Vast Mineral Wealth Found in Afghanistan
The New York Times on June 14 quoted a statement from General David Petraeus, commander of the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) that...
Mr. Obama’s Disingenuous (and Disturbing) Proclamation
If there were any need to further establish the radical and reckless vision for America embraced by the man who presently inhabits the...
Read moreSenate Considers Making the President King of Cyberspace
The Internet is a wonderful invention that has allowed for the dissemination of a wide variety of ideas. Not surprisingly, politicians, never ones...
Read moreCan Ultrasound Change Minds and Hearts in Abortion Debate?
With the claim that such measures “do not change hearts,” on June 11 Florida Governor Charlie Crist vetoed a bill that would have...
Read moreCongressman Etheridge Assaults Student
A shocking video released today shows Congressman Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) assaulting a student who asked him a question on a public sidewalk. ...
Read moreGovernment Looks to ‘Reinvent Journalism’
Before he was an Academy Award and Noel Prize winner, Vice President Al Gore headed a commission charged with formulating a strategy for...
Read moreTexas GOP Convention Reveals Split Between Moderates and Conservatives
Saturday’s Texas GOP convention in Dallas proved to be derisive and decisive when 8,000 moderate and conservative Republicans debated the Republican Party platform...
Read moreNew York’s Plan: Kick the Can
New York Governor David Paterson said in a radio interview on June 10 that his state might have to issue IOUs to pay...
Read moreHas Obama Lost His Pull on Capitol Hill?
When President Barack Obama took office, a large segment of the American population had such unrealistically high expectations for him — he was...
Read moreNew Karate Kid Is a Cinematic Adventure
The 2010 remake of the Karate Kid is a definite improvement upon the 1984 version. It expands upon the coming-of-age element found in...
Read moreNATO Offers Mixed Signals on Afghanistan
AP reported statements from NATO leaders on June 11 declaring that the alliance had “regained the initiative” in the Afghan war, along with...
Read moreEminent Domain and the Rights of Property
In China, one man has had enough. Yang Youde, who lives near the city of Wuhan, has had to begin defending his property...
Read moreThink Nationally, Act Locally
Varg Freeborn, president of the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter at Youngstown State University in Ohio, had no idea the levels that...
Read moreNorth Korea: A Grim Warning for the West
The New York Times — the newspaper whose reporter Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932 while deliberately covering up Joseph Stalin’s...
Read moreThe Pledge in Spanish Sparks Controversy
A school principal in Wrightstown, Wisconsin, has defended on constitutional grounds the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish at the school....
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