Amid Criticism, Switzerland Overtakes US as Most Competitive Economy
Switzerland overtook the United States as the most competitive economy in the world, according to the global competitiveness index released this week by...
Discrimination, Racism, and the Human Race
“Even Babies Discriminate,” wails the headline of an article in Newsweek Magazine. “Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin...
Read moreHas the Church Become Irrelevant?
America's Christian heritage is both rich and deep. What most historians and educators refuse to acknowledge, our forebears understood clearly: it was...
Read moreSave the Planet: Take Off Your Coat and Tie
Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, has ordered male government employees to stop wearing suits, jackets, and ties to save electricity. By...
Read moreU.S. Amb. to Karzai: “Don’t Declare Victory”
On September 7, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry briefed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the status of that...
Read moreMany Filings on Google Books Settlement
The time has expired for interested parties to file either for or against Google’s proposed settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association...
Read moreChina Orders Use of Real Names Online
Communist China in August secretly ordered certain Chinese news websites to require new users to log on using their real names and identification...
Read moreEnd of the “Free Ride” for Public Education?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on September 8 published an opinion piece by Brian Crosby. In his article, Mr. Crosby proffers a solution to the...
Read moreObama’s Strategy of Demonizing
I guess we’re supposed to look at hospitals now and see nothing but gigantic butcher shops, filled with greedy doctors who are unnecessarily...
Read moreReport Calls Continued Space Program Into Doubt
The U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee on September 8 released its Summary Report, projecting a bleak future for NASA’s role in manned...
Read moreSolar Panel Companies Face Financial Troubles
With the ink barely dry on the resignation letter of self-proclaimed one-time communist Van Jones as President Obama’s Green Jobs Czar, the USA...
Read moreMedia Taken in by “Moon Hoax” Spoof
Has it ever seemed to you that the media tend to move as a herd? That no matter how the number of news...
Read moreBack to School with Obama: Educational Talking Points 101
At high noon today, EDT, Barack Obama issued a challenge to America’s schoolchildren. In his much anticipated back-to-school speech, he appealed to students...
Read moreRon Paul Has the Council on Foreign Relations Worried
Near the start of this year Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced H.R. 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009. The bill was referred...
Read moreEffect of Government Takeover of Home Mortgage Market
The Washington Post reported September 7 that the federal government is now guaranteeing 86 percent of all new home mortgages, as default...
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