Guantanamo Detainees to Go to Illinois
The Obama administration announced plans on December 15 to acquire the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois, to house terrorism suspects currently being...
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Paul A. Samuelson, ‘Economics’ Textbook Author, Dies at 94
Long-renowned economist Paul Samuelson died on December 13 at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, at the age of 94. In addition to writing...
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Developing Countries Demand Cash at Copenhagen
Delegates from developing nations to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen are insulted at an EU pledge of 7.2 billion euros ($10.6...
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Third World Protest Stalls Copenhagen Talks
As the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen begins its second week of discussions and negotiations, it appears that an impasse between First...
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Poll Shows Drop in Belief in Global Warming
A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that a clear majority of the American people do not believe global warming should be...
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“Skeptic” Climate Conference Challenges UN
As global-warming alarmists met at the United Nations' COP15 Climate Summit, attempting to create the impression that the science supporting their alarmism was...
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ACLU Says Obama Is Creating “Impunity” for Torturers
“The Bush administration constructed a legal framework for torture, but the Obama administration is constructing a legal framework for impunity,” the American Civil...
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Senate Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill
The Senate on December 13 passed a mammoth omnibus spending bill variously described as costing $447 billion or $1.1 trillion, depending on whether...
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1914 and Christmas: What Might Have Been
As Americans come to dread the increasingly bromidic nature of the festive season (where, that is, they are still allowed to celebrate Christmas...
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg: “Too Many Guns”
According to the Associated Press, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg “railed against gun violence” on December 11, one day after a street...
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On the Front Lines of Global Warming Hysteria: Your Kids
When I was a wee lad in elementary school — this was back when global cooling was dogma — we kids had all...
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Democrats Seek $1.8 Trillion Debt Hike
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) stated on December 11 that the federal government must borrow at least $1.8 trillion more in...
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Congress Edges D.C. Toward Unofficial Statehood
The House of Representatives passed a bill on December 10 that would allow the government of the District of Columbia to use public...
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Jobless Claims Rise, Trade Gap Narrows
New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than analysts expected last week, while an unexpected narrowing in the trade gap in October provided...
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TSA Places Five Employees on Leave Over Breach
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has placed five employees on administrative leave pending the results of the agency’s investigation of how a confidential...
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