Obama’s Bully Pulpit Permits Few Questions
President Obama is ubiquitous in public life. Newsweek has even asked our chief executive to write an article on Haiti, in light of...
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UN Cuts Back on Fraud Investigations
The United Nations, which has faced massive fraud cases in recent years, has cut back on its fraud investigations. These fraud cases typically...
Obama Ponders New Taxes on Banking
The Obama administration is considering asking Congress to impose higher taxes on banks as a way of cutting the deficit. Proposals that have...
Stimulus Funding Failed to Create Jobs
The Associated Press has conducted an economic analysis to determine the effect of the first 10 months of federal stimulus spending to build...
Ninth Circuit Panel Strikes Down Washington Voting Law
A three man panel of the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, by a two to one split vote, has determined that...
TSA Nominee Faces New Problems
Errol Southers, President Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration, faced additional confirmation problems with revelations about misuse of criminal history information....
Defense Appropriations Bill Full of Pork
The Defense appropriations bill signed by President Obama last month was filled with 1,720 different special earmarks. These earmarks seldom had anything to...
DeMint Opposes Unionized TSA
Democrats are attacking Republican Senator John DeMint (S.C.) for placing a hold on the confirmation of Erroll Southers to be head of the...
Angel Removed From Christmas Tree
At the insistence of Irv Sutley, a lifelong atheist and a 65-year-old disabled Marine, Sonoma County, California, has removed the angel from on...
Calif. Stimulus Watchdog Disappoints
When the U.S. Congress passed the massive stimulus package earlier this year, California Governor Arnold Swarzenegger created a state-level inspector general to insure...
Orwellian Technology at Homeland Security
George Orwell, in his chilling classic, 1984, described how people could commit crimes without any physical act at all. This type of offense,...
IRS Creates New Unit for Rich Americans
The IRS has announced that it will be forming a new unit to focus on the very wealthy, particularly the wealthy who have...
Follow the Constitution, Armey Urges GOP
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, one of the architects of the Republican victory in 1994, has urged his fellow Republicans to pay...
Congress Edges D.C. Toward Unofficial Statehood
The House of Representatives passed a bill on December 10 that would allow the government of the District of Columbia to use public...
Stimulus Funds Support Odd Projects
CBS News reported on December 9 that Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have determined that at least 15 percent of...