Robert Taft: Count Him Conservative
If Robert Taft had been a baseball player instead of a United States Senator, he might have led the league in left-handed compliments. As it was, he was often...
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U.S. Foreign Policy: Seeing and Believing
Millions no doubt have read or heard the Hans Christian Andersen tale of how some alleged weavers of long ago convinced their emperor that the new clothes they were...
Post Calls GOP Presidential Candidates “Unified” Against Iraq Pullout
A news story, remarkable for its readily apparent inaccuracy, surfaced from theWashington Post on Friday under the headline: "GOP presidential field unified in opposition to Iraq withdrawal." The story...
Bachmann Caught Unaware as N.H. Staff Quits
At least four members of the five-person paid staff of the Michele Bachmann presidential campaign in New Hampshire have resigned, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported Saturday morning, but...
“Fast and Furious” Was Plot Against U.S. Gun Rights, NRA Chief Says
The U.S. government's Operation Fast and Furious was a plot to subvert gun rights in America, National Rifle Association president Wayne LaPierre (pictured at left) charged October 14 in...
Drubbed by Dick Cheney
It was mid-February 2002, and after a full year as America’s most powerful and controversial Vice President and five months of operating out of any number of undisclosed locations,...
Sarah Won’t Run
Unlike Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, former Alaska Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin did not threaten to commit suicide to convince the nation's news media that...
Media Gatekeepers Limit Debate
By fiat of the Fourth Estate, all current GOP presidential candidates but two have already been effectively eliminated in the year preceding the first vote in any caucus or...
Watched Now More Than Ever
A building superintendent in New Brunswick, New Jersey, opened an apartment door and was startled to find terrorist literature strewn about on a table and a computer and surveillance...
Romney Has Shovel-ready Rhetoric for Schools
It's amazing that most of the presidential candidates manage to find time to run for president when they're so busy running for national superintendent of schools. Republican candidates typically...
Amid Doubt, Troy Davis Executed in Georgia
Proclaiming his innocence to the end, Troy Davis (left) died at 11:08 (EDT) Wednesday night, executed by lethal injection for the 1989 murder of Savannah, Georgia Police Officer Mark...
Republicans Like “Green” Energy Money, Too.
Funny, isn't it? Whenever we see Republicans pinning a tail of profligate spending on the Democratic donkeys, we find the Grand Old Party with its elephant trunks buried...
Connecticut Judge Apologized to Kelo
Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Richard N. Palmer (left), part of a 4-3 majority in a controversial ruling that upheld the taking of the homes of several New London residents...
Will Georgia Execute an Innocent Man?
A condemned man on Georgia's death row appears certain to die Wednesday night, despite strong evidence that his trial for murder 20 years ago was seriously flawed and key...
Former Fed Chief Volcker Warns Against “A Little Inflation”
As the nation continues to struggle with a prolonged economic slump and an unemployment rate that remains stubbornly above nine percent, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker has warned...
Nobel Physicist Calls Earth’s Temperature “Amazingly Stable”
If the American Physical Society's numbers on global warming are accurate, the earth's temperature has been "amazingly stable" and "human health and happiness have improved" during a century and...
Mass. Suspends Driver’s Licenses Transferred from Ariz.
Arizona created quite a national furor a year ago by enacting a law to crack down on illegal immigrants, but the ease with which non-English-speaking people can obtain driver’s...
Monetary Crisis a Threat to Liberty, Lawyer Warns
The fiscal and monetary crisis confronting America today is more than an economic problem, it is a threat to our liberties and the nation's sovereignty, constitutional lawyer Edwin Vieira...
NH Lawmakers Override Veto of Deadly Force Bill
The New Hampshire Legislature has overridden a veto by governor John Lynch of a bill to allow citizens to use deadly force against assailants anywhere they have a right...
U.S. Role Unclear in Planned UN Libya Mission
The United Nations Security Council is considering a resolution to establish a UN mission in Libya, unfreeze assets of two major oil companies and repeal a ban on flights...