Stimulus Funds Support Odd Projects
CBS News reported on December 9 that Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have determined that at least 15 percent of...
Amtrak, Guns, and Sausage
When congressional negotiators agreed to a final version of a transportation bill, it included an amendment to allow Amtrak passengers to take their...
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Buck Knives Bucks Trends
“The Buck knife saved my leg and maybe my life at least once when I carelessly caught a pant leg in the anchor...
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Ron Paul Calls for Competition in Money
Many years ago, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. famously stated, “Competition is a sin.” He preferred a monopoly, the very antithesis of economic freedom,...
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George Washington’s First Final Farewell
A generation after George Washington’s Christmastime farewell to his troops and to the Congress who commissioned him in 1775, Clement Clarke Moore penned...
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Private Space Flight Nearing Launch
As NASA’s manned space efforts falter in the face of the looming conclusion of the shuttle program and by a finding of the...
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Obama Administration Announces Stalinist Environmental Tactics
The Obama Administration plans to bypass Congress to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. According to Fox News, a top White House economic official warned...
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Al-Qaeda Claims the Blame for Baghdad Blasts
The Islamic State of Iraq, a militant umbrella group linked to al-Qaeda, claimed the blame on December 10 for a series of coordinated...
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U.S. Postal Service Goes Multicultural
In its efforts to be politically correct, the U.S. Postal Service has decided to issue holiday stamps to accommodate the beliefs and non-beliefs...
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Lisbon Treaty Builds EU Super-state
The once-sovereign nations of Europe are about to become saddled with an even more powerful governing body in Brussels — a powerful new...
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Contractor Posted TSA Secrets Online
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stated on December 9 that her department is investigating how a version of the Transportation Security...
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Real ID Deadline May Strand Holiday Travelers
During last year’s presidential campaign, then-candidate Barrack Obama made a now-famous gaffe when he referred to his having visited 57 states during the...
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Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, adopting a self-effacing attitude during his acceptance speech as...
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Bernanke Claims Economy Is Recovering
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Economic Club of Washington that the economy is recovering, even as it confronts “formidable headwinds.” ...
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Liberty’s Limits
Government is — or ought to be — limited. Severely, in fact. But what about liberty? Does it have limits, too?We’re tempted to answer,...
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