Obama Backs Mexico’s Failed ‘War on Drugs’
The Obama administration has continued the expansion of unconstitutional U.S.-government support for the military-led “War on Drugs” in Mexico under the Merida Initiative....
How Conservatives Can Use “Education Reform” as a Campaign Issue
All candidates for office promise to “improve education,” but when they are elected, they haven’t the faintest idea of how to proceed from...
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“Crisis and Command”: John Yoo Again Defends Torture and an All-powerful Presidency
John Yoo's Crisis and Command is a turgid, 524-page love letter to an all-powerful Presidency generally and to dictatorship specifically. His theme? More...
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Turning Republicans into Teapublicans
Tea Party activists are trying to take over the Republican Party from the ground up, according to the New York Times. ...
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Coakley-Brown Race Offers Poor Ideological Choice
The special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of the late Ted Kennedy may be a bellwether of...
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Will Obama’s Effort to Rescue Coakley Be Enough?
Despite President Obama’s quick flight to Boston on Sunday to try to rescue Martha Coakley’s faltering bid for the Senate seat vacated last...
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ObamaCare Goes Global, Hillary Clinton Announces
President Obama and Congress may be wrangling still on major issues in the nationalized healthcare legislation — abortion coverage, rationing, end-of-life counseling ......
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Obama’s Bully Pulpit Permits Few Questions
President Obama is ubiquitous in public life. Newsweek has even asked our chief executive to write an article on Haiti, in light of...
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What Haiti Needs
Haiti has long been one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Even though it was the first Latin American nation to...
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Obama: Both Right and Wrong on Haiti Earthquake Relief
President Obama has two initiatives to help victims of Haiti's devastating earthquake, a private initiative that deserves lavish praise and a new government...
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Doomsday Clock Should Be Overhauled
According to an article at MSNBC.com entitled “Doomsday Clock set back one minute,” the Doomsday Clock, an “end-of-the-world clock, set up in 1947,...
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Mythbusters
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) gropes us and rifles our belongings at airports while robbing us of $7 billion annually. It spends some...
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UN Cuts Back on Fraud Investigations
The United Nations, which has faced massive fraud cases in recent years, has cut back on its fraud investigations. These fraud cases typically...
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U.S. Drone Strike Targets Pakistan Taliban
Missiles fired from U.S. drone aircraft struck a militant training camp in the Pakisani village of Pasalkot in a remote area of North...
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Mass. Senate Race: It’s Going to be Close!
From obscurity to prominence to possible victory, Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown’s campaign for Teddy Kennedy’s seat in a special election on Tuesday,...
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