Oklahoma’s Proclamation for Morality Petition
On Thursday, July 2, State Representative Sally Kern (R-Oklahoma City) and over one hundred political, religious and business leaders gathered at the Oklahoma state capitol to...
IRS Makes Americans International Pariahs
As the Internal Revenue Service continues its hunt for tax dodgers, Swiss banks are refusing to open accounts for Americans and closing the...
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Obama Needs to Learn “Opportunity Cost”
President Barack Obama was recently called upon to defend his track record of predictions made while selling his “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act”...
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Free Bernie Madoff? That’s a Little Too Much
The Ludwig von Mises Institute’s Jeffrey Tucker recently published a column entitled "Free Bernie Madoff," in which he makes the case for freeing...
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Was Swine Flu Outbreak Caused by Lab Leak?
The current H1N1 influenza A (i.e., “swine flu”) outbreak around the world was likely an after-effect of a government laboratory leaking a virus...
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ATF Surge in Texas
At the behest of the Mexican government, federal agents are scouring the streets of Houston in search of guns and information. The Bureau...
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Guantanamo Defense Lawyers Point to “Black Site” Torture
Defense lawyers for a former Guantanamo Bay detainee have won a partial victory in opening up the torture at secret CIA prisons around...
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An Unbalanced Town Hall on Healthcare Reform
President Barack Obama on July 1 continued to push his healthcare reform plans at a town hall meeting at Northern Virginia Community College...
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CDC Reports on Insurance Coverage
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on July 1 released preliminary data for insurance coverage in America during 2008. According to the data,...
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California’s Economic Implosion
California, the "Golden State," is not golden anymore. It has the biggest debt, the biggest budget deficit, the lowest bond rating, and (arguably)...
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Calif. Bonds Totter as State Issues IOUs
Back in February, California politicians and taxpayers received a wake-up call, but, apparently, the alarm wasn't loud enough to wake them. ...
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FBI: Saddam Hussein Was More Afraid of Iran Than U.S.
Saddam Hussein faked holding weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in fear of militant Shiite Iran, recently declassified conversations between FBI agent George L....
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North Korea’s Missile Firings Increase Tensions
North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on July 2, increasing tensions between Pyongyang and the West that began...
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Marines Launch Major Offensive in Afghanistan
Nearly 4,000 U.S. Marines and 650 Afghan troops launched a major offensive into southwestern Afghanistan's Helmand River valley on July 2, an area...
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Sweden takes EU presidency, announces priorities
Sweden assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union Wednesday and immediately announced the nation’s top priorities: the economic crisis and the war...
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