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Civilization and Tsunamis
It is a signal irony that, within days of the apocalyptic earthquake and tsunami that have brought Japan to her knees, archaeologists announced...
House Votes To Defund NPR
Today, the House of Representatives voted 228-192 in favor of stripping federal funding from National Public Radio (NPR). The vote on the bill,...
Read moreInvocation in Minn. Senate Recalls 1996 Prayer of Repentance in Kan. Legislature
A Minnesota legislator said she was uncomfortable with the invocation offered by a Baptist pastor to open up the state Senate’s legislative session...
Read moreGovernment “Anti-Bullying” Overreach Hits Facebook
As if public school teachers do not have enough on their plate, the Department of Education is now demanding that school teachers and...
Read moreBills in Indiana General Assembly Aim at Ending Illegal Immigration
Legislators in the Hoosier State have jumped on board the pro-legal immigration bandwagon in a big way. By a vote of 31-18, the...
Read moreMichele Bachmann Makes the Gaffe Heard ‘Round the Blogosphere
During a speech she gave at an event organized by the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, Representative Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) declared: "You're...
Read moreTenn. Union Legislation Provokes Union Protesters and Arrests
After union protests in Nashville, Tennessee disrupted a state Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, state troopers forcibly removed seven union protesters from...
Read moreSEC Investigating Fannie and Freddie
Richard Syron, former chief executive of Freddie Mac, may be facing civil action by the Securities Exchange Commission, as the agency is investigating...
Read moreArizona Seeks Friends to Fight Feds
Legislators in Arizona are reaching out to other state governments in the region to form partnerships against the federal government and its ever-expanding...
Read moreJudge Rules Freedom of Speech Does Not Include Suicide Encouragement
According to a Minnesota judge, freedom of speech does not include encouraging suicide, and therefore cannot be used as a defense by a...
Read morePlanned Parenthood Republicans: A Decades-Long History
Trends within politics rarely occur in a vacuum. Instead, they develop within a broader ideological and historical context, which accounts for individual elected...
Read moreObama’s Gun Control Op-Ed Evades Real Issues
An editorial by President Obama has appeared in Tucson’s newspaper, the Arizona Daily Star, calling for further restrictions on gun ownership. Attempts by...
Read moreJapanese Nuclear Reactor Faces Media Meltdown
Major media outlets report Japan is facing a nuclear disaster after last Friday's earthquake and tsunami damaged its Fukushima power plant in the...
Read moreConstitutional Convention: 10-Point Refutation
In order to buttress its call for an Article V convention, the Center for Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute has published a...
Read morePew Center: Census Estimate For Hispanics Too Low
The latest decennial census shows that the Census Bureau's estimate for the number of Hispanics in the United States is too low, the...
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