Politics
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...
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...
Read moreU.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...
Read moreObama 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...
Read moreA 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...
Read moreRon 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...
Read moreObama 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...
Read moreMore 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...
Read moreObama’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...
Read moreCFR 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...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreObama 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...
Read moreCongress 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...
Read moreThe American Conservative Will Continue Publishing
Update: Less than an hour after publishing our online story that The American Conservative would be ending its printed publication because of financial...
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