After Court Ruling, Chicago Adopts New Gun Control Ordinance
Just four days after the Supreme Court essentially struck down the City of Chicago’s draconian handgun ban as unconstitutional, the City Council unanimously...
Unskilled Workers and Public Education
The New York Times reports that many factories are ready to hire workers, but that applicants for jobs lack the skills in math...
Read moreUN Steps Up Attack On Dollar, Calls for World Currency
After strong criticism of the U.S. dollar in recent weeks from world leaders, the United Nations added more pressure with yet another scathing...
Read moreUnder-reporting Unemployment
The June jobs report issued by the Labor Department noted that total employment was down by 125,000 jobs for the month and that...
Read moreBillions for Broadband, But Not One Sense of Liberty
This Independence Day weekend Americans have been reminded once again of the immortal words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths...
Read moreSteele Galvanizes Neocon Hawks
Michael Kinsley famously defined a gaffe as “when a politician inadvertently tells the truth.” That being the case, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael...
Read moreDeclaring Liberty As Eternal Law
It was, and perhaps still is, one of those trick questions used by kids to trip up their schoolmates: "Do they have fourth...
Read moreAnother Twilight Saga in Celluloid — Twilight
Team Edward vs. Team Jacob: Who will prevail? Viewers learn the answer to that question in the latest movie version of the Twilight:...
Read moreThe McDonald Decision and the Second Amendment
The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago. The court found, in a 5-4 vote,...
Read moreElian Gonzalez and Immigration
The American government, over the last decade, has been notoriously remiss in keeping illegal aliens from crossing our border with Mexico. The Arizona...
Read moreComing to the Internet: Triple-X Domain for Pornography
Without a doubt, pornography is one of the biggest businesses on the Internet, with an estimated $3,000 spent on Internet porn every second....
Read morePetraeus Arrives in Afghanistan as Taliban Attack
New U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus arrived in Afghanistan on July 2 to assume command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) —...
Read moreMillions of Expired Swine-flu Vaccines To Be Destroyed As Criticism Mounts
Amidst strong criticism of governments’ responses to the swine flu H1N1 hysteria, nearly half of the more than 150 million swine flu vaccines...
Read moreObama Speaks on the Immigration Issue
For all those playing "Obama Immigration Bingo" on Thursday, July 1, your bingo cards would have been blacked out completely by the end...
Read moreFinancial Reform: Expanding Hubris, Limiting Freedom
When the House passed the 2,319-page Dodd-Frank financial reform bill by a vote of 237-192, all it did was confirm for many the...
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