United States

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...

Mary McHugh August 12, 2010

Real or Imagined? A Critical Review of the SPLC’s List of Conspiracies

Dennis Behreandt August 12, 2010

The indefatigable Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), whose professed aim is "fighting hate and bigotry," and "tracking and exposing the activities of hate...

Bishop John B. McCormack to Retire

Jack Kenny August 12, 2010

Today is an important day for New Hampshire Catholics. It is the 75th birthday of Bishop of Manchester John B. McCormack, the former...

Iraqi General Wants U.S. Troops to Stay Until 2020

August 12, 2010

Two British newspapers, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian, quoted in their August 12 editions statements made by Iraqi Lieutenant General Babakir Zebari, who...

Hartford Distributors President Filed Lawsuit For Black Children

R. Cort Kirkwood August 11, 2010

The family and girlfriend of Omar Thornton, the black man who murdered eight at a beer distributorship in Hartford, Conn., before killing himself,...

iPad on Academic Probation

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. August 11, 2010

Pedagogy is defined as the art or science of teaching. In the age in which we live, there is as much of one...

Imposter Found at Rand Paul Event

Raven Clabough August 11, 2010

With the latest Rasmussen Report showing Republican Rand Paul in the lead for the Kentucky Senate race against Democrat Jack Conway, it’s no...

Teacher Funding Bill Hurts Businesses and the Poor

Dennis Behreandt August 11, 2010

President Obama has signed into law an emergency appropriations measure intended to provide funds to stop teacher layoffs and to provide aid to...

Fed Confirms Recovery Stalled

Bob Adelmann August 11, 2010

When the Federal Open Market Committee announced yesterday that “the pace of economic recovery is likely to be more modest in the near...

Military Building Case to Delay Afghan Troop Pullout

August 11, 2010

The New York Times reported on August 11 that U.S. military officials are building a case to reduce the planned withdrawal of some...

Former Sen.Ted Stevens, “Emperor of Earmarks,” Killed in Crash

Jack Kenny August 11, 2010

Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, known for his hot temper and deep barrels of pork for his rural state, died Monday night in...

States Join to Protect Citizens from Federal Government

Bruce Walker August 10, 2010

Twenty states have joined in a lawsuit in Florida asking a federal court to enjoin the implementation of Obamacare. These states are alleging...

Louisana Abortion Laws Attacked

Bruce Walker August 10, 2010

Louisiana has passed two new statutory requirements regarding abortion. One requirement would provide that women who plan to have an abortion first have...

Public Support for War in Afghanistan Falls

Mary McHugh August 10, 2010

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...