The Standards of Our Standard
On our first day in school, most of us stood beside our desk, put our little hand over our heart, and repeated (with...
From Copenhagen to Hopenhagen
The ubiquitous “hope and change” theme Americans know, oh, so well — one that has become totally meaningless, a result of its overuse...
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Defies Pressure
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, announced on June 24 to state-run Press TV that he would not yield to pressure generated by...
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“Unequivocal Warming”
In what might be the most anticlimactic study in history, the New York Times reports that the U.S. Global Change Research Program predicts...
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What? Even Charter Schools Got “F’s”?
After decades of hand-wringing over nonexistent or, at best, mediocre gains in student academic achievement, the most noticeable thing to come out of...
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The America We Knew and Loved
A well-used copy of Consumer Reports dated March 2009 caught my eye in the doctor’s reception area. The cover story: “Great old appliances.”...
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Congress to Vote on $846 Billion “Cap-and-Trade” Tax
The Washington Post has reported today that Congress will vote Friday on the 1,092-page American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) to...
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The New Jacobin Elite
The Socialist Party of Great Britain is celebrating the reissuing of Peter Taaffe’s book, The Masses Arise: The Great French Revolution 1789 -1815....
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Iran’s Internet Spy Tech Suppliers
The Wall Street Journal reported on June 22 that the current repressive regime in Iran acquired its capability to spy on Internet communications...
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North Korea Fuels International Tensions
North Korea's provocative actions continued to inflame international tensions on June 23, as the Kang Nam, a North Korean freighter that is believed...
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Venezuela Targets Pharmaceutical Patents
In the wake of failed “land reform” policies, Hugo Chavez’ socialist government is now aiming to invalidate pharmaceutical patents that his commerce minister...
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Dangers of a Constitutional Convention
The current economic crisis has served as a wakeup call to many Americans that there is a major problem with the policies emanating...
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Obama Signs Tobacco Regulation
President Barack Obama signed legislation on June 22 granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration broad powers to regulate many aspects of tobacco...
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Sonia Sotomayor’s Selection
The judicial rulings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are “marked by diligence, depth and unflashy competence,”...
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Congress Passes a Mingle of More War and Waste
If anyone ever wanted proof of columnist Joe Sobran’s dictum that “war is just one more big government program,” they need look no...
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