Crony Capitalist Pickens’ Role at GOP Conference Raises Questions
The inclusion of T. Boone Pickens, an energy tycoon, at the 2015 Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) in May raises some questions as to just how dedicated some SRLC...
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Atheist Group Wants to Stop Bible Distribution
School administrators have to worry about a lot of things, including drugs or weapons kids might bring to school, but what concerns the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF)...
Is Brian Williams Typical of the Media?
Considering that the liberal mainstream media has a long track record of favoring politicians who wish to expand the size, scope, and power of government, one has to wonder...
Kasich and Other Governors: Who’s Not Truthful About Common Core?
Though Ohio Governor John Kasich accused other potential Republican presidential nominees of lying about problems with Common Core, it would appear that it is Kasich who has his facts...
Accusations of Ben Carson Plagiarism Obscure Real Issues
Dr. Ben Carson's views on government are much more important than whether he missed a citation in his book. ...
Libel: Warren Harding Was Our Worst President
President Warren Harding is often condemned by historians as a corrupt, incompetent president — odd for a man who was respected and praised for honesty while alive. ...
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California Motorists Pay Double-Tax Under Cap and Trade
Under cap and trade, energy costs will skyrocket, and consumers will pay those costs. ...
Mexico Libel
The claim that the United States went to war to take Texas from Mexico, though widely believed, is untrue. ...
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Will “Conservatives” Give Us a New Constitution?
While one can certainly sympathize with Sen. Tom Coburn and other "conservative" proponents of a constitutional convention who are sincerely concerned with any infringement on the rights of the...
Indian Sports Mascots and Politics
As political pressure leads to the increasing elimination of the term redskin for school and sports mascots, it should be considered what the term "redskin" actually means, and whether...
A Choice Not an Echo, Fifty Years Later
In her 2014 update to A Choice Not and Echo, Phyllis Schlafly demonstrates that not much has changed, as Republican candidates for president have remained nothing but an "echo"...
Ferguson, New York Cases Used to Push Nationalized Police
The proposition that turning all law enforcement over to a national government would eliminate (or even drastically reduce) police misbehavior is not borne out by either history or logic....
Jeb Bush Will Not Run as a Conservative
The Bush family has long ties with the power elites of the United States, going back to Jeb Bush's great-grandfather, Samuel Prescott Bush. ...
Obama Ignores Election Returns in Bid for Greater Presidential Power
After the beating the Democrat Party took in the 2014 elections, instead of pulling back from his liberal agenda, President Obama has basically dismissed the election returns and vowed...
Black Friday Protests Planned at Walmart
The day after Thanksgiving a group of Walmart workers plans to strike to protest certain company policies. Specifically, the group wants Walmart to phase out its minimum-wage jobs. ...
Essential Immigration Reform
A review of the historical record finds no constitutional basis exists for granting citizenship to the children of foreigners on U.S. soil. ...
Jeb Bush, Taxes, and the 2016 Presidential Race
Jeb Bush will be the candidate of the establishment not simply because he is yet another Bush, but because of his political views. ...
Evidence Lends Credence to Police Officer’s Version of Events in Ferguson Case
Recent reports in the New York Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch lend credence to police officer Darren Wilson's version of events in the fatal August 9 shooting of...
Obama Claims 14th Amendment Requires Nationalized Same-sex Marriage
"Ultimately, I think the Equal Protection Clause does guarantee same-sex marriage in all fifty states," Obama told the New Yorker. It is beyond belief that the Congress which passed the...
Ebola: U.S. Government Ignoring Lessons From History
It appears that government officials are following an agenda other than what is in the best interests of the health of Americans. ...