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Is 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...
Conflict 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 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 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 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 moreReal 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 moreControversy Over Ground Zero Mosque
Despite the millions of square feet available for rent (and countless buildings for sale) in New York City, New York Muslims have chosen...
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...
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 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...
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