Attempted Regicide — the Lesson from Tucson
Popular fiction has it that we live in a democracy, with one guy as good as the next. Even those elected or appointed...
What Our Constitution Permits
Here's the House of Representatives new rule: "A bill or joint resolution may not be introduced unless the sponsor has submitted for printing...
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Is Gun Control the Answer to Tucson Tragedy?
Should members of Congress carry firearms for their personal protection? One's answer to that question depends on his philosophy regarding self-defense and the...
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Arizona Enacts “Funeral Protection Zone”
Both houses of the Arizona state legislature voted unanimously Tuesday to create a “funeral protection zone” preventing disruption from protestors at the funerals...
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China and India Fight Each Other and Christianity
The civilizations of China and India are two of the oldest in human history. Archeologists have found Bronze Age Indian artifacts from about...
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If You Don’t Pay This Tax, We’ll Shoot Your Dog
German sociologist and political economist Max Weber once defined a state as an institution that “successfully upholds a claim on the monopoly of...
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Murdered Judge Defended Sheriff Mack
Judge John M. Roll, murdered in Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, was the leading judicial voice supporting former Graham County, Arizona Sheriff Richard...
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Who Wrote Shakespeare? An Exercise in Critical Thinking
Educators and homeschoolers these days are teaching their students how to exercise their critical thinking skills. In other words, students must be able...
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Communist Laos Opens Stock Market
“Beware, my dear Zilkov. The virus of capitalism is highly infectious. Soon, you'll be lending money out at interest,” commented Dr. Yen Lo,...
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Rights, Wrongs, and the Law
One of the oddest, most harmful political beliefs to emerge in the past 50 years is the notion that one cannot legislate morality....
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Some Expected Loughner to Snap
The efforts of the mainstream media and those on the Left to paint the Arizona shooting as a vast right-wing conspiracy wholly ignores...
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A Republican Showdown?
They say that, in politics, "overnight is a lifetime." In other words, the journey from triumphant hero to discredited scapegoat can be very...
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Abortion Rates Stop Falling, Reports Guttmacher
The abortion rate in the United States, which had been falling steadily since its high in the early 1980s, has stalled over the...
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Rep. Clyburn Miffed That TSA Treats Congressmen “Like Everybody Else”
“We’ve had some incidents where TSA authorities think that congresspeople should be treated like everybody else,” Rep. James Clyburn (left, D-S.C.) told Fox...
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Jon Stewart: Americas Leading Journalist?
The question sounds like a joke, made up by one of the talented writers for Comedy Central’s Daily Show itself: Is the Daily...
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