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Rangel: Obama “Makes Cheney Look Good”
It won't be taken by either man as a compliment, but then it wasn't meant to be. New York Congressman Charles Rangel said that in continuing America's military presence...
Let the Umps Watch the Plays, Not the Replays
The good news for tradition-minded sports fans is that Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig has indicated he is not going to overrule the call by umpire Jim Joyce that...
Kagan Was ‘Not Sympathetic’ to Second Amendment Rights
In a memo she wrote as a young law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1987, Elena Kagan said she was "not sympathetic" to a petitioner's claim...
Condemnation of Arizona Laws to be Taught to L.A. Students
The Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District voted unanimously Tuesday to express "outrage" and "condemnation" of Arizona's new law on illegal immigration and another law...
White House Tried to Lure Challenger Out of Colorado Race
President Obama wanted to "avoid a costly battle between two supporters" in a Democratic Senate primary in Colorado, and a White House official called on one of them to...
Court Holds Suspect Must Invoke the Right to Silence
Police may continue to question a silent suspect until he invokes his right to remain silent, the U. S. Supreme Court said yesterday in its latest ruling on the...
Burnt U.S. Flag Displayed in Student Art Show
A partially burned American flag appearing as part of a student art exhibit has drawn opposition from a Veterans of Foreign Wars commander in Franklin, Massachusetts. But school officials...
Bush Rips Crist, Predicts He’ll Finish Third
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is not sugarcoating his opinion of his successor and former fellow-Republican Charlie Crist. Bush is predicting that Crist, who announced he was leaving the...
Immigration Issues Fuel New Mexico Gov. Race
A get tough policy to stem illegal immigration will be a key issue in the governor's race in New Mexico, where Dona Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez will...
$92 Million Green Facelift for IRS Center
The Internal Revenue Service is collecting taxpayer dollars in more ways than one, thanks in part to the roughly $800 billion in economic stimulus money approved by Congress. The...
Wars Abroad No Defense Against Tyranny at Home
On the editorial page of my local newspaper this Memorial Day, there appears a two-panel cartoon. This first panel shows a small boy in summer attire, his baseball cap...
Souter’s Defense of Judicial Activism
Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter defended the court against what he described as “charges of lawmaking and constitutional novelty.” Delivering the commencement address at Harvard University on Thursday,...
GOP Rival ‘Shared Some Research’ With Times on Blumenthal
Linda McMahon, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, said Wednesday night that she did some of the research for what became a front-page story in the New...
Confusion Over Constitutional Conventions
Florida this year sent to the Congress of the United States its application for a convention for the purpose of proposing a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Florida...
Dems Call on Sestak and White House to Come Clean
Republicans aren't the only ones wanting to know more about an alleged bribe the White House offered Congressman Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania if he would drop out of the...