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Who Will Be in Charge if Romney Is President?
Who will be in charge of the executive branch of government if Mitt Romney is our next President? Who will be making the decisions coming out of the White...
“Photo Finish” Forecast for Iowa Caucuses
Ron Paul is clinging to a one-point lead over Mitt Romney, with Rick Santorum hard on the heels of both just before the voting in the crucial Iowa caucuses,...
Santorum Was for Romney Before He Was Against Him
Rick Santorum (left) has been far from alone among the GOP presidential hopefuls in questioning rival candidate Mitt Romney's credentials as a conservative, his reversal of positions (often referred...
Paul Attracting Iowa Independents and Democrats
The last Des Moines Register poll before Tuesday's voting in Iowa shows former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Texas Congressman Ron Paul in a virtual tie for first place...
U.S. Still Fueling Arms Race in the Middle East
The $30 billion sale of arms to Saudi Arabia, announced by the Obama administration on Thursday is a continuation of a history of U.S. weapons sales that has resulted...
Court Upholds Immunity for Telecom Companies in Warrantless Surveillance Case
In a decision a plaintiffs' lawyer called an effort “to put lipstick on a pig,” a panel of the in San Francisco upheld Thursday a congressional grant of immunity...
N.H. Paper Warns Against “Dangerous” Ron Paul
In a front-page editorial Thursday, the publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader told readers of the statewide daily that "Ron Paul is a dangerous man." While the Republican...
Iowa Campaign Chairman Leaves Bachmann for Paul
The faltering presidential campaign of Rep. Michele Bachmann was dealt another blow Wednesday night when Kent Sorenson (left), her Iowa campaign chairman, turned up at a Ron Paul rally...
Newt Says Paul Supporters Not “Decent” Americans
When Newt Gingrich said he would not vote for rival candidate Ron Paul if Paul wins the Republican presidential nomination, Gingrich may have forfeited whatever support he might receive...
The “Fanatics” of Christmas
I think the world has got fanatics all wrong. The world has both too broad and too narrow a concept of fanaticism. We generally think of fanatics as wild-eyed...
Songs for the Hapless Holidays
Oh, the weather outside is awful, But a fire would be unlawful, 'Cause particulates fill the breeze — Let 'em freeze, let 'em freeze, let 'em freeze! ...
Anti-Fed Sentiment Grows in GOP
On the one hand, “mainstream Republicans” are described by CNN's Jack Cafferty as “apoplectic” over the prospect of Ron Paul winning the caucuses in Iowa. On the other hand,...
Cal Thomas Still Wrong on Iraq
Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas has written a “Grieving at Christmas” meditation on the pain and suffering of those who have lost loved ones in one or more of the...
Campaign Could Get “Downright Ugly” if Paul Wins Iowa
As unlikely as it might have seemed to professional politicians and talking-head media stars just a few weeks ago, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is now regarded as a...
O’Reilly Warns Romney: Bombing Iran “Starts World War III”
Bill O'Reilly (left), the provocative and usually hawkish host of The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News channel, warned Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a telecast earlier this...