Piracy May Draw U.S. Into Somali Vortex
In December 1992, just weeks before lame-duck President George Bush left office, the United States invaded Somalia to attempt to stabilize and provide humanitarian aid to the famine-wracked nation....
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Obama’s Plan for “National Service”
A key platform of Obama's campaign is an effort to increase Americans' willingness to serve the government, along with more federal funding for service programs. "I won't just ask...
Looking Beyond the Global Economic Summit
The much-ballyhooed international economic summit in Washington is over, and, according to news reports, little was accomplished aside from agreement on various vague goals by the delegations from 21...
Obama’s Health Plan
President-elect Barack Obama's "Blueprint for Change" calls for "affordable, accessible health care for all." After a quote from a speech he gave in Iowa City explaining that we have...
War Without End, Amen
The New York Times revealed on November 10 the existence of yet another secret administration policy that had been hidden from the American people: "Since 2004 [the Bush administration]...
Will the Constitution’s Trial Rights Finally Be Vindicated?
More than six years after they were thrown into a U.S. prison, the New York Times has reported that six Algerian detainees may finally get their day in court....
Obama Would Worsen the Financial Mess
If the language in his first post-election press conference is any indication, Senator Barack Obama will be true to his profligate campaign promises. He pledged in that November 7...
Marriage Defined by California Voters
Voters in California approved their Ballot Proposition 8 by 52 percent to 48 percent, which amended the state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman....
What Happened to the Third-party Presidential Candidates?
During the presidential campaign, as well as on election night, the major media generally ignored the third-party candidates who threw their hats into the presidential ring. These largely ignored...
Why McCain and the Republicans Went Down
During the Republican presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, in September 2007, Congressman Ron Paul warned that "we've dug a hole for ourselves and we've dug a hole for...
A.I.G. Burning Through Bailout Loan
The American International Group is burning through its $123 billion bailout loan quickly. According to Edward Liddy, the man brought in to restructure the company, it may soon need...
Companies Line Up for Bailout Bucks
With the federal government doling out $700 billion of Americans' hard-earned money under the new bank bailout law, a sizeable list of companies is competing fiercely for a share—...
Greenspan Wrongly Faults Free Market for Crisis
In testimony that surprised many observers, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan professed a "state of shocked disbelief" over the unfolding global financial crisis. Where once Greenspan regarded himself...
Global Financial Summit Announced
The Bush administration announced today that the first of what will be a series of global financial summits will be held in Washington, D.C. on November 15. Vowing to...
The Flat Tax Is Not Flat
The ideas of Karl Marx are alive and well — in the U.S. tax code. One of the planks of the Communist Manifesto, which states the conditions necessary for...