About: Thomas R. Eddlem
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Venezuela Erupts into Chaos After Election
Violence has erupted across Venezuela after a disputed April 14 presidential election, where sitting Vice President Nicholas Maduro narrowly prevailed in official tallies over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. ...
Boston Marathon Bombings: Questions Remain Unanswered
The motive behind the April 15 twin bombings at the Boston Marathon, which killed at least three and injured more than 175, remains shrouded in mystery as of Tuesday afternoon. ...
Obama’s 2014 Budget Proposal: Tax, Spend, Elect — and Borrow
President Obama's recently released fiscal 2014 budget proposal would continue near-record level deficits despite tax hikes, largely because it would increase spending by more than 20 percent over the...
WikiLeaks’ “Kissinger Cables” Drop and How TNA Scooped Mainstream Media
WikiLeaks released 1.7 million new U.S. diplomatic cables from during the Henry Kissinger era this week, but the mainstream media has focused upon a long-public quote by the former U.S. Secretary...
Global-warming Computer Models Fail as Temps Remain Stable
As Earth temperatures remain stable, even some hyper-regulatory zealots are admitting that their apocalyptic global-warming models were exaggerated. ...
Michigan Rep. Justin Amash Considers U.S. Senate Bid
Libertarian-leaning Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan (Freedom Index rating: 92 percent) is considering a run for the soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, according to various interviews the...
Cruz Sends Scarborough and Maddow of MSNBC Into Conniptions
Texas Senator Ted Cruz's question to California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Second Amendment in a March 14 hearing forced MSNBC hosts into conniptions, with Joe Scarborough saying that...
Wall Street Journal Attacks Rand Paul Filibuster
The Rand Paul filibuster against drone strikes in the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director brought praise from across the political spectrum, but also harsh (and inaccurate) criticism...
Lies and Maximum Pain: Obama’s Strategy for Winning the Sequester Debate
President Obama and his administration have revealed their strategy on how to win the sequestration debate: Exaggerate and lie about the impact of the cuts, which really only serve...
The Sequester Begins: Even Obama Has Begun Downplaying the Effects
Despite the dawning of the latest “fiscal cliff” — the sequester — the world appears not to have fallen apart, notwithstanding the dire predictions by the Obama White House. Even the...
WikiLeaker Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty to 10 of 22 Charges
In a military court on February 28, former Army intelligence officer Bradley Manning confessed to sending a record number of secret documents to Internet whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, but denied...
Rep. Justin Amash Burns Obama Spokesman Jay Carney on Twitter
Michigan congressman Justin Amash engaged in a successful smackdown of White House Press Secretary Jay Carney in a Tweet war February 13-14. The social media snit got started after...
Rubio’s and Rand’s Contrasting State of the Union Address Responses
One would have thought the twin Republican responses to President Obama's State of the Union address by Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul should have been...
Obama’s State of the Union: Toddler Care, Gun Control, Executive Orders
In his February 12 State of the Union address, President Obama unloaded a leftist laundry list of plans, including the implementation of gun control, more education spending, federal pre-school...
Karl Rove’s Effort to Keep GOP Leaning Left
Former presidential advisor Karl Rove established the Conservative Victory Project this month as a means of becoming the gatekeeper to Republican nominations in the intra-party battle between constitutionalists and...