Republican Governors Split on Stimulus
Obama’s economic stimulus package is causing quite the stir among America’s governors, particularly the Republican ones. The New York Times reports: "Republican governors...
Economics Trumps Human Rights During Clinton China Visit
In her first trip abroad since becoming secretary of state, Hillary Clinton traveled to four Asian countries including China, the world's most populous...
Read moreFreedom Versus Secrecy in Government
They beat him so badly they broke his bones. They cut him with a razor blade while pouring “hot, stinging liquid” in the...
Read moreBarack Obama: a Modern-day Julius Caesar?
An aged volume of ancient history (Ancient and Medieval History by Hayes and Moon, 1929) describes how some of Julius Caesar's countrymen came...
Read moreThe Pentagon’s Detainee Torture Whitewash
The Pentagon has released a report claiming treatment of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison is now largely in accord with the Geneva...
Read moreWho Will Call Obama Out?
President Barack Obama told a White House gathering of 85 of the nation’s mayors on February 20 that if they don’t spend the...
Read moreHolder: Race Agitate or You’re a “Coward”
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says that Americans are not part of the “land of the free and the home of the brave”...
Read moreObama’s Canada Visit Spotlights NAFTA
President Barack Obama made his first visit international trip as president on February 19, as he made a seven-hour visit to Canada’s capital...
Read moreU.S. Commander Predicts Long Afghanistan Stay
Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, predicted on February 18 that the additional 17,000 U.S. troops scheduled to...
Read moreGoogle Beware of Antitrust Nominee
Google, the internationally popular Internet search engine, is under fire. Christine A. Varney, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next antitrust chief...
Read moreNew Hampshire May Adopt Seat Belt Law
Legislators in the “Live Free or Die” state may soon trade a bit of their citizens’ independence for a pot of gold from...
Read moreA Season for Fires — and for Heroes
Each day, thousands of firefighters, police officers, and other emergency personnel put their lives on the line, performing heroic deeds as part of...
Read moreBorder Agents Freed Early
Jailed Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were released early from federal prison Tuesday after serving about two years of their...
Read moreObama’s Broken Promises at One Month
Recently, Americans have elected a string of lying presidents. First, there was George Bush the elder, who said "Read my lips, no new...
Read moreAutomakers Seek Another $21.6 Billion
General Motors and Chrysler submitted “financial viability” plans to the U.S. Treasury on February 17 that included combined requests for another $18.6 billion...
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