Economics and Common Sense
Common sense tells us that government cannot resuscitate the American economy and restore it to good health by spending more money and going...
“Torture Memo” Author Attacks Torture Ban
Former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo castigated President Obama’s decision to ban torture and close Guantanamo in a January 29 Wall Street Journal...
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Globalization Talk at Davos
German Prime Minister Angela Merkel proposed a new “global financial architecture” at the Davos World Economic Forum on January 30. But press coverage...
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Carbon Dioxide a “Pollutant”?
Governments often find it useful to have an enemy on whom it can blame a need to raise taxes and/or take away individual...
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Raul Castro’s Visit to Russia
Cuban President Raul Castro began an eight-day visit in Russia on January 29, when he met informally with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at...
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Mitchell Discusses Gaza in Israel, West bank
George J. Mitchell, the Obama administration's special Middle East envoy, traveled to Israel from Cairo on January 28 for a meeting with Israel's...
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Federal Reserve as Corporate Overlord and “Super-Cop”?
Congress is considering granting the Federal Reserve Bank dramatic new powers by this spring, according to the Washington Post for January 26. According...
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House Republicans Voted Unanimously Against Stimulus Bill
The House of Representatives yesterday passed the $819 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, delivering President Obama his first major political victory and...
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Experts Warn of Oil Price Rise
Oil prices dropped from $141 per barrel to below $40, but experts say that this decline is going to end in 2009, according...
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The Expanding War in Afghanistan
In an announcement made to reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on January 20, General David Petraeus, the U.S. Central Command chief,...
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A Sinking Island
Iceland’s government has become the first state casualty to collapse from the economic crisis currently engulfing the globe. A new election is scheduled...
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Another Busy Week in the Middle East
The world's attention remained focused on the Middle East during the week of January 25, as President Barack Obama met with his special...
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Massive West Coast March Energizes Right-to-Life
Tens of thousands of pro-life supporters from the San Francisco Bay area and throughout California converged on San Francisco for the fifth annual...
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Media Censors Huge Pro-Life Event (No Surprise Here!)
Tens of thousands of pro-life supporters marched through San Francisco on January 24 to register their opposition to the continuing abortion holocaust unleashed...
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Obama’s Interview with Al Arabiya
On the morning of Tuesday, January 27, President Barack Obama gave an interview with Al Arabiya, an Arab news network based out of...
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