Supreme Court Rewrites ObamaCare; Rules Individual Mandate Is Permissible Tax
“Simply put, Congress may tax and spend.” With those historic words, the Supreme Court forced upon the United States a bleak dawn of...
Turning Forty
On June 10, I turned 40 years old. Much has changed since 1972, both in my own life as well as in the...
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Court: Egyptian Military May Not Make Arrests
With the ascension of the Muslim Brotherhood to power and relinquishing of power by the military, Egypt's military will no longer be able...
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JP Morgan Trading Loss Balloons to $9 Billion
When the New York Times reported that the losses resulting from the failed trade made by JP Morgan Chase (JPM) earlier this year...
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Supreme Court Sidesteps Commerce Clause, Cites Tax Power, Says ObamaCare Is Constitutional
In a 5-4 opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the main provisions of the “ObamaCare” healthcare...
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More Banks — 11 in Brazil — Face Credit Downgrades
Moody’s downgraded the credit ratings of 11 Brazilian banks on June 27. Some banks had reductions of a single level, but some went down three levels. This...
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Orrin Hatch Handily Wins Utah’s GOP Primary
Republican voters in Utah Tuesday handed six-term Senator Orrin Hatch another victory that will more likely than not put him pack in Washington...
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Accused Wiki-Leaker Bradley Manning Wins Discovery in Court Case
The attorney for accused document leaker former U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning won a pretrial motion for full discovery of exculpatory evidence in...
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Pres. Obama Approves 126 Million Loan to Communist Vietnam for Satellite
On Monday, President Obama approved the loan of nearly $126 million to the communist regime in Vietnam to purchase a satellite from Lockheed...
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Chinese Father Disappears After Protesting Wife’s Forced Abortion
The man whose wife fell victim to the Chinese government’s strict one-child policy has gone missing after he posted photographs online of his...
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Will Our Freedoms Be LOST at Sea?
The Obama administration and key allies are advancing an all-out effort to pass the Law of the Sea Treaty, using deceptive and blatantly...
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How to Get Money out of Politics
Watching the television pundits fret over campaign finance is amusing, because the solution to their problem is right under their noses. They just...
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“The Answer My Friend Is Blowin’ in the Wind”?
As the kites in Ocean City, New Jersey, became airborne, protesters on the boardwalk waved American flags and told the pro-wind crowd to...
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A Political Glossary: Part II
Politicians seem to have a special fondness for words that have two very different meanings, so we are likely to hear a lot...
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German Court: Circumcision of Young Boys Constitutes “Illegal Bodily Harm”
A regional court in Cologne, Germany, has determined that religious circumcision of young boys constitutes “illegal bodily harm,” even when performed with the...
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