Politics
American Hikers Detained In Iran Officially Identified
Officials from the autonomous Kurdish province in northern Iraq officially identified the three Americans detained by Iranian border patrol officers last week after...
U.S. Postal Service May Close Offices
According to an August 3 AP story, the U.S. Postal Service is considering closing offices and consolidating services throughout the nation. ...
Read moreTed Kennedy Receives U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Obama selected Massachusetts senior Senator Ted Kennedy to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom July 30, supposedly the highest civilian honor the...
Read moreRather Wants Obama to Save the News Business
Will a "media czar" be next? At a time when the federal government has already taken over much of the country's financial industry,...
Read moreObama, Gates, & Crowley Meet at White House “Beer Summit”
Yesterday evening at 6 p.m., President Obama held the first ever “beer summit” at the White House, which wasn’t really a “summit.” ...
Read moreObama: Natural-born Citizen Debate Rages On
On the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s birth as a state, it was another birth that clouded the celebration. The House of Representatives on...
Read moreGates and Crowley to Meet With President at “Beer Summit”
President Obama has planned tomorrow as the day he, Harvard Afro-American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge...
Read moreSenate Judiciary Committee Votes to Confirm Sotomayor
Earlier today the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13 to 6 to confirm federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court....
Read moreObama, Gates, Crowley Likely to Meet
President Obama is likely to meet at the White House with black scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and police officer Sgt. James Crowley,...
Read moreBureau Says It Will Improve Census Accuracy
USA Today reported on July 27 that the U.S. Census Bureau is taking steps to ensure the accuracy of the next census in...
Read moreU.S. Gives $200 Million to Palestinian Authority
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on July 24 that the United States has given $200 million to help the operations of the...
Read moreBush Considered Violating Posse Comitatus Law
President Bush considered ignoring the long-standing and explicit prohibition against using military forces within U.S. territory, the New York Times reported on July...
Read moreGuantanamo Teen’s Trial Delayed by Obama Administration
The Obama administration has picked up the Bush administration’s policy of denying justice to detainees rather quickly, using the tactics of delay as the...
Read moreHizb ut-Tahrir: KGB-FSB Connection?
As reported in yesterday's posting, the Islamist group, Hizb ut-Tahrir al Islami (The Islamic Liberation Party, hereafter designated by the abbreviation HT), held...
Read moreLindsey Graham Supports Sotomayor
On Wednesday, July 22, South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham offered his support for the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor,...
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