Burka Is Now Swimwear in Australia
If you think the Muslim burka is about as far from looking like “swim wear” as you can imagine, think again. Some Muslim...
Korea: The No-win War That Keeps Giving
In November of 1950, American General Douglas MacArthur triumphantly completed his reversal of the communist takeover of North Korea and their subsequent Chinese-led...
Read moreDon Alejo Garza Tamez: True Grit
Many still remember the movie True Grit, with John Wayne playing Rooster Cogburn, the irascible drunk who reluctantly agrees to help Mattie track...
Read moreSwiss Vote to Deport Foreign Criminals
Over the course of centuries, Switzerland has developed a reputation as a place of sanctuary for dissidents and refugees from oppression. From John...
Read moreWikiLeaks Puts the Spotlight on North Korea
As government representatives from the United States, South Korea, and Japan announce that they will meet in Washington, D.C., in early December to...
Read moreDay 1: Everybody Wants Something at Cancun’s Climate Summit
Amid low expectations and widespread disillusion, thousands of “climate dignitaries” from around the world descended on the Mexican resort city of Cancun for...
Read moreBush and Obama: Standards & Similarities
According to Alex Barker writing in a November 9 blog entry for Britain’s Financial Times, President George W. Bush once confided to several...
Read morePassed Food Safety Bill Provides Government Control
After more than one year of consideration, the United States Senate passed the Food Safety Modernization Act today by a vote of 73-25....
Read moreSorry, Charlie, No Reprimand for You
Embattled Harlem Democrat Charles Rangel wants his sentence for various deeds of misconduct reduced from censure to reprimand, holding that censures are only...
Read moreGroups Continue to Urge for Expiration of Ethanol Subsidies
Ethanol subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year, and numerous organizations are asking Congress not to take action and...
Read moreTwo Versions of DREAM Act Await Vote
Passage of the DREAM Act is a top priority for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and with two new versions of the DREAM...
Read moreFederal Judge Blocks Oklahoma Sharia Law Ban
Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange of the Federal District Court in Oklahoma City granted a preliminary injunction on November 30 that blocked an Oklahoma constitutional...
Read moreThe Right Grope at TSA Airport Security
I got an e-mail the other day from a transgendered group about their special problems with the new naked pictures and federal groping...
Read moreCan Republicans Talk?
The biggest battle in the lame-duck session of Congress may well be over whether or not to extend the Bush administration's tax cuts,...
Read moreAmerican Atheists Target Christmas in Billboard
The American Atheists have targeted the Christmas holiday in a billboard they purchased on Route 495 outside the Lincoln Tunnel in North Bergen,...
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