Nurturing the Great Depression
With all eyes on the precarious global economy, 20th-century economic history has never been more relevant. Interpretations of the defining economic episode of...
Amnesty International Releases 2009 Report
Amnesty International has released their 2009 report on “The State of the World’s Human Rights.” Dealing with topics ranging from “abuses by armed...
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Fr. Hesburgh Took Notre Dame Off Course
Notre Dame University went ahead with both the honorary degree and the commencement speech for pro-abortion President Barack Obama despite a multiplicity of...
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13-Year-Old Cancer Victim & Parental Rights
Every so often there is a case in which parents refuse to submit their child to medical treatment, citing religious beliefs. The most...
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Abu Ghraib’s Suppressed Rape, Abuse Photos
The Obama administration has often promised a more open and less secretive presidency, but on May 28 Obama was again on both sides...
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Surveillance of North Korea Increased
One day after Russia said it was going to step up its military surveillance around North Korea in response to North Korea’s recent...
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“Merchant of Death” Trial Still Looms
The Russian parliament and media refer to him merely as a “Russian businessman.” But to much of the rest of the world, Viktor...
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Tracking Your Digital Trail
Innocent-seeming questionnaires, tests, and surveys are increasingly being disseminated by government officials so that they have complete histories on every citizen. ...
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EU Banks on More Control
“European Union regulators may get the power to overrule national banking authorities under plans to tighten banking supervision that are aimed at avoiding...
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U.S. General: 10 More Years of Iraq War
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey told reporters earlier this week that a “reality scenario" for Iraq means “we're going to...
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More Belligerence From North Korea
North Korea’s belligerence has now extended to restarting its main nuclear reactor, declaring itself no longer bound by the 1953 Korean War armistice,...
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Guantanamo Recidivism: Numbers Inflated?
The New York Times published an article on May 20 that divulged that “an unreleased Pentagon report concludes that about one in seven...
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Obama Names Bolden for NASA
“Obama's NASA selection is a boost for manned spaceflight” proclaimed the headline to the May 24 Los Angeles Times story. Apparently, “the choice...
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Adding “Sexual Orientation” to Hate-crime Statutes
It’s ironic that secularists will accuse traditionalists of being hung up on sex, when they are the ones who cannot stop talking about...
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California’s High Court Upholds Proposition 8
In a 6-1 ruling yesterday, the California Supreme Court voted to uphold Proposition 8, which amended the state’s constitution so as to define...
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