United States
This Day in the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Thursday, August 16, 1787. The State House in Philadelphia was hot, hot, hot. The delegates gathered to “form a more perfect union” were...
Obama’s Multigenerational Shadow War
“If George W. Bush is remembered by getting America stuck in Afghanistan and Iraq, it’s looking like Obama wants to be remembered as...
Read moreMassachusetts Medical-record Dump Serves as Warning for All Americans
“Four Massachusetts community hospitals are investigating how thousands of patient health records, some containing Social Security numbers and sensitive medical diagnoses, ended up...
Read moreReality of Social Securitys Bankruptcy Sinking In
A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll finds that “pessimism over Social Security is at an all-time high as six in ten Americans who...
Read moreAnd the Next Bailout Goes to … Government Employees
On August 10 President Barack Obama signed into law a $26 billion spending bill that, proponents claim, will save the jobs of 300,000...
Read moreDrivers Licenses for Illegals Prove Deadly
Three states have recorded a surge in the number of illegal alien drivers, The Associated Press reports. The reasons are that other states...
Read moreSmile! You’re on Red-light Camera
The cornerstone of American jurisprudence is that the accused is innocent until proven guilty. If your car is caught going through a red...
Read moreIs the Constitution on Life Support?
Mark Twain, upon hearing that his obituary had been erroneously published, told a reporter, “Reports of my death are exaggerated.” Lately, there has...
Read moreRangel and the Ways and Means to Power
Charles Rangel, a longtime liberal Democrat from a northern industrial state (New York), a congressman who chairs the immensely powerful House Ways and...
Read moreConflict of Interest in NLRB Recess Appointee
The National Right to Work Foundation has aggressively pursued recusal motions against Craig Becker, a recess appointment by President Obama to the National...
Read moreCouples That Pray Together, Stay Together
On August 12, the Washington Post reported that couples who share religious practices tend to be happier than those that don’t. That is...
Read more$600 million Bill Potentially Tightens Border Security
In an effort to appease states infuriated over the lack of federal assistance in the area of illegal immigration, President Obama signed a...
Read moreSharron Angle: Get U.S. out of United Nations
On August 13, local CBS affiliate 8 News Now asked Nevada Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle if she still supported an earlier-stated...
Read moreConsumer Prices Increase 0.3 Percent in July
The Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a news release on August 13 stating that the “Consumer Price Index for All...
Read moreDan Rostenkowski, R.I.P.
Famous for once saying that in Chicago, politics is “a blood sport,” former U.S. Representative Dan Rostenkowski, 82, passed away on August 11...
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