George Washington’s First Final Farewell
A generation after George Washington’s Christmastime farewell to his troops and to the Congress who commissioned him in 1775, Clement Clarke Moore penned...
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Private Space Flight Nearing Launch
As NASA’s manned space efforts falter in the face of the looming conclusion of the shuttle program and by a finding of the...
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Stimulus Funds Support Odd Projects
CBS News reported on December 9 that Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have determined that at least 15 percent of...
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Amtrak, Guns, and Sausage
When congressional negotiators agreed to a final version of a transportation bill, it included an amendment to allow Amtrak passengers to take their...
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Buck Knives Bucks Trends
“The Buck knife saved my leg and maybe my life at least once when I carelessly caught a pant leg in the anchor...
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Ron Paul Calls for Competition in Money
Many years ago, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. famously stated, “Competition is a sin.” He preferred a monopoly, the very antithesis of economic freedom,...
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Obama Administration Announces Stalinist Environmental Tactics
The Obama Administration plans to bypass Congress to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. According to Fox News, a top White House economic official warned...
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Contractor Posted TSA Secrets Online
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stated on December 9 that her department is investigating how a version of the Transportation Security...
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Real ID Deadline May Strand Holiday Travelers
During last year’s presidential campaign, then-candidate Barrack Obama made a now-famous gaffe when he referred to his having visited 57 states during the...
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Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, adopting a self-effacing attitude during his acceptance speech as...
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Bernanke Claims Economy Is Recovering
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Economic Club of Washington that the economy is recovering, even as it confronts “formidable headwinds.” ...
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UN Claims 2009 Tops Temperature Charts
The United Nations says the past decade is the warmest on record, making the announcement at its Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on...
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What Consensus? Public, Scientists Doubt Climate Crisis
According to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the "Climategate" e-mails leaked from a British university have done nothing to undermine the United Nations' view...
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FBI Orders Review About Fort Hood Shooting
FBI Director Robert Mueller on December 8 ordered an independent review of the agency’s handling of information pertaining to the military psychiatrist charged...
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Lord Monckton, the Copenhagen Treaty, and the Constitution
In an October 14 speech to the Minnesota Free Market Institute in St. Paul, Lord Christopher Monckton, former science adviser to British Prime...
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