Freedom and Progress
For more than two centuries, freedom has been the catchword of Western Civilization. What began as an abstraction from the pens of Locke,...
VA Hospitals Botching Treatments
The Department of Veterans Affairs is at the center of a growing controversy over the improper treatment of veterans at VA hospitals. On...
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Obama Pushes Healthcare Plan on ABC
On June 24, ABC TV gave President Barack Obama interview time with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America, a prime-time special with both...
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Ford Takes 5.9 Billion Government Loan
Ford Motor Company was supposed to be the only major U.S. automaker not in need of a bailout, but this week Ford accepted...
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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...
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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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