Making a Disaster National: Massachusetts’ Romney-care v. Obama-care
With all the alarm by Republicans on the “right” over Obama-care, Americans should take a closer look at Massachusetts' health care legislation. The...
Decency Takes Flight
The War to Terrorize Americans continues. This week our fearless rulers protected us from a 93-year-old invalid in a wheelchair, her munchies, and...
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Have You Hugged Your Planet Today?
Be nice to the tree huggers today: It has been a rough year for the jolly green juggernaut since the last Earth...
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Holidays as Human Rights
If you've always dreamed of that blue sky holiday relaxing with a book and a beverage on the sun-drenched shores of Hawaii but...
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School Snoops on Students at Home Via Computer Camera
The Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, school district lent high school sophomore Blake Robbins an Apple MacBook laptop last fall, and then utilized security software...
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Big Brother and the Salt Fix
The Washington Post has reported that federal regulators are planning to push for the gradual reduction in the amount of salt in foods...
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Richard Clarke’s Attack on the “Right”
Former Chair of the Counter-terrorism Security Group for the U.S. National Security Council Richard Clarke claims that “right-wing” groups are a terrorist threat...
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Obama Says No “Litmus Test” for High Court Pick
"President Obama said Wednesday that he considers it 'very important' that women be allowed to make decisions about their bodies but would not...
Read moreTaxes and Voting
According to the Tax Policy Center, a Washington, D.C., research organization, nearly half of U.S. households will pay no federal income taxes for...
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Citizens Rewarded for Giving Cops ‘the Bird’
As a headline writer for the Kansas City Star put it, "A bird in the hand is worth four grand." That, at least,...
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Texas Attorney General Appeals Divorces of Gay Couples
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is appealing two divorces of homosexual couples married in Massachusetts, which have been granted by Texas judges Tena...
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Is Genocide Coming to South Africa?
Back in the 1980s, South Africa figured prominently on the West’s radar screen. Protests against apartheid were everywhere; the movement even inspired a...
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Day of Silence Still Sparks Protest
It isn't often that parents have occasion to protest an outbreak of silence by their school-age children, but the "Day of Silence" observed...
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Schoolgirls “Sext” Their Nude Photos
“Hard questions” are being asked this week in Montgomery County, Maryland, in the wake of the April 15 discovery that middle-school and high-school...
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Sharing Ministries — an Insurance Alternative?
Increasingly, religious Americans are turning to a little-known alternative to conventional “use-your-health-insurance” to cover medical expenses. Christian sharing ministries are filling the gap...
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