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Gold and Competitive Currency Destruction
The price of gold as measured against the U.S. dollar hit a record $1,341 per ounce at the close of commodities market day...
The Karzai Family Fortune, Courtesy of U.S. Taxpayers
The average Afghan — and, indeed, the average American — may be deriving very little benefit from the United States’ continued occupation of...
Read moreEnvironmental Advertisements Promote Fear Tactics
Liberal environmentalists apparently care so much about the Earth that they will resort to the lowest levels of humanity in order to achieve...
Read moreUN pushes Economic Scheme for Climate Conference
After the significant defeat that confronted environmental extremists at last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, organizers for the 2010 conference...
Read moreArt Museum Shows Jesus in Pornographic Pose
An art museum in Loveland, Colorado, currently features a depiction of Jesus Christ in a pornographic pose. The piece has sparked heated controversy...
Read moreScott Bradley’s Quixotic U.S. Senate Run
Scott Bradley aims to give Utah voters a real choice in the November U.S. Senate race. The longtime Republican-turned-Constitution Party candidate faces an...
Read moreIMF Outlook for Global Economy Gloomy
There is little growth on the horizon for the global economy, and a significant likelihood of further trouble, believes the International Monetary Fund....
Read moreRahm Emanuel Announces Candidacy But Is He Eligible?
President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, resigned from his post on October 1 amid rampant speculation that he would run for...
Read morePoll Shows Overlap Between Tea Party and Religious Right
A poll released on October 5 by the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute indicated that nearly half (47 percent) of Americans who consider...
Read moreJoseph Sobran: God’s Satirical Soldier
Like most conservatives, Joseph Sobran, enjoyed being a contrarian, flatly contradicting the conventional wisdom, which he liked to describe as "what everybody thinks...
Read moreWhen a Colt .45 Isn’t Just on the Bar Menu
Despite the best efforts of gun-control organizations, Americans are gaining more and more freedom to keep and bear arms. Forty-eight states now have...
Read moreTaliban Claims Responsibility for NATO Supply Truck Attacks
Voice of America and other news sources reported on October 4 that the Pakistani Taliban had claimed responsibility for an attack on about...
Read moreStuffing the Lame Duck (Congress)
In their haste to leave Washington and attempt to rescue whatever might be left of their political careers, politicians put off until a...
Read moreSan Francisco Ponders Regulation of Happy Meals
San Francisco is considering a new city ordinance that would prohibit McDonald’s from putting a toy in its Happy Meal boxes unless it...
Read moreSharron Angle’s Private Meeting Recorded
In a private meeting that took place last week, Nevada's Republican senatorial candidate Sharron Angle was recorded urging third-party candidate Scott Ashjian to...
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