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Bernanke Press Conference Proclaims Inflation Not a Problem
Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke told reporters at the Fed's first ever press conference April 27 that the Fed's Open Market Committee will...
Law Firm Bails on House Republicans DOMA Defense
A prestigious Atlanta law firm hired by Republicans in the House of Representatives to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in federal...
Read moreGOP Faces Tough Audiences in Pitching Medicare Overhaul
In the weeks following the release by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) of his budget proposal to overhaul Medicare, he and other Republicans across...
Read morePresidents Presentation of a Certificate of Live Birth Raises Even More Questions
At 9:45 a.m. on April 27, President Obama addressed the escalating controversy over the actual location of his birth at a press briefing...
Read moreRep. Gutierrez Demands Amnesty Through Executive Order
America’s elected officials are becoming less sheepish about their blatant disregard of the voters and the Constitution. This attitude is evident in the...
Read moreSpeculators and High Oil Prices
Last Thursday, speaking in Reno, Nevada, President Obama announced that the Department of Justice was going to examine the role of "traders and...
Read moreFukushima: Just How Dangerous Is Radiation?
The situation in Japan is grim. Estimates of the dead or missing — and by now this latter group must be moved into...
Read moreTSA: Back to the Abyss
Throughout history and around the world, suppliants have groveled to potentates for the most basic of rights and common decency. Whether it was...
Read moreNew York Public Library Policy Allows Patrons to View Porn
Officials of the New York Public Library (which has branches in the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island) say that it’s all right for patrons to...
Read moreHeritage Foundation: Racial Disparity In School Funding A Myth
A disparity in public education funding does not explain the racial achievement gap among students, a report from the Heritage Foundation found. ...
Read moreMississippi Supreme Court Overrules Judge Seeking Homeschoolers’ Information
Good news for Mississippi homeschoolers: The state Supreme Court has vacated a judge’s order seeking the names and addresses of all homeschoolers in...
Read moreState Department Proposes Bizarre Questionnaire for Passport Apps
It seems that people are under much less scrutiny when entering the United States than leaving it inasmuch as the State Department has...
Read moreHigh Gas Prices Set to Cause Double Dip in Economy
"I'm sure the rising cost of energy is bothering the market," said Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at D. A. Davidson & Company last...
Read moreATF Boss Threatened with Contempt Charge
As a congressional investigation of the Obama administration’s “Project Gunrunner” scandal proceeds, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif., picture, left) is threatening ATF Acting Director...
Read moreRon Paul Announces Presidential Exploratory Committee
Republican Representative Ron Paul announced April 26 that he had formed an "official Exploratory Committee to assess his options for the 2012 Presidential campaign"...
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