Politics
SEC Fines GE Over “Oil for Food Program” Corruption
For years, conservatives and constitutionalists have called for the United States to withdraw from the United Nations for a variety of reasons, specifically...
Obama Cozies Up To Islam … Again
President Barack Obama's recent remarks about Ramadan and the Ground Zero Mosque called Cordoba House have left observers wondering whether the president even...
Read moreCongressional Ethics an Oxymoron?
USA Today seems surprised at the number of ethics cases making headlines recently, referring to the trials being faced by Representatives Charles Rangel...
Read moreObama’s Multigenerational Shadow War
“If George W. Bush is remembered by getting America stuck in Afghanistan and Iraq, it’s looking like Obama wants to be remembered as...
Read moreReality of Social Securitys Bankruptcy Sinking In
A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll finds that “pessimism over Social Security is at an all-time high as six in ten Americans who...
Read moreSmile! You’re on Red-light Camera
The cornerstone of American jurisprudence is that the accused is innocent until proven guilty. If your car is caught going through a red...
Read moreIs the Constitution on Life Support?
Mark Twain, upon hearing that his obituary had been erroneously published, told a reporter, “Reports of my death are exaggerated.” Lately, there has...
Read more$600 million Bill Potentially Tightens Border Security
In an effort to appease states infuriated over the lack of federal assistance in the area of illegal immigration, President Obama signed a...
Read moreSharron Angle: Get U.S. out of United Nations
On August 13, local CBS affiliate 8 News Now asked Nevada Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle if she still supported an earlier-stated...
Read moreRangel and the Ways and Means to Power
Charles Rangel, a longtime liberal Democrat from a northern industrial state (New York), a congressman who chairs the immensely powerful House Ways and...
Read moreConflict of Interest in NLRB Recess Appointee
The National Right to Work Foundation has aggressively pursued recusal motions against Craig Becker, a recess appointment by President Obama to the National...
Read moreIraqi General Wants U.S. Troops to Stay Until 2020
Two British newspapers, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian, quoted in their August 12 editions statements made by Iraqi Lieutenant General Babakir Zebari, who...
Read moreControversy Over Ground Zero Mosque
Despite the millions of square feet available for rent (and countless buildings for sale) in New York City, New York Muslims have chosen...
Read moreDan Rostenkowski, R.I.P.
Famous for once saying that in Chicago, politics is “a blood sport,” former U.S. Representative Dan Rostenkowski, 82, passed away on August 11...
Read moreMilitary Building Case to Delay Afghan Troop Pullout
The New York Times reported on August 11 that U.S. military officials are building a case to reduce the planned withdrawal of some...
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