Judge Draws Ire in Suspending Oklahoma Sharia Ban
Two days after Oklahomans voted in the mid-terms to ban Islamic, or Sharia, law from state courtrooms, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it would file suit. Said...
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Stein: New Boss, Old Boss Same Thing
On November 7, "Sunday Morning," CBS's news magazine program, contributor Ben Stein offered his reaction to the mid-term elections. The so-nerdy-he’s-popular commentator threw his analysis into the ring by...
Fed Up! Texans Face Another Four Years of Gov. Perry
Perry-weary Texans brace for another four years of the state’s longest-serving governor, as many are wondering if he’s posturing for the White House. Republican Rick Perry won his third...
Drug Tunnel, Pot Seizure in Southern Cal
On November 4, CBS News reported a U.S. seizure of 30 tons of marijuana after surveillance of a warehouse in Otay Mesa, California. After following a tractor-trailer leaving the...
Pilots Urged To Avoid Body Scanners
Airport Body Scanner Truth reported on Monday, November 1, that American Airlines pilots were advised to opt for the pat-down search rather than submit to repeated radiation from Advanced...
As Border Violence Intensifies, Ariz. Gov. Defends New Law
Seven bodies were found October 31 in a mass grave in Nogales, Arizona’s largest border city. According to a Fox News report, the city’s mayor, José Angel Hernandez, related...
The Elephant in the Room: Not the GOP Tea Party Election Influence
On Tuesday night, NBC’s David Gregory called the Tea Party “the elephant in the room.” MSNBC.com reported about that elephant on November 3, “What exit polls say about the...
Is Free Contraception Next With ObamaCare?
Some time this month, a panel of experts advising the government will meet to review what kind of preventive care for women should be covered at no patient cost,...
Turtle Hurdles, and Other Solar Obstacles
BrightSource Energy, headquartered in Oakland, California, is developing the $2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in the Mojave Desert — the first large-scale solar thermal project built...
Even the UK Balks at U.S. Air Security Measures
As U.S. airport security measures tighten, squeezing every last ounce of dignity out of law-abiding travelers, even European officials have had enough. Oklahoma’s NewsOn6.com carried Thursday’s AP report that...
Poison Ivy at Ivy League
ABC News/Money reported on Oct. 27 that the U.S. annually spends millions to send government workers to Harvard’s JFK School of Government for a month of training. At $18,000...
Hacked! E-Voting, E-Nightmare
In spite of rising security fears, 33 of our states are allowing some fax, e-mail, or Internet ballots this year. Adding to concerns is news of a security breach...
Texas Taxes: The State Targets Amazon
In May 2008, the Dallas Morning News questioned why Amazon.com, America’s largest online retailer, didn’t charge sales taxes even though it maintained a distribution center in Irving, Texas, between...
Louisiana Builds Berm “Islands” to Trap Oil
Since June, the Bayou State has constructed a series of low-lying sand berms by dredging sand from the Gulf of Mexico. The attempt to block and capture oil from...
Woman Beheaded, Texas National Guardsman Killed in Mexican Drug Wars
Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican city across the border from El Paso, Texas, was the site Wednesday of four deaths attributed to the savage and escalating drug wars. In one...
Yogurt and Silver a Combo for Colds?
Is nature providing yet another answer to the common cold? According to an October 16 Telegraph.co.uk article, scientists have discovered that tiny nanoparticles of silver can be attached to...
Social Networks, Personal Profiles
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), with the help of UC Berkeley’s Samuelson Clinic, filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
Genetic Engineering Goes Upstream
Dubbed "Frankenfish" by Alaska Senator Mark Begich, AquaBounty Technologies' salmon are poised to become the first genetically-engineered (GE) animals to enter the U.S. food supply. Though the FDA has...
Texas Sidestep
A favorite Aesop’s fable is about an eagle. Perched on a lofty rock, he watched the movements of a hare, which he hoped to have for dinner. An archer,...
BPA Dangerous in Dental Care?
According to MSNBC.com for September 7, a new study concludes that BPA (Bisphenol A) derivatives, increasingly used in dental resins and sealants, are safe for children’s dentistry, but that...