Bicenntenial of Luddite Lawlessness
Is technology and industry good or bad? There is no moral answer to the question. Certainly there are happy men and women who worked in old trades exchanging the...
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Arizona Bill to Allow Firearms in Public Buildings Advances
On March 6, by a vote of 37 to 21, the Arizona House of Representatives passed HB 2729, a bill sponsored by Arizona State Representative David Gowan (left) of...
Mitt brennender Sorge: 75th Anniversary of Encyclical Criticizing Nazism
Christianity has proven time and again to be the most resilient force against totalitarianism. This is as true in China today as it was during the days of Stalinist...
The 150th Anniversary of American Ironclads Colliding
The American Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in our nation’s history, made all the more tragic by the fact that, with more willingness by both sides to negotiate...
Rising Oil Prices Threaten to Make European Recession Worse
The economic engine of Europe was constructed around the efficient use of the most economical energy available. The Middle Ages produced the first true “industrial revolution” when water and...
NOW Says Clergymen Want Police Power on Birth Control
President Terry O’Neil (left) of the National Organization of Women announced on March 1: “The bishops have not been able to convince Catholic women to not take birth control. We know this...
No Speeding Ticket for Councilwoman Driving 105 mph
Prince George’s County in Maryland has been a dangerous place for drivers and pedestrians. In 2005, for example, the county saw a 100-percent increase in pedestrian fatalities and a...
40 Years After the Infamous Shanghai Communiqué
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the infamous Shanghai Communiqué, the joint diplomatic agreement between the United States and the People's Republic of China issued during President Richard Nixon's...
Will Cuba Join OAS?
The Organization of American States (OAS) calls itself the “world’s oldest regional organization, dating back to the First International Conference of American States, held in Washington, D.C., from October 1889 to...
British Discover Raising Tax Rates Lowers Revenue
The British government has tried to raise tax revenues by raising tax rates on the highest income Britons. The January 2012 self-assessed tax returns were anticipated to provide more...
Activist Climate Scientist Admits Stealing Documents from Heartland Institute
Peter Gleick (left), environmental activist and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, admitted Monday that he had posed as someone else in order...
Environmentalists’ Dilemma: “Green” Wind Farms Threaten Endangered Species
One dilemma faced by environmentalists pushing the use of wind farms to generate electricity is that the machines are actually a deadly environmental hazard — to birds. For instance,...
Dresden, Hiroshima, and Soviet Machinations
The anniversary of the Allied bombing of Dresden on February 13 and 14, 1945 has become an increasingly contentious memory for thousands of Germans. Historians have debated the military...
Congress Considers Federal Regulation of Mass Transit
In the aftermath of the Washington Metro's deadliest crash over two years ago, Congress is considering federal regulation to make mass transit systems safer nationwide. According to the Washington...
Syrian Christians Fear Genocide if al-Assad Falls to Muslim Extremists
Catholic bishops are warning that if the Bashar al-Assad (left) regime in Syria falls to Islamists, there may well be a mass genocide of Christians, such as seen in Iraq...