Health Insurance Lobby Speaks Out
Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans, told reporters during an August 4 conference call that critics of private health insurance providers...
All Doped Up
Between 1996 and 2005, Reuters reports, the use of anti-depressants doubled to nearly 10 percent of the American population. In 1996, the figure...
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Abortion and Public Health Insurance
Associated Press reported on August 5 that “health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a...
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Lobbyists for Communist N. Korea & China Worming Way into Big Apple Politics
With North Korea defiantly slinging missiles in our direction, now might not seem the most propitious time for a politico tied to this...
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U.S. To Become “Banana Republic,” Says Senator
According to Senator Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), the United States is on its way to becoming a “banana republic” within 10 years. ...
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A Review of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún”
Since the publication of The Hobbit in 1937, and The Lord of the Rings in 1954–1955, J.R.R. Tolkien’s fiction has captivated generations of...
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George Orwell Arrives in Great Britain
According to Wired.com, following up a Sunday Express report, the British government plans to install and monitor CCTV cameras in 20,000 British homes....
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Secret Service Checks Las Vegas ATMs
PC World reported on August 3 that the U.S. Secret Service is investigating some ATM machines in Las Vegas that are subtracting money...
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Going to the Dogs
The following satirical piece is intended as a warning as to the danger of judicial activism and how far down the slippery slope...
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New NATO Chief Outlines Priorities
Speaking to reporters at his first public appearance since assuming his new position as NATO's secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen outlined his priorities...
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Obama Claims “Historic Step” on Health Reform
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 31-28 on August 31 to approve its version of healthcare reform. “This historic step moves us...
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Obama’s Middle-class Tax-increase Dance
On August 3, everyone in the White House press corps was pretending President Obama hadn’t already broken his campaign promise not to back...
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Thomas Sowell and the Choice Between Utopia and Freedom
In an article for JewishWorldReview.com, Thomas Sowell establishes the proper context for the current debate over various schemes for nationalizing America’s healthcare system:...
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American Hikers Detained In Iran Officially Identified
Officials from the autonomous Kurdish province in northern Iraq officially identified the three Americans detained by Iranian border patrol officers last week after...
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U.S. Postal Service May Close Offices
According to an August 3 AP story, the U.S. Postal Service is considering closing offices and consolidating services throughout the nation. ...
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