Senior Judicial Analyst Andrew Napolitano July...
473,000 Jobs Lost in June
The ADP National Employment Report estimated that the national economy shed some 473,000 jobs in June, which may be enough to bring the national unemployment rate to the 10-percent...
Franken Gives Democrats Filibuster-Proof Vote
It’s not funny, but former Saturday Night Live comedian Al Franken is officially the new senator from Minnesota. Franken was recently declared the winner in the long-contested Senate race...
Obama Under-reports Interest on National Debt
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) informed Rep. Paul Ryan, ranking Republican member of the House Budget Committee, that President Obama’s budget under-reported (and the CBO itself) the national debt...
Obama Will Soon Propose Indefinite Detention Without Trial
The leftist Brookings Institution has put forth an indefinite-detention-without-trial legislation proposal that National Public Radio says the Obama is considering issuing in executive order form. ...
Crime and No Punishment in Massachusetts
I wasn’t surprised to see one of my local newspapers, the Brockton Enterprise, publish a story about a 36-year-old career criminal being arraigned on his 143rd charge in court...
Obama’s Broken No Tax Increase Pledge
Since he was asking about things that had already happened back in February, George Stephanopoulos might as well have asked White House adviser David Axelrod on This Week if...
“Cap and trade” Tax Fight Expected in Senate
"Today's razor-thin vote in the House spells doom in the Senate," Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) predicted to the Associated Press of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (...
“Cap-And-Trade” Tax Bill Narrowly Passes House
“Cap-And-Trade” global-warming legislation that would — by President Barack Obama's own admission — “skyrocket” electricity rates as well as raise taxes on consumers narrowly passed the House of Representatives...