Top-level Torture
A hidden bomb will detonate in an hour, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands. You have the bomber in your power. Do you torture him to discover the device’s location?...
California Supreme Court Overturns Same-sex Marriage Ban
On May 15, in a 4-3 ruling, the California Supreme Court struck down two state laws limiting marriage to unions between a man and a woman, claiming that the state constitution...
Obama’s Bill Would Commit the United States to UN Poverty Goals
Thanks to the alternative news media, many conservatives are familiar by now with some aspects of Senator Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) Global Poverty Act of 2007 (S. 2433). Although this bill should...
Learning a Lesson From the EU
Americans can’t be warned too often that the path toward cancellation of sovereignty for Europe’s 27 nations is the same route being carved out here. Europeans are discovering that they have...
Hitler and Christianity
Long ago, during the darkest chapter of the 20th century, a movie was released entitled Hitler’s Children. While the film is virtually forgotten, I cannot forget a certain scene involving some...
Climate-change Bill Would Devastate Families and Industries
Undeterred by record cold temperatures worldwide for the winter of 2007-2008 and recent admissions by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization that global temperatures have been in decline for the past decade...
Iran Drops the Dollar, Begins Selling Its Oil in Euros
On the last day of April, according to a CNN report, Iran’s government confirmed that it has begun selling its oil in euros and in yen, something it has long threatened...
Revolutionary Ideas: A Review of Ron Paul’s New Book
The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul, New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2008, 173 pages, hardcover. Click here to purchase! ...
A Growing Number of Scientists Are Reconsidering Climate Change
The past couple of years have seen many prominent scientists, including former leading global-warming alarmists, converting to the climate “skeptic” or “realist” camp. However, most Americans are unaware of these defections,...
No Compromise Against Gun Control: Aaron Zelman Interviewed
Interview of Aaron Zelman by John F. McManus Aaron Zelman is executive director of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, a pro-Second Amendment group based in Milwaukee. ...
Arizona Legislature on Verge of Nixing Real ID Program
On March 19 the Arizona state House passed a bill (HB2677) that would prohibit the state from putting Real ID into effect without the legislature’s approval by a vote of 51...
Did McCain Really Say the Iraq War Is About Oil?
Has the United States gone to war in the Middle East for oil? That allegation has generally emanated from opponents of our military interventions in the Middle East, and it has...
Administration Pushes Dangerous Law of the Sea Treaty
President Bush startled conservatives in his own party in 2005 with his support for U.S. ratification of the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). The Republican rank-and-file has adamantly...
The DNA Train Has Left the Station
The passage of two recent bills — by both the Senate and the House, and the signing of those bills into law by the president — provides an object lesson in...
Constitution Party Chooses Baldwin
At its April 24-27 national convention in Kansas City, the Constitution Party nominated Florida pastor/political activist Charles O. “Chuck” Baldwin as its candidate for president of the United States. Baldwin received...