About: Denise Behreandt
Posts by Denise Behreandt
Voter Outrage Against Mortgage Bailout
Anger is on the rise all across the country concerning the proposed government bailout of the mortgage industry. The $700 billion dollar price...
Henry Paulson to Become Overseer of U.S. Economy?
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is on the verge of becoming the most influential man to hold that post since Alexander Hamilton, and the...
Allow Intelligence!
Traditionally minded Americans don’t often cheer Hollywood products. We gladly report an exception: Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (rated PG). ...
A Climate of Repression: Interview of Czech Republic President Klaus
On March 2-4, more than 100 scientists, many of considerable renown, attended a conference in New York, sponsored by the Heartland Institute, called...
Partners Across the Pond
Approximately 50 persons gathered in a plush conference room at the State Department on March 10. They were there for a meeting of...
The Story of the Pueblo
Several years ago, my youngest son and I were watching a program on the History Channel when the program’s narrator mentioned the capture...
Has Bush Gone Green?
When President George W. Bush announced a new greenhouse gas reduction goal in his April 16 Rose Garden speech on climate change, environmentalists...
Ongoing Conflict in Tibet
On April 18, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi — who is in Japan as an advance...
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Report Psychological Problems
A Rand Corporation report indicates that 18.5 percent of current and former U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans recently surveyed reported symptoms of depression...
Pope Benedict XVI’s Comments Give Pause
On April 20, Pope Benedict XVI, the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.1 billion Catholics, concluded a six-day visit to the United States,...
Global Food Prices on the Rise
The recent precipitous climb in global food prices is nothing less than “mass murder,” according to UN food envoy Jean Ziegler. In a...
Main Concern Doesn’t Sway Voters
As part of the pulse-taking of the electorate to see what makes Americans’ hearts beat faster as the United States heads toward another...
Transatlantic Two-Step
A few quick showers moved through the Washington, D.C., area on the morning of April 30, 2007, but they wouldn’t stay long. By...
Congress Reverses Posse Comitatus Act Changes
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 4986), which Congress passed on January 22 and President Bush signed into law...
SPP Moves Forward Under Different Name
The leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico met in New Orleans on April 21-22 for the fourth round of annual talks...