Politics
Some Republicans Defend NPR Funding
National Public Radio (NPR) is one of America's most reviled institutions among conservatives. The taxpayer-funded federal agency, which broadcasts in every state, is...
“Lysenkoism” at OSU?
In the annals of politicized science, Trofim Lysenko provides a supreme example of ignorance and ignominy wedded to power. Lysenko was a two-bit...
Read moreAudio Tape: Soros Funded NPR Before Last Year
James O'Keefe and his Project Veritas released yet another audio recording of a conversation with an executive for National Public Radio, this one...
Read moreOn Libya, It’s the Beltway Interventionists vs. Ron Paul and the Founders
The United States seems to be inching ever closer to intervening in the conflict in Libya despite the obvious dangers of doing so....
Read moreMcConnell Amendment Seeks to Defang the EPA
The Senate is considering passage of Senate Amendment 183 to S 493, an amendment sponsored by Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The...
Read moreSharron Angle Announces House Bid for 2012
A mere four months after GOP contender Sharron Angle was defeated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Angle has announced that she will...
Read moreAmericans’ Faith in Government Plummets
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll shows that Americans' confidence in their government has plummeted in the last decade. In August 1974, around...
Read moreHouse Votes To Defund NPR
Today, the House of Representatives voted 228-192 in favor of stripping federal funding from National Public Radio (NPR). The vote on the bill,...
Read moreBills in Indiana General Assembly Aim at Ending Illegal Immigration
Legislators in the Hoosier State have jumped on board the pro-legal immigration bandwagon in a big way. By a vote of 31-18, the...
Read moreMichele Bachmann Makes the Gaffe Heard ‘Round the Blogosphere
During a speech she gave at an event organized by the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, Representative Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) declared: "You're...
Read moreTenn. Union Legislation Provokes Union Protesters and Arrests
After union protests in Nashville, Tennessee disrupted a state Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, state troopers forcibly removed seven union protesters from...
Read moreSEC Investigating Fannie and Freddie
Richard Syron, former chief executive of Freddie Mac, may be facing civil action by the Securities Exchange Commission, as the agency is investigating...
Read moreArizona Seeks Friends to Fight Feds
Legislators in Arizona are reaching out to other state governments in the region to form partnerships against the federal government and its ever-expanding...
Read morePlanned Parenthood Republicans: A Decades-Long History
Trends within politics rarely occur in a vacuum. Instead, they develop within a broader ideological and historical context, which accounts for individual elected...
Read moreConstitutional Convention: 10-Point Refutation
In order to buttress its call for an Article V convention, the Center for Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute has published a...
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