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Police on Steroids: Threat to Criminals and Law-abiding Alike
"It's a big problem, and from the number of cases, it's something we shouldn't ignore." So spoke Drug Enforcement Administration official Lawrence Payne...
Discovery in Israel Could Change View of Man’s Origins
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered what they say are human teeth up to 400,000 years old. A spokesman for Tel Aviv University’s Institute...
Read moreLeft Vexed Over Coming GOP Attack on Regulations
Left-wing blogs are fretting over the potential impact of the incoming new majority Republican House of Representatives upon federal regulations, especially possible Republican...
Read moreGas Prices Predicted to Soar
Two summers ago, Americans were reeling over the exorbitant gas prices that averaged $4.50 per gallon. As gas prices are once again beginning...
Read moreATF Considers Gun-sale Notification for Southern Border States
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (still known as ATF) is considering a pilot program that would require gun dealers in...
Read moreTexas Man Arrested for Warning of Speed Traps
The capitol city of Texas has added another dimension to the town motto "Keep Austin Weird" with a bizarre crusade against speed traps....
Read moreDemocrats Prepare for Battle Over ObamaCare in Next Congress
Back in September, when Republicans first floated the idea of starving the ObamaCare beast, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius argued that...
Read moreCancun: Global Hysteria, Wealth Redistribution
Thousands of climate dignitaries representing almost every national government on Earth flew to Cancun, Mexico, for the great event. Security precautions were extensive:...
Read moreAfghanistan Reconstruction: Billions Spent, But No One Knows Just How
Waste, fraud, and corruption are endemic to government projects. At least projects that take place close to home, however, can be monitored and...
Read morePlanned Parenthood: More Govt Funding, More Abortions
Planned Parenthood’s annual report for fiscal 2008-09 shows that the nation’s premier abortion provider received a banner $363.2 million in government funding through...
Read moreTSA: Airports Are Only the Beginning
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), notorious for groping and ogling naked passengers at checkpoints, has long claimed that its “mission” is “protect[ing] the...
Read moreProf. Alfred Kahn, Father of Airline Deregulaton, Passes Away
Professor Alfred Kahn, best known as “the father of airline deregulation,” died Monday at age 93. His obituary from Cornell reminded his students...
Read moreDid Justice Breyer Invent History to Justify His Personal Agenda?
An oft-quoted maxim attributed (dubiously) to Mark Twain instructs writers: “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” Perhaps...
Read moreThe Great Global-warming Crackup
What a difference a year can make! In December 2009, thousands of politicians, diplomats, and bureaucrats swarmed into Copenhagen for the 15th Conference...
Read moreEPA Pushes Further Regulations
If Washington, .D.C. was supposed to “get the message” after the November elections, it would appear that the memo never made it to...
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