Fort Hood Victims – Soldiers or Sitting Ducks?
Soldiers trained in the "art of warfare" are not allowed to carry personal self-defense weapons on base as one of the unhappy results...
Lou Dobbs Quits CNN, John King Will Step In
CNN Anchor Lou Dobbs announced on the air on November 11 that he was resigning from the network to pursue other unspecified opportunities....
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Senate Not Settled on Cap and Trade
Apparently, the Senate will not be voting on “cap and trade” any time soon, and all UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon can do about...
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Fall of the Berlin Wall … and Rise of the EU
This week, as almost everyone is aware, marks the 20th anniversary of the dramatic fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that set...
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Venezuela Prepares for War, Again
After sending 15,000 more troops to the border, leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is warning his military and the population to “prepare for...
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FTC Enacts Stifling Rules for Bloggers
Bloggers who review products online are about to be hit with onerous new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations supposedly designed to foster transparency....
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Vatican Considers ET Possibility
CBS News reported on November 11 that Pope Benedict is considering the possibility of extraterrestrial life, which is an attempt to bridge the...
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Cord Blood Stem-cells Healed Little Girl
Back in 2006, little Chloe Levine was born as the apparently healthy baby girl her parents had been waiting for. Sadly, before her...
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Reid: Obama Will Have Healthcare Bill by Christmas
With a new bag of political capital burning a hole in his pocket, President Obama pressed his nose against the window and wondered...
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Obama Reacts to House Prohibition of Abortion Funding
In a legislative clash that pitted Democrats against their fellows, the House voted Saturday to pass the Stupak Amendment. Sponsored by Rep. Bart...
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America’s Fighting Myth
There was a night in Vietnam that stands out in my memory. I think it was Christmas Eve, and I was on guard...
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Veterans Day
Veterans Day was once Armistice Day. This holiday once celebrated not our brave fighting men and women but rather the end of one...
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Questions Abound in the Investigation of the Ft. Hood Massacre
“What did you know and when did you know it?” was the infamously blunt question asked of President Richard Nixon regarding his involvement...
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Mayhem, Money, & Morality
Anyone trying to figure out what in the world is going on in today’s economy might remember Agatha Christie’s classic, Murder on the...
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Archaelogists Uncover Ancient Persian Army
Give Herodotus his due: the fifth-century B.C. Greek historian had a far better understanding of the history of his age than many modern...
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