United States

U.S. Passport Applications Becoming Gender Neutral

The U.S. State Department has changed some fundamental terminology on passport applications, reflecting the increasing numbers of same-sex partners who have become parents....

Dave Bohon January 10, 2011

Massachusetts State Legislature Takes Pay Cut

Bruce Walker January 10, 2011

Thirteen years ago Massachusetts enacted a constitutional provision which required an adjustment in the pay of state legislators and other elected state officials...

Union Head Richard Trumka Sees AFL-CIO as Socialist Vehicle

Mary McHugh January 10, 2011

In an Internet video piece dated September 27, 2010 which recently made the rounds of conservative media, AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka explains his...

Starving ObamaCare

Bob Adelmann January 10, 2011

When the new House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (left, R-Wis.) announced that his budget committee would produce budgets for the agencies of the...

The Shameful Manipulation of Murder: Gun Control and Tyranny

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 10, 2011

On Saturday in Tucson, Arizona 22-year-old Jared Loughner opened fire outside a Safeway grocery store and killed six people and injured at least...

Politicizing Ariz. Mass Shooting to Demonize Guns, Conservatives

Alex Newman January 9, 2011

SUNDAY, 9 JANUARY 2011 After a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, left at least six dead and more than a dozen wounded, including...

Will Repealing ObamaCare Bust the Budget?

Michael Tennant January 9, 2011

Prior to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known colloquially as ObamaCare, the Congressional Budget Office issued an analysis...

Intent of the Founders: Is it Relevant Today?

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 9, 2011

From Ninthers, and Tenthers to the Second Amendment Foundation, it seems there’s an advocacy group for every amendment in the Bill of Rights....

City Hearings on Blizzardgate Get No Response from NY State Government

January 8, 2011

In response to evidence that rank-and-file members and supervisors within the New York City Department of Sanitation intentionally refused to carry out their...

House GOP Leaders Mount Challenge to Debt Increase

Raven Clabough January 7, 2011

Among the top priorities for some GOP House leaders is challenging a raise of the nation’s debt ceiling. On Thursday, House Republicans told...

ATF Plans Gun Registration in Border States

James Heiser January 7, 2011

As the Obama administration is poised to enact a sweeping infringement of the right of Americans to keep and bear arms in the...

SEC Prepares to Investigate California

Raven Clabough January 7, 2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to investigate the State of California for alleged failure to disclose information on its enormous public...