August 24 Primaries Yield Big Results
Yesterday’s national primaries proved several things. First, Sarah Palin’s political influence has not diminished. Second, Arizona Republican Senator John McCain’s dramatic transformation was...
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State Department Submits to UN Human-rights Review for the First Time
On August 20, for the first time in its history, the United States submitted an official report of its record on human rights...
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SEC Charges NJ With Cooking the Books
Notable in the statement from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week that it was charging the State of New Jersey with...
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In Philly, Blogging Brings Big Business License Bill
Philadelphia: The City of Brotherly Love. The home of Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were drafted. The...
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In Defiance of the Constitution, 49,000 Troops Still Deployed in Iraq
Many of the nearly 50,000 combat troops waking up in the same Iraqi bivouacs would be surprised to learn that the “final combat...
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UN Decries “Huge Scam” of Carbon Offsets
The track record of the United Nations' efforts pressuring for carbon credit “cap and trade” schemes has been very clear the past few...
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Judge Blocks Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction on August 23 blocking further...
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Gun-control Laws Challenged After Supreme Court Ruling
On June 28, the day the Supreme Court ruled in McDonald v. Chicago that individuals have the right to keep and bear arms,...
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Czar Takes Over $20 Billion BP Slush Fund, Critics Attack
Amidst strong criticism, the Obama administration’s “Compensation” Czar Kenneth Feinberg (left) took over BP’s $20 billion “slush” fund set up for victims of...
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“Federal Funding” by Any Other Name: Charter Schools
When it comes to expectations of the federal dollar, Shakespeare’s famous quotation about a rose still being a rose no matter what you...
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Taxpayer-funded Abortions for Military Personnel?
Unbeknownst to most Americans, an amendment to the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act passed the United States Senate that would allow abortion procedures...
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Pentagon Denounces Taliban Claims About PFC Bergdahl
According to one of his captors and Afghan intelligence officials, missing U.S. Army Private Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, has become a Muslim...
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Gore Declares “Movement We Need” Is “Down Under”
Environmentalism’s prophet of doom, former Vice President Al Gore, has finally found “The Movement We Need.” ...
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Truth About 9/11 Revisited
When Alexander Zaitchik’s article, “Top 10 Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories,” was published, it went viral, with the article being available online immediately here and...
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Senatorial Candidates Change Tunes to Remain Competitive
Campaigns for the 2010 midterm elections have reflected massive transformations for several of the senatorial candidates, particularly Florida Governor Charlie Crist and former...
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