Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is On the Move
The compass, perhaps the oldest navigational tool of man, does not point to the geographic north pole with its needle. Instead, it indicates the magnetic north pole — which,...
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Massachusetts State Legislature Takes Pay Cut
Thirteen years ago Massachusetts enacted a constitutional provision which required an adjustment in the pay of state legislators and other elected state officials based upon the rise, or fall,...
Is Michelle Bachmann the “Real Deal”?
Is Michelle Bachmann running for president? Considering…. yes, her office confirmed on January 5th, she was considering a run. If so, then the Congresswoman brings something different from most...
Pope Benedict Sees God in Big Bang
Has science disproved God? Pope Benedict XVI has countered emphatically to the contrary. According to Fox News, the Pope declared on January 6 that Christians should reject the idea...
The Human Cost of Politically Correct Justice
Justice, like every other part of ordered liberty in our Constitution, must be dispassionate and free from politics. Sadly, the politicization of everything is demanded by Marxism. “Science” becomes...
Will the Ninth Circuit Demand San Diego Change Its Name Too?
The Mount Soledad Cross was dedicated at a San Diego park on Easter Sunday in 1954 to honor veterans of the Korean War. Atheist Phillip Paulson, along with a...
Gov. Jerry Brown: Last Straw for California
California is blessed with one of the best climates on earth, enough to cause millions to flock to the state simply for the ocean and coastlines, the mountains, and...
Belgian Govt Crisis
"Bigger is better in government" — that is the mantra of collectivists. History books they write warn of the danger of nations dividing into several smaller countries. So, if...
Federal Judge Stops NYC From Requiring Grisly Pictures Where Tobacco Sold
Federal Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan has held that the New York City Health Department cannot adopt a rule which would require that gruesome...
Was Last Year “Liberalism’s Waterloo”?
CBS News writer E. J. Dionne has asked if 2010 was "Liberalism's Waterloo." First, let's consider the term. What exactly is “liberalism”? Our Founding Fathers would have considered the...
Iraq: As American Troops Leave, Persecuted Christians Flee
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the head of the Iraqi government, has said that no American troops should remain in Iraq at the end of 2011. “The last American soldier...
ATF Considers Gun-sale Notification for Southern Border States
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (still known as ATF) is considering a pilot program that would require gun dealers in the borders states of Texas, New...
Iran’s Dreary Power Struggles Continue
The First Vice President of Iran, Mohammed Reza Rahimi, one of the closest political allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, faces charges of corruption in Iran. The story, which follows...
100th Birthday of the Karl Marx of Arab Socialism
Though the majority of Americans have never heard of him, one hundred years ago a key figure in Islamic socialism was born in Damascus — most scholars believe a...
Reapportionment and Redistricting Favor Republicans
The Founding Fathers provided in the Constitution for a count each 10 years of the number of people in our country. Citizens of the United States are free to...
Portugal Rating Downgrade Follows on Heels of Greece Bond Downgrade
Several weeks ago, Greece was on the point of collapse and the European Union needed to bail out the government. In November, Ireland, once the economic dynamo known as...
Assessing the Impact of Reapportionment and Redistricting
The census data, along with the Republican gains in state legislatures and governorships, means that Democrats face a grim decade in House elections. Regions and states which historically have...
Replacing National Currencies With Euros Promotes European Mistrust
Citizens of nations that once were wholly independent and who now are part of the nebulous “European Union” pine for times lost. Bernd Niesel, a 67-year-old retired serviceman in...
They Still Hate Senator McCarthy
The Southern Poverty Legal Center, which might be interested in innocent Americans enduring state-sponsored sexual harassment in airports or the coercion on college campuses faced by Christian students, has...
Washington Suburbs Surviving Recession
America is in the throes of economic hardship. Certain regions of the country, the once thriving Great Lakes Region, the greatest industrial area in the world, and energy-producing states,...