Will the U.S. Be Able to Pay its Debts?
An Associated Press writer says “the crushing weight of its debt threatens to overwhelm everything the federal government does,” even under the best-case scenario. This theme of unsustainable debts...
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Cellphones, Big Brother, & Fourth Amendment
The Obama Justice Department is appealing a lower court decision that requires it to provide “probable cause” before it can track cellphone users. The DOJ wants instead to operate...
Toyota Under Fire
The unrelenting attacks on Toyota are a metaphor for similar attacks on the free-market economy by its detractors. ...
China Reacts to U.S. Arms Sale to Taiwan
Last month’s decision by the United States to sell $6.4 billion worth of arms and military supplies to Taiwan “will not affect steadily improving ties between Taipei and Beijing,”...
Geithner: No Double Dip
When he appeared on ABC News's This Week on February 7, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was quizzed about the risk of the United States losing its triple-A credit...
Yemen: Intervention, Nation-building, and the Constitution
When Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) vented his frustration at further involvement by the United States in foreign countries despite constitutional limitations against such involvement, he declared: “Stay out of...
Latest on the Economy: Heading Up, or Head Fake?
When the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that “the output of goods and services…increased at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009,” the usual...
A Closer Look at the GOP Litmus Test
Now that the GOP has all but shelved the litmus test for candidates to receive money and support for their mid-term election campaigns, a closer look at that “test”...
Bernanke’s Kudos, Criticisms Miss the Point
A preliminary vote today for Ben Bernanke’s reappointment to a second four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve is expected to clear the way for a final favorable...
What Part of “No” Doesn’t He Understand?
According to ABC News, President Obama will be changing the “tone” of his upcoming State of the Union address Wednesday evening. This change allegedly reflects the impact the Brown...
Sarah Palin, Enigma
When Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced her support for three prominent Republicans, her Facebook statement entitled “Ride the Tide with Commonsense Candidates” resounded with laudibles such as supporting...
Lessons from Massachusetts
Yesterday the New York Times concluded that Scott Brown’s victory over Martha Coakley for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat resulted from Democrat complacency, Republican tentativeness, and Tea Party activism. Based...
U.S. Debt Level Unsustainable, Report Says
“The debt level of the United States is unsustainable, something has to give,” said the co-author of a new joint report released last week by the National Research Council...
Democrat Options in Massachusetts Senate Race: Delay, Dither, and Litigate
With polls predicting a clear win by Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special election for the Senate seat vacated as a result of Senator Ted Kennedy’s death last summer,...
Turning Republicans into Teapublicans
Tea Party activists are trying to take over the Republican Party from the ground up, according to the New York Times. ...