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Dan 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...
Real or Imagined? A Critical Review of the SPLC’s List of Conspiracies
The indefatigable Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), whose professed aim is "fighting hate and bigotry," and "tracking and exposing the activities of hate...
Read moreBishop John B. McCormack to Retire
Today is an important day for New Hampshire Catholics. It is the 75th birthday of Bishop of Manchester John B. McCormack, the former...
Read moreIraqi General Wants U.S. Troops to Stay Until 2020
Two British newspapers, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian, quoted in their August 12 editions statements made by Iraqi Lieutenant General Babakir Zebari, who...
Read moreHartford Distributors President Filed Lawsuit For Black Children
The family and girlfriend of Omar Thornton, the black man who murdered eight at a beer distributorship in Hartford, Conn., before killing himself,...
Read moreiPad on Academic Probation
Pedagogy is defined as the art or science of teaching. In the age in which we live, there is as much of one...
Read moreImposter Found at Rand Paul Event
With the latest Rasmussen Report showing Republican Rand Paul in the lead for the Kentucky Senate race against Democrat Jack Conway, it’s no...
Read moreTeacher Funding Bill Hurts Businesses and the Poor
President Obama has signed into law an emergency appropriations measure intended to provide funds to stop teacher layoffs and to provide aid to...
Read moreFed Confirms Recovery Stalled
When the Federal Open Market Committee announced yesterday that “the pace of economic recovery is likely to be more modest in the near...
Read moreMilitary Building Case to Delay Afghan Troop Pullout
The New York Times reported on August 11 that U.S. military officials are building a case to reduce the planned withdrawal of some...
Read moreFormer Sen.Ted Stevens, “Emperor of Earmarks,” Killed in Crash
Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, known for his hot temper and deep barrels of pork for his rural state, died Monday night in...
Read moreStates Join to Protect Citizens from Federal Government
Twenty states have joined in a lawsuit in Florida asking a federal court to enjoin the implementation of Obamacare. These states are alleging...
Read moreLouisana Abortion Laws Attacked
Louisiana has passed two new statutory requirements regarding abortion. One requirement would provide that women who plan to have an abortion first have...
Read morePublic Support for War in Afghanistan Falls
A USA Today/Gallup poll released last week found that public support for President Obama’s Afghanistan war policy declined from 48 percent in February...
Read moreHome Depot Sued for Religious Discrimination
A Home Depot in Okeechobee, Florida, exhibited clear bias against a Christian worker who refused to remove his button that read “One Nation...
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