About: Jack Kenny
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Will Healthcare Reform Fund Abortion, Deny Life-saving Treatment?
Despite President Obama's assurances that healthcare reform will neither pay for abortions nor "pull the plug on grandma," conservative and pro-life organizations are opposing what they say is a...
Court Sets New Rules for Computer Searches
In a ruling with broad implications for computer privacy, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that federal investigators went too far when they seized...
Evaluating Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Real Legacy
The moment Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died, the gushing tributes started pouring in from both sides of the political aisle, many of them no doubt scripted beforehand and held...
Should Republicans Save Medicare?
People used to say politics makes strange bedfellows. These days, calling any kind of bedfellows strange might qualify as a hate crime. It is probably safer to say that...
Healthcare ‘reform’ protests greet Obama, Specter
While President Barack Obama was warning a friendly audience in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, that opponents of health care reform are trying to "scare the heck out of folks," Democratic...
Never Used Steroids, Ortiz says
Ten days after the New York Times reported that his name is on a list of players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs six years ago, Boston Red Sox...
Gates Controversy Goes On in Cop’s Lawsuit
The controversy over Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and his conflict with a Cambridge, Mass., police officer just won't die. A Boston policeman is now suing that...
“Hillary: the Movie” Awaits Sotomayor
Hillary: the Movie, a controversial documentary about former U.S. Senator and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be the first case newly confirmed Justice Sonia Sotomayor will hear...
Was ‘Big Papi’ Juiced?
The baseball world has been abuzz the past few days over the allegation from anonymous sources that both Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in...
Rather Wants Obama to Save the News Business
Will a "media czar" be next? At a time when the federal government has already taken over much of the country's financial industry, is a partner in "Government Motors,"...
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...
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...