ABC News Distorts Ron Paul Event in N.H.
A distorted account of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's "town hall" meeting in New Hampshire Monday evening appeared on the ABC News political blog, "The Note." The report, written...
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“Newt Hampshire” Paper Rips Ron Paul
The pro-Gingrich New Hampshire Union Leader/Sunday News published an editorial attack on Ron Paul Sunday, calling “Renegade Ron” a “gadfly, not a contender” in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary....
Troops “Not Leaving” Afghanistan in 2014, U.S. Officials Say
U.S. forces will not be leaving Afghanistan when Afghan troops are scheduled to take responsibility for the country's security in 2014, American officials in Kabul have said. ...
Rights Activists “Appalled” as Senate Passes Prison Without Trial Bill
Despite protests that the legislation will negate centuries old rights guaranteed by the Constitution, the Senate Thursday passed a bill authorizing the arrest and imprisonment without charge or trial of...
Indefinite Imprisonment Moves Toward Final Passage
The White House has dropped the threat of a veto of the military authorization bill that would declare the entire world, including the U. S., "homeland," a battlefield and...
Worried Mitt Goes Negative on “Zany” Newt
Mitt Romney, once seen as the all-but-prohibitive favorite for the Republican presidential nomination, has personally gone on the offensive against rival candidate Newt Gingrich, who now leads Romney in...
Americans Still Fighting in Iraq Despite War’s Official End
It was a ceremony to mark the official end of the American military occupation of Iraq. But Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (left) sounded more like the United States was...
Surging Ron Paul Stumps in New Hampshire
With a Public Policy Polling survey showing him just one point behind frontrunner Newt Gingrich in Iowa and a Rasmussen poll placing him just four points behind Gingrich for...
Obama Warns Other Countries Not to Meddle in Iraq
Nearing the end of nearly nine years of American military occupation of Iraq, President Barack Obama Monday warned other nations against interfering in Iraq's internal affairs. ...
Cheney: Obama Should Have Bombed Downed Drone In Iran
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has faulted President Barack Obama for requesting the return of an unmanned U.S. spy plane downed in Iran. Cheney said in an interview with...
Huntsman, with Gingrich, Sees “Transcendent Threat” from Iran
It was billed as a "Lincoln-Douglas -style" debate on foreign policy, though there was, alas, no Lincoln, no Douglas and, apparently, not much debating when Republican presidential candidates Newt...
The Legacy of Newt’s “Revolution”
The word “revolution” gets tossed around rather loosely these days, which is why it no longer strikes terror in the hearts of conservatives. ...
Remember WHAT about Pearl Harbor?
Most shifts in history do not come with easy-to-remember dates associated with them. I could not tell you exactly when the U.S. war with Mexico began, though that war...
All GOP Candidates but Paul Talk Balanced Budget but Won’t Cut Military
Republicans are amazing. It's possible they could lose the 2012 presidential election before 2011 is over. Really, they ought to rename that big river in Egypt (You know, “Duh...
U.S. Senate Votes for Indefinite, Unconstitutional Detention
Well, now they have done it. On Tuesday a bipartisan total of 61 Senators voted for and only 37 voted against provisions in latest Defense Authorization Act that would...
Newt Gets “Union Leader” Endorsement; Santorum Strikes Out in New Hampshire
The folks who call Ron Paul dangerous — like Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and the Union Leader — can't be counted on to defend the nation and its Constitution...
Senate Bill to OK Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Charge, Trial
In what may be a tale too bizarre to be believed by millions of Americans, the U.S. Senate appears ready to pass a bill that will designate the entire...
Mitt Romney: Tom Dewey All Over Again
They arrive now with monotonous regularity. Another day, another announcement by a New Hampshire politician of his or her endorsement of Mitt Romney for President. Former Governor John Sununu....
Give Thanks — and Act Thankfully
On Monday, November 21, I was chatting with a longtime acquaintance about the anniversary that would fall the next day, on November 22. On that date 48 years ago,...
N.H. Judge Upholds Right to Record Police in Public
A District Court judge in Goffstown, New Hampshire has dismissed a criminal charge against a Weare man for recording his conversation with a police officer during a traffic stop....