Russia’s Puzzling Role in Afghan Theater
On February 5, we reported about the fate of the U.S. air base at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, which has played a key role in...
Fate of U.S. Base in Kyrgyzstan Uncertain
Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on February 3 that his government had decided to shut down the U.S. air base at Manas. Manas...
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Obama Bows to EU Demands on Stimulus
Caving in to pressure from the European Union, President Barack Obama signaled this week that he wanted “Buy American” provisions struck from the...
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Holodomor: The Secret Holocaust in Ukraine
When Ukraine resisted Soviet attempts at collectivization in the 1920s and '30s, the Soviet Union under Stalin used labor camps, executions, and starvation...
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A Bad Deal Revisited — Obama and FDR
ITEM: Writing for Newsweek's online edition on January 13, Daniel Gross complains: "Even before President-elect Obama takes office, critics are circling his yet-to-be-released...
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Whatever Happened to Global Warming?
Now that record-cold temperatures across the globe are making a mockery of human-caused global warming, we look to see if this is merely...
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First Iranian-produced Satellite Launched
Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, announced on February 3 that on the previous day the Islamic nation had launched its first domestically produced...
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Senator-designate Newman: Blank Slate
The 63-year-old woman who will soon become the newest member of the U.S. Senate has a blank slate on political issues, despite a...
Read moreParallels With the Great Depression
What began early last year as a "credit crunch" and an "economic downturn" is now being characterized as a "long, severe recession." Once...
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This Year: $2 Trillion Budget Deficit?
“Easily in fiscal year 2009 it’s not out of the realm of possibility to have a $2 trillion deficit,” Mary Ann Hurley, vice...
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Assignment: Make the Constitution “Live”
"Mister Welter! Mister Welter!" Brooke Forrest yelled down the hallway of Oprah's School for Relativistic Females and All Males Who Dress or Feel...
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Judd Gregg and Bipartisanship
Bipartisanship, like budget deficits, was breaking out all over when President Barack Obama named U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) as his choice for...
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Stimulus: More Spending or More Tax Cuts?
Should the stimulus bill be amended to place more emphasis on spending, or should it instead be amended to place more emphasis on...
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Obama: Capitalist “Risk-Taking” Created Recession
President Barack Obama blamed the current economic recession on “a binge of risk taking” by bankers in a Today Show interview that aired...
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Gaza Cease-fire Continues to Break
For the second time in two days, the cease-fire between the Hamas Palestinian terrorist faction that controls Gaza and neighboring Israel was broken...
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