“Extraordinary” Liu Bows Out as Judicial Nominee
A highly partisan and ideologically charged Senate battle over the nomination of Goodwin Liu (left) to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals came to an end Wednesday when the...
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Philadelphia Police Charge Man in Open-Carry Handgun Incident
A confrontation earlier this year between Philadelphia police and Mark Fiorino over the Pennsylvania man's open carrying of a firearm has led to charges of disorderly conduct and reckless...
Christie Blasts, but Will Obey, Court’s School Funding Order
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie still sounded combative Tuesday when talking about an order from the state's highest court for the expenditure of another $500 million for the state's...
A Review of “Back on the Road to Serfdom”
“The road is always better than the inn,” said the great Cervantes, who was no doubt wrong about other things as well. The road is not always better than...
Reluctant Daniels Out, Feisty Pawlenty in 2012 Race
The field of Republican potential candidates for Barack Obama's job changes almost daily, as one possibility or another announces he will not run and another makes it official he...
NY Post Says Obama Team Digging for “Dirt” on Christie
The Obama reelection campaign is digging for ?dirt? on Republican Chris Christie, the New York Post reported Monday, despite the New Jersey governor's repeated pronouncements that he will not be a...
Supreme Court Says California Must Cut Prison Population
The conditions in California's prisons violate the Eighth Amendment's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment," the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision, upholding a federal court...
Convicting Demjanjuk of No “Specific Crimes”
You might think someone found guilty of 28,060 counts of accessory to murder must have done something wrong. But columnist and TV commentator Pat Buchanan, long a defender of...
Supreme Court Rejects “Torture Flights” Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to consider the appeal of five former terrorism suspects who claim they were kidnapped and taken on "torture flights" by the United States to...
Zimbabwe Looks to Gold Standard
It looks like Ron Paul and Steve Forbes aren't the only ones talking about the gold standard for what Paul has called an "honest currency" that won't be made...
Military Plans for ‘Modest’ Withdrawal From Afghanistan
It may seem hard to believe now, but it was just 11 years ago when Texas Governor George W. Bush, then campaigning for President, was telling America that he...
GOP Heavy Hitters Now Batting for “Gay” Marriage
The push to establish same-sex marriage in the state of New York is being backed, financially and otherwise, the New York Times reported Friday, by "an unexpected source: a group of...
Ron Paul Warns U.S. Could Become Like Middle East
America could see the kind of violent uprisings that have cost countless lives and convulsed societies in the Middle East if the nation does not stop rolling up massive...
Huckabee’s Out, Others Still on Fence
As former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said, there are the "known knowns" and the "known unknowns" and the "unknown unknowns" and, well ... "Stuff happens." ...
Fall Out From Bin Laden Troubles Relations With Pakistan
Even as Massachusetts Senator John Kerry was on his way to Islamabad on a mission to mend deteriorating relationships between the United States and Pakistan, Pakistan's parliament passed a...