Social Security: Broken Promises and Costly Changes
Social Security has been built over an array of broken promises and costly changes. The alterations are costly, not only for government, but also for the nation’s working people....
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Lindsey Graham: A Leading Political Change Artist
As the 2016 nomination and presidential sweepstakes nears its longed-for completion, a political change artist has emerged to switch his positions and allegiances. ...
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Will the GOP’s Senate Leader Hold Fast This Time? “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice. Therefore, this vacancy should...
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Supreme Court Justice Has No Favorite to Fill the Empty Seat “We don’t choose our colleagues, Presidents choose them. I have enough trouble with the questions I have to...
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Will There Be a Brokered GOP Convention?
Current commentators claim that television coverage of the proceedings pretty much guarantees that there won’t be any brokered conventions. I don’t agree. ...
Foreign Meddling in U.S. Politics
It comes as little surprise to hear Vicente Fox outspokenly injecting himself into current race for the presidency here in America. GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has stirred Fox’s ire...
Neocon Lindsey Graham Calls For Bypassing the Constitution
Senator Lindsey Graham has become an outspoken leader of the neoconservative wing of the Republican Party. ...
NATO: A Military Entangling Alliance
The Constitution does not permit our nation to be the “policeman of the world.” And NATO, sold as something other than what its creators really wanted, is an entangling...
A New Abortion Case Reaches Supreme Court
A Texas law placing greater restrictions on abortion clinics has been challenged in court and will be decided by the Supreme Court. ...
Brexit: EU on Trial
England’s Prime Minister David Cameron will do all he can to persuade his countrymen to remain tied to the 28-member super government knowing that other EU member nations may...
Trouble Arises in Malaysia
While Malaysians take to the streets to protest corruption in their government, the government is cracking down with Orwellian rules and fines. ...
Supreme Court Vacancy
Filling the seat left vacant by the passing of Antonin Scalia is almost as big an issue as who will win the presidency in 2016. ...
Trump Scares the Establishment
Republicans from Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina have catapulted Donald Trump into a commanding lead. And the pundits in all phases of the media are worried. ...
Little Sisters of the Poor Fighting for Religious Liberty
On March 23rd, the plight of the Little Sisters of the Poor will be heard once again by the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
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Former GOP Presidential Candidate Weighs In Against Cruz “If he’s the nominee, we’re going to have wholesale losses in Congress and state offices, and in governors and legislatures.” Defeated...
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Celebrate Ending Slavery, But Apologize?
When considering the existence of slavery in the United States, the most sensible course would be to celebrate the fact that our nation did away with slavery. ...
Scalia: The Passing of the Supreme Court’s “Originalist”
The government and the people should honor the contract known as the U.S. Constitution. This was the thinking employed by Antonin Scalia. We can only hope that whoever takes...
President Obama’s Speech at a Mosque
President Obama's speech at the Islamic Society of Baltimore was noteworthy not only for several distortions of truth, but also for leaving out important history. ...
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She Remains Committed to Abortion and Its Providers “I will always defend Planned Parenthood and I will say consistently and proudly, Planned Parenthood should be funded, supported and protected,...
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Which is Worse: Abortion or a Fake Driver’s License?
Should current thinking hold, doctoring a driver’s license in order to expose what Planned Parenthood does with funding that it obtains from the American people is considered a greater...