Ambiguous Boundaries at Our Borders
It’s January 5, 2010 and you’re returning from Christmas vacation in Germany. While there, you read newspaper accounts of a potent and virulent strain of mad cow disease stampeding its way...
Politics
Montana Defies Feds on Guns
The state of Montana approved what commentators are dubbing a “revolutionary” new law earlier this month. The “Montana Firearms Freedom Act” is set to trigger a legal showdown between the federal...
U.S., Russia “Reset” the Convergence Agenda
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met at the White House with President Barack Obama on May 7 and also met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, before going on to meetings...
Obama Budget: Spend Big, Cut Little
The 2010 fiscal budget proposal from the White House forecasts spending $3.9 trillion during the current fiscal year, as compared to $3.0 trillion last year, and it calls for spending $3.6...
A Conspiracy to Prevent Torture Prosecutions?
Former Bush administratorturetion officials are trying to manipulate the text of Justice Department ethics report from behind the scenes, according to the May 6 Washington Post. But of more interest is...
Ron Paul’s Influence Grows
Although he officially abandoned his presidential bid last summer, Texas Congressman Ron Paul’s star continues to brighten. Once shunned by the mainstream media and marginalized by the national leadership of the...
Obama Meets With Pakistan’s Zardari and Afghanistan’s Karzai
President Barack Obama met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai on May 6, in what has been described as an attempt by the U.S. president to...
More Extremism from Obama’s DHS
The political profiling scandal at President Obama's Department of Homeland Security just keeps on growing. On Tuesday, May 5, the Washington Times reported on a newly leaked DHS document on "extremism"...
Obama’s Hunt for Supreme Court Replacement
With the impending retirement of Justice David Souter from the Supreme Court, speculation was rampant over the weekend on TV talk shows and other news outlets about who President Obama’s new...
CFR Pushes Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST)
“Senate Should Move Quickly to Join Convention on Law of the Sea,” says the heading of a May 4 press release from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). As noted here...
The FCC and “Fleeting Expletives”
The Supreme Court on April 28 upheld the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) ban on "fleeting expletives." The FCC has had a long-standing ban on the usage of "obscene, indecent, or profane"...
The Hoax That Is Hate-crime Laws
Back during Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, we became acquainted with the term “human shields.” This was the name given to innocent citizens whom the Iraqis would place in buildings that were...
Obama Pushes Anti-gun Treaty
After a meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon last month, Barack Obama announced his support for the “Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms” treaty, also known by...
Congress Passes $3.56 Trillion Budget Resolution
On April 29, Congress passed a nonbinding $3.56 trillion budget resolution for the 2010 fiscal year. The resolution (S. Con. Res. 13) first passed the House on a vote of 233-193,...
International Military Force Lands on Florida Beach
Marines and sailors from a dozen different countries stormed a beach close to Jacksonville, displaying Mexican, Colombian, and other foreign flags. The operation was part of UNITAS — Latin for unity...