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The EPA Does It Again

The Environmental Protection Agency continues to pursue job-killing measures, reports the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The latest EPA endeavor involves revoking the Clean Water...

Raven Clabough January 18, 2011

Virginia Considers Dollar Collapse, Gold Currency

Alex Newman January 18, 2011

In a stark illustration of the economic fears still plaguing America, a resolution was introduced in the Virginia legislature on January 12 that...

FDA to Limit Acetaminophen in Pain-Killers

Daniel Sayani January 18, 2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that it will limit the active pain-reducing ingredient in the pain medications Percocet and Vicodin....

House Foreign Affairs Chairwoman Proposes Major UN Reforms

Raven Clabough January 18, 2011

House Republicans vowing to reform a number of items are turning their attention to the United Nations, preparing to continue an already long-raging...

Is Mandatory Gun Insurance the Solution to Gun Violence?

James Heiser January 17, 2011

As the gun control lobby seeks to exploit the Tucson tragedy to deprive American citizens of their Second Amendment rights, Democrats are already...

ICE’s Secure Communities are Spreading

Raven Clabough January 17, 2011

Wisconsin joined 36 other states in participating in the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) program called “secure communities.” Likewise, New York's Putnam...

George Will, “Congressional Supremacy,” and “American Exceptionalism”

Thomas R. Eddlem January 17, 2011

Every once in a while, America's establishment columnists treat their readers to a surprisingly helpful bit of writing. Such was the case with...

Viktor Bout and the Russian Terror Network

Christian Gomez January 17, 2011

Viktor Bout, 44, a former Soviet/Russian military officer and current black market arms dealer with ties to Russian military intelligence — the GRU,...

“War on Sudafed” Fails to Solve Meth Problem

Michael Tennant January 17, 2011

Back in 2005 Congress passed a law, which President George W. Bush then signed, forcing sellers of products containing the decongestant pseudoephedrine to...

Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Trim, or Uproot?

Bob Adelmann January 17, 2011

When Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) introduced a bill in the 111th Congress to defund National Public Radio (NPR), two things were working against...

Niece Calls MLK Pro-Life, “Social Conservative”

Jack Kenny January 17, 2011

While yesterday's liberals and today's progressives have championed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a hero for decades, a niece of...

Kagan, Sotomayor, Ginsburg, and the 4th Amendment

Bob Adelmann January 16, 2011

When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments on a Fourth Amendment case decided by the Kentucky Supreme Court (Kentucky v....

Tax Hikes in ObamaCare

Michael Tennant January 16, 2011

ObamaCare was marketed to the American people as healthcare reform — something that would ensure that everyone could obtain health insurance and never...

Iraq Attacks Leave Three U.S. Soldiers Dead

Michael Tennant January 16, 2011

According to President Barack Obama, combat in Iraq involving U.S. troops ended on August 31. Four-and-a-half months later, American soldiers are still dying...