Tea Party Presidential Election Primer: Paul v. Cain on Economics
With the recent decline in the polls of the candidacies of Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann, Tea Party members have two top-tier candidates to consider as an alternative to the...
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Herman Cain Admits He “Missed” Economic Crisis
Republican presidential candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain admitted to MSNBC's Chuck Todd October 12 that he had "missed" the housing bubble and 2008 financial collapse. ...
Republicans Bash Federal Reserve, Laugh With (Not at) Ron Paul
Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty tried to get Republican presidential candidates in the October 11 New Hampshire debate to agree with the left-wing consensus that Wall Street suddenly and inexplicably...
Calls Grow for Holder Resignation Over “Fast and Furious”
Calls from county sheriffs in the Southwest for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder over the "Fast and Furious" gun-walking scandal received a shot in the arm from...
Obama’s Death Panel and Charles I’s Star Chamber
President Obama has created a secret death panel to decide which American citizens should be killed without trial by our own military, and he approved a secret legal memorandum...
Ron Paul Wins “Values Voter” Straw Poll
Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the Values Voter Summit presidential straw poll October 8 with 37 percent of the vote, besting Herman Cain's 23 percent in a Christian right audience...
Unemployment Rate Unchanged, 103K Jobs Added
The U.S. economy added 103,000 new jobs in September with the unemployment rate holding steady at 9.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported October 7. Most...
Could the President Assassinate Journalists?
Representative Ron Paul suggested before the National Press Club October 5 that President Obama's assassination program of alleged terrorists could grow into an assassination program for journalists who disagree with...
Democrats Cheer Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren’s Attack on Wall St.
Republican presidential debates have been marked by sometimes awkward audience cheers, but former Obama administration official and U.S. Senate candidate frontrunner Elizabeth Warren got a really awkward and wild...
Bernanke’s Economic Cure: More Deficit Spending, Re-Inflate Housing Bubble
Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Chairman Ben Bernanke's told the congressional Joint Economic Committee of Congress October 4 that he has the remedy for the ailing economic recovery he...
Awlaki Killing Ends Obama Campaign Promises for Openness in Government
President Obama took office in January 2009 with grand promises of "creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government," but with the Anwar al-Awlaki killing and an administration assassination program for...
Awlaki Killing: Does America Need Courts, Juries, or Trials Anymore?
President Obama touted the killing of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in a drone strike in Yemen September 30, raising constitutional questions of whether the President has become judge, jury, and...
Herman Cain Denies Federal Reserve Flip-Flop, Economic Cluelessness
Republican presidential contender and former Federal Reserve Bank official Herman Cain complains about "stupid" questions from supporters of Rep. Ron Paul, a fellow GOP presidential contender, in a new...
Military Commissions: Rights of Accused Terrorists Under Bush, Obama
Presidents Bush and Obama have created a vigorous public debate since the September 11 attacks over whether suspects in the “war on terror” are entitled to a regular criminal...
Military Commissions Throughout U.S. History
Military commissions have always been controversial in U.S. history, and no more so than in the past 10 years. Military commissions have traditionally been defined as executive branch courts,...