Politics
President Obama to Accept Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama is set to accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on December 10 in Oslo, Norway. This will be less than...
A Look at Continental Congress 2009
During the final quarter of the 18th century, as tensions grew between England and her colonies here in America, the legislatures of 12...
Read moreNo Deadline for U.S. Exit From Afghanistan
Obama administration officials on December 6 made it perfectly clear that American military forces will remain in Afghanistan for a long time, playing...
Read moreCopenhagen Summit Opens Amid Climategate Fallout
As the summit on global warming opens in frigid Copenhagen, climate alarmists at the United Nations and within various national governments — along...
Read moreGovernment Funding for Nonexistent Jobs
John Stossel recently reported on the failure of federally subsidized job-training programs in Minnesota. Using federal stimulus dollars, the Summit Academy stated that...
Read moreSarbanes-Oxley and the Separation of Powers
On Monday, December 7, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments concerning Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). ...
Read moreObama’s Afghan Troop Surge for 100 al-Qaeda
President Barack Obama’s December 1 speech at West Point was meant to justify sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan at a cost...
Read moreLibrarians Unite Against Patriot Act Provisions
Librarians are virtually united in opposing the renewal of the Patriot Act provisions that are set to expire this December 31, 2009. Thirty-two...
Read moreMarine Commander To President: Give Me More Afghanis, Not More Marines
The commanding general of the Marine Corps in southern Afghanistan has a message for President Obama: We need more troops on the ground,...
Read moreFBI Failed to Forward Hasan’s E-mails to Awlaki
Major Nidal Hasan, the army psychiatrist accused of murdering 13 and attempting to murder 32 others during a November 5 shooting spree at...
Read moreTea Party Movement Moving the GOP Too Far Right?
The GOP will be torn apart and rendered powerless by its conservative wing. This is the prediction made by Tim Kaine, the Democratic...
Read moreEminent Domain Battles Continue: Fee Simple Is Not So Simple
The Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York, has ruled against Columbia University's plans to use eminent domain to...
Read moreFed Chief Bernanke Faces Strong Criticism
Ben Bernanke appeared on December 3 before the Senate Banking Committee as part of the confirmation proceedings needed to approve a second four-year...
Read moreObama Afghan Strategy Taken from Bush’s Playbook
Before he had finished invoking the blessings of God upon the nation he was elected to lead, researchers and pundits had evaluated every...
Read moreMore Americans Think U.S. Should “Mind its Own Business”
A poll released on December 3 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press revealed that 49 percent of Americans believe...
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