Senators: BP Helped Free Terrorist for Profit
A group of American lawmakers is accusing embattled oil-giant BP of lobbying for the release of a Libyan terrorist convicted of murdering hundreds...
Poll Shows Fall in Support for War in Afghanistan
A new ABC News/Washington Post telephone poll of 1,288 adults indicates that support for the war in Afghanistan has hit a new low,...
Read moreFinancial Reform Bill: Bureaucratic Absolutism
Czarist Russia is looking better and better. Once a byword for bureaucratic absolutism, the apparatchiks of pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg and their endless rule-making...
Read moreRailroads, Robber Barons, and Unbridled Capitalism
When Matthew Josephson wrote The Robber Barons in 1934, he tipped his hand as to his personal prejudice against the capitalists of the...
Read moreSeven Released Cuban Political Prisoners Arrive in Spain
On Tuesday, July 13, the first seven of what is expected to be up to 52 political prisoners released from Cuba, arrived in...
Read moreKarzai Approves Plan for Afghan Defense Forces
AP and the New York Times reported on July 15 that on the previous day the Afghan government approved a U.S.-backed plan to...
Read moreJudge Andrew Napolitano Renews Call For Indictment of Bush/Cheney
Fox Business Channel host of Freedom Watch Andrew Napolitano has renewed a call for the indictment of former President Bush and Vice President...
Read moreOil Leak Outrage
The Gulf of Mexico oil leak began on April 20 when an explosion on the oil rig Deepwater Horizon tragically claimed the lives...
Read moreAvandia: A Case Study in Big Pharma-FDA Collusion
Pharmaceutical manufacturer SmithKline Beecham, now GlaxoSmithKline, found in a 1999 study that its diabetes medicine, Avandia, posed serious heart attack risks — then...
Read moreNo Flowers, Please, Just “Bury” Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would appear to have enough troubles to deal with in this world, but he has at least one...
Read moreIs the Tea Party Movement Racist?
The Tea Party movement is consciously constructed around the founding principles of the Declaration of Independence — all men are created equal. These...
Read moreNext Banking Crisis Could be Coming Soon
Central bankers and analysts are warning of another credit crisis just around the corner as banks start competing with governments to refinance trillions...
Read moreStill Waiting for the Recovery
The economy has gained either 2.5 million jobs or 3.6 million jobs since the Recovery Act was signed into law in January, 2009,...
Read moreCoulter Rips Republicans Over ‘Permanent War’
Quick, what Republican made the following statement? "I thought the irreducible requirements of Republicanism were being for life, small government and a strong...
Read moreA Failed Obama Hero
Let's think about President Obama's failed economic stimulus program. Before getting to the nitty-gritty of why stimulus packages fail, let's look at the...
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