TSA Head Reneges on Vow to Research Airport Scanner Radiation
Though the Transportation Security Administration promised the U.S. Senate it would conduct further studies into the safety of radiation-firing body scanners used at...
Ron Paul Campaign Gains in Iowa
GOP presidential contender Ron Paul is continuing to gain momentum in key states such as Iowa, where the Texas Congressman has found support...
Read moreFrance Slides Towards Debt Downgrade
Moody’s rating service warned on Monday that France’s coveted triple-A credit rating is in jeopardy as a result of the country’s “elevated borrowing...
Read moreSTOCK Act, Banning Congress from Insider Trading, is Revived
In 2006, Democratic Representatives Louise Slaughter (left) and Tim Walz introduced the STOCK Act (Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge), intended to stop members...
Read moreAn Honest Look at Herman Cain
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain styles himself a Washington “outsider,” an “anti-politician,” and a businessman who is just what America needs at this...
Read moreEU Helps Greece Recover $81B of Unpaid Taxes From Swiss Banks
According to the Swiss newspaper The Local, last week "[t]he European Union said ... it is helping Greece negotiate with Switzerland in a...
Read moreCritics Blast New Wave of UN Climate Scaremongering
After a series of embarrassing predictions and wild factual errors damaged global-warming alarmists’ credibility — possibly beyond repair — the United Nations is...
Read moreTax Increase May Drive Jack Daniel’s to Michigan
When Jack Daniel founded a whiskey distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee (left), in 1875, he could little have guessed that over a century and...
Read moreWhite House Shooting Suspect Sparks Anti-Christian Diatribes
On Veterans Day, November 11, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez fired shots with a Romanian Cugir SA (semi-automatic rifle) from the general direction of the...
Read moreLeader in Embryonic Cell Research Abandons Ten-Year Project
Citing the uncertain economy and the scarcity of needed capital, the company that launched the first government funded embryonic stem-cell trials announced that...
Read moreSuperCommittee Is a Super Failure
The so-called SuperCommittee charged with finding $1.2 trillion in cuts over a 10-year period beginning in 2013 found its Kryptonite: itself. The members...
Read more80 is the New 65, Two Surveys Show
On Wednesday Wells Fargo released the results of its survey of 1,500 individuals between ages 25 and 75, titling it “80 is the...
Read morePenn State’s Sex-abuse Scandal: The banality of detachment
Why did it take 17 years? Here’s the timeline in the Jerry Sandusky case: ...
Read moreLatest “Twilight” Saga Will Please Only Avid Fans
Breaking Dawn, part one of the final installment of the Twilight movie saga, brought in $139.5 million in its major North American box...
Read moreSenate Committee Grants Military Absolute Power Over Detainees
On November 16 the Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a controversial provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 that sets...
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