Politics
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...
747 Skims New York Skyline
Why would Louis Caldera, a member of the White House military office, okay a plan to have the 747 that's used as Air...
Read moreSpecter Defects to Democrats
Seventy-nine years old and in the Senate for five terms, Arlen Specter has decided to take the plunge and make it official: after...
Read more“Mexico as the ‘Pier,’ Arizona as the ‘Docks’”
“Mexico as the ‘pier,’ Arizona as the ‘docks’ ” — meaning that Mexico serves as the initial port of entry while Arizona supplies...
Read moreHomeland Security: Everyone’s a Threat
Feeling the heat from veterans groups, pro-life organizations, conservatives, and even Democratic members of Congress, President Barack Obama’s Secretary for Homeland Security Janet...
Read moreThe Pro-War, Pro-Torture “Conservatives”
A conservative movement led by Republican politicians whose only vision for the future includes more war and torture will never regain popular support...
Read moreAmericans Rally Nationwide to End the Fed
“End the Fed” rallies were staged across the nation in more than two dozen cities April 25. Attendees protested in front of every...
Read moreTrauma of School Strip Searches
The Supreme Court on April 21 heard arguments in a school strip-search case, Safford School District v. Redding. Savana Redding was 13 years...
Read moreThe Debate Over the Climate Bill
During the second day of four days of scheduled hearings held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 22, Obama administration...
Read moreObama Signs Sweeping National Service Bill
President Obama signed the "Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act" on April 21 with the following words: “That is, after all, the beauty...
Read moreGuns Easier to Obtain, Time Mag. Complains
Amid the hand-wringing surrounding the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado, Time magazine has now weighed in on...
Read moreTorture: Obama Equivocates, Conyers Investigates
President Barack Obama has equivocated once again about the possibilities of torture prosecutions. "For those who carried out some of these operations within...
Read moreObama: Hero or Villain in Pirate Rescue Saga?
President Barack Obama scored major political points for the successful rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from his Somali pirate captors. Media headlines hailed...
Read moreMedia Bias Against Tax Day Tea Parties
Tax day 2009 has come and gone, and with it the spate of “Tea Parties” held in hundreds of towns and cities nationwide...
Read moreIs “Efficient” Government the Answer?
President Barack Obama said in his weekly address last Saturday that we can “get our deficits under control and move from recovery to...
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