Celebrating Columbus Day
Columbus Day — once a time to celebrate one of the heroes of modern Western Civilization — is dying a slow death. Besieged by leftwing loons and of little...
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LCROSS Space Probe Hits Moon
NASA normally strives to keep its robotic probes from crashing, but today’s conclusion to a mission to the Moon was a break in that modus operandi. ...
Declining Population Accompanied Rome’s Rise to Empire
Following in the wake of the news of the discovery of Nero’s extravagant banquet hall, another archaeological find is revealing even more about the life in first century Rome....
IBM developing DNA ‘bar code reader’
As advances in the field of genetics continue at a dizzying pace, one calls to mind the words of St. Bernard of Clairvaux in the twelfth century: “Hell is...
Supreme Court to Rule in Second Amendment Case
The Supreme Court will soon face its first post-Sotomayor test concern Second Amendment liberties. The landmark District of Columbia v. Heller case last year overturned the D.C. ban on...
Costly Guam Base Raises Controversy Over Jobs
With a population of approximately 178,000 people residing on an island roughly one-seventh the size of Rhode Island, the smallest state in the union, the U.S. territory of Guam...
Canadian Clown the Latest “Space Tourist”
With NASA Administrator Charles Bolden taking tentative steps toward more free market possibilities for America’s space program—and even mentioning the once-unspeakable topic of “space tourism”—a clown from Canada is...
Senate to Consider Radical “Cap-and-trade” Bill
As the President and First Lady jaunt off to Copenhagen — on separate planes — to push for Chicago hosting the 2016 Olympics, Democrats in the U.S. Senate are...
Nero’s Banquet Hall Unearthed in Rome
In a style worthy of the name of the man who “fiddled while Rome burned,” archaeologists believe they have now found the legendary banquet hall of emperor Nero. ...
The Sad Antics of Blasphemy Day
Do you have a hard time keeping track of religious holidays? One may take for granted that few people would know that September 30 is the feast day of...
Obama, Hu Pledge Environmental Action
As the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference looms nearer, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is stepping up the pressure for drastic action in Copenhagen, and the United States and...
Lunar Probe Finds Water on the Moon
NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) has verified an discovery important for the future of manned space flight: there is water on the Moon. According to a NASA news release:...
A Review of Andersen’s “Reset”
Do you think that our present economic crisis is a great thing? Do you view the fears of Americans for their job prospects and their ability to keep paying...
Survey Reveals Growing Ranks of “No Religion” Population
The most recent in a series of surveys of American Religious Identification conducted by Trinity College reveals that the number of Americans with no religious identification continues to climb....
Contraceptives Vital to Climate Fight?
As the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference draws nearer, almost every day brings a new headline from environmental alarmists threatening the imminent end of the world unless all nations...