Bailed-out Bankers Bag Big Bonuses
Nine financial firms that received a total of $32.6 billion through the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) paid their top traders and bankers more than $5 billion in...
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COPS, DHS On ‘Stimulus’ Patrol
The federal Community Oriented Police Services, or COPS program, has given police departments across the country something to "CHRP" about with the awarding of $1 billion in economic stimulus...
Gregg Knocks Obama Deficits
Sen. Judd Gregg, R-NH, knocked the spending plans of the Obama administration Tuesday, one day after the Treasury Department announced the deficit reached the $1 trillion mark at the...
Obama’s Third Term?
It may sound strange, but in the sixth month of a new presidency there is a controversy brewing over Barack Obama’s third term. That’s right, third term. ...
“Pro-choice” Advocates Often Inconsistent
I have been inveighing for so long against the hypocrisy of the “pro-choice” advocates, both in and out of government, that some people in my home state of New...
Sotomayor Overruled in Firefighters’ Case
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has been overturned again. President Barrack Obama’s choice to fill the Supreme Court vacancy being created by the retirement of Associate Justice David Souter...
Sonia Sotomayor’s Selection
The judicial rulings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are “marked by diligence, depth and unflashy competence,” the New York Times reported. ...
Consolations of Bachelorhood on Father’s Day
“Marriage has many difficulties, but celibacy has no pleasures,” said Samuel Johnson. Whether Johnson was exaggerating or was right on the bull’s eye, there is no doubt that celibacy...
Obama’s Proclamation of Gay Pride Month
Forgive us for being a bit late in reporting this, but this entire month has been dedicated to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. So dedicated by whom,...
Confession of Lawmaking Judge Sotomayor
Soon America will move, in all likelihood, from a Supreme Court with a Justice David Souter as a member to a court with a Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Neither the...
New Hampshire Climbs on “Gay” Marriage Bandwagon
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch on June 3 signed legislation establishing marriage “regardless of gender” in the the Granite State, immediately after both houses of the General Court (Legislature)...
Is Sotomayor Obama’s “Gift” to the GOP?
Will Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, be for Republicans and for conservatives in general what many have dubbed Vice President Joe Biden? ...
Sotomayor: Discriminating to Not Be Discriminatory
The nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court is bound to produce some interesting confirmation hearings. There is definitely a fight to...
Notre Dame: Tragedy and Hope
At the University of Notre Dame, opposition to the granting of an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to commencement speaker Barack Obama, president of the United States and the...
Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Shadowy Thinking
There may soon be more “penumbras formed by emanations” in the invisible, unpredictable “living Constitution” if President Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, should play a significant role...
Keynesians and Kahnsians Populate D.C.
Neoconservatism, Pat Buchanan has written, is “the Arian heresy of the American right.” The Arians denied the humanity of Jesus, disputing the “Hypostatic Union.” Neocons are wrong, often tragically...
Same-sex Marriage Bill Stalls in N.H.
The “gay” marriage bandwagon stalled in New Hampshire yesterday when the state’s House of Representatives balked at adopting legislative changes requested by Governor John Lynch to expand exemptions for...
Obama’s Commencement Address at Notre Dame
Chances are no one predicted 36 years ago, when the Supreme Court ignited a culture war with its Roe v. Wade decision, that “Jane Roe” would one day be...
New Hampshire Governor Seeks Religious Protections in “Gay Marriage” Law.
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch said yesterday he will sign legislation to establish same-sex marriage in the Granite State, but only if the state’s lawmakers enact safeguards to ensure...
Protesting Obama’s Notre Dame Invitation
Publicity surrounding the arrest of former ambassador Alan Keyes and 21 other demonstrators for trespass at the University of Notre Dame last Friday will likely bring more demonstrators to...