Proposed EPA Sulfur Standard to Boost Gas Prices
Tighter restrictions proposed on sulfur content will add a penny or less to the retail price of a gallon of gasoline, according to the Obama administration, while the oil...
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Blessing Peace This Easter: The Mission Still Unaccomplished
Does the individual belong to the state or does the state belong to the people? The question is a tricky one in the way I have worded it. ...
High Court: Warrant Needed for Drug-Sniffing Dog at Door of Home
The Supreme Court decided in a 5-4 ruling Tuesday that police may not bring a drug-sniffing dog to the doorstep of a private house without a court-issued search warrant....
GOP’s Rove: Party’s Presidential Nominee May Back Gay Marriage in 2016
Karl Rove has stated that he can imagine the Republican Party's 2016 nominee for president supporting same-sex marriage. ...
Obama Seeks “Extreme Makeover” of Marriage Laws
Fans of the ABC reality drama Extreme Makeover will be in "hog heaven" if they watch proceedings at the U.S. Supreme Court this week, for the plaintiffs in two lawsuits...
Rep. Bachmann Says ObamaCare “Literally Kills”
The debate over ObamaCare "death panels" is back in the news, thanks to U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who raised the issue on the floor of the House Thursday....
Glenn Greenwald Nails David Frum’s Iraq War Explanations
Glenn Greenwald, the scourge of progressives and neocons alike, has nailed George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum on his explanations of the motivations behind the 2003-2011 war in Iraq....
The “Best and the Brightest” Strike Again
Lessons from history are more talked about than learned and, if learned, are soon forgotten. ...
Bill Kristol and His “Code Brown Shirt” Conservatism
The Weekly Standard's neoconservative William Kristol has outdone himself with his recent verbal attack on fellow Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. ...
Guardian: U.S., U.K. Ignored Pre-war Reports of No Active WMD in Iraq
The U.K.'s Guardian reports that before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, both the CIA and the U.K.'s intelligence service were informed by sources coming from Iraq's head of intelligence...
CPAC Crowd Takes a “Stand With Rand”
"The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered," said the junior senator from Kentucky. "I don't think we need to name any names, do we?" ...
Afghan President Karzai Claims U.S. Colluding With Taliban Terrorists
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of secretly working with the Taliban to facilitate terrorist attacks in order to demonstrate a need for U.S. troop presence...
Inspector General’s Iraq Report Misses the Point
This week's news of a report by the Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction raised some eyebrows and maybe some hackles among the taxpaying American public before falling down the...
N.H. Free Staters Cheer Thomas Woods’ Speech on Nullification Doctrine
Keynote speaker Thomas Woods, a historian and best-selling author, drew nothing but ovations from the New Hampshire Free Staters when he spoke in Nashua last weekend in favor of...
Ex-White House Press Chief Recalls Gag Order on Drones
Robert Gibbs, former press secretary for President Obama, said Sunday he was under orders during his White House years not to discuss or even acknowledge the existence of a...
Joe Biden’s Shotgun Advice Could Get His Wife Jailed
If Jill Biden follows her husband's shotgun advice, the vice president's wife could find herself on the wrong side of Delaware law. ...
Rubio Would Expand “Liberal International Order”
According to Senator Marco Rubio, "Our prosperity depends upon the liberal international order that America has supported since the end of World War II." In fact, his statements on...
Koch Death Penalty Arguments Still Persuasive
The recent death of former New York Mayor Ed Koch brings to mind one of the most controversial things he ever did as a Democrat in the heart of...
Calvin Coolidge and the Greatness of a ‘Not Great’ President
If brevity is the soul of wit, it is unfortunate that Calvin Coolidge is remembered more for his greatly exaggerated brevity than for his frequently overlooked wit. Indeed, two...
Lincoln on Presidents’ Day: Image vs. Reality
Lincoln's birthday, February 12, appears to have lost some of its former aura, as all presidents are now supposedly covered by the amorphous, all-purpose "Presidents' Day," but his time...