Heritage Foundation: Racial Disparity In School Funding A Myth
A disparity in public education funding does not explain the racial achievement gap among students, a report from the Heritage Foundation found. ...
Mississippi Supreme Court Overrules Judge Seeking Homeschoolers’ Information
Good news for Mississippi homeschoolers: The state Supreme Court has vacated a judge’s order seeking the names and addresses of all homeschoolers in...
Read moreNew York Public Library Policy Allows Patrons to View Porn
Officials of the New York Public Library (which has branches in the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island) say that it’s all right for patrons to...
Read moreState Department Proposes Bizarre Questionnaire for Passport Apps
It seems that people are under much less scrutiny when entering the United States than leaving it inasmuch as the State Department has...
Read moreATF Boss Threatened with Contempt Charge
As a congressional investigation of the Obama administration’s “Project Gunrunner” scandal proceeds, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif., picture, left) is threatening ATF Acting Director...
Read moreHigh Gas Prices Set to Cause Double Dip in Economy
"I'm sure the rising cost of energy is bothering the market," said Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at D. A. Davidson & Company last...
Read moreAuthoritarianism by Anecdote
In our post-Constitutional police-state, rulers often pass laws and regulations according to the following formula: someone suffers, whether from a genuine tragedy or...
Read moreSmugglers as Heroes
Smugglers are heroes of sorts. The essence of what a smuggler offers is: "Government tyrants want to either prevent or interfere with peaceable...
Read moreRon Paul Announces Presidential Exploratory Committee
Republican Representative Ron Paul announced April 26 that he had formed an "official Exploratory Committee to assess his options for the 2012 Presidential campaign"...
Read moreMight Belgium Split in Two?
Europe is in a long meltdown. The financial crisis is getting a great deal of the attention connected with this meltdown. Greece, Portugal,...
Read moreThe Donald Can be Obama’s Trump Card
The boomlet for Donald Trump as a Republican nominee for President of the United States ought to be a wake-up call for Republican...
Read moreThe GOP Congress Spendthrift Conservatism
Remember a conservatism that included the principles of balanced budgets and spending cuts? No longer. The new conservatism in vogue inside the Washington,...
Read moreNew Kansas Law Requires Proof of Citizenship for Voters
Last week, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) signed into law a measure that will require Kansas voters to present photo IDs at the...
Read morePollsters Claim Californians Want More Taxes
Californians want to be taxed more — at least according to a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll. Governor Jerry Brown (left) has been...
Read moreTea Party About to Give Obama a Second Term
The McClatchy-Marist Poll, which was released last Monday, revealed that those calling themselves Tea Partiers have little interest in doing anything substantial about slashing...
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