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The ObamaCare Mandate: Constitutional Tax?
In a now famous admission of disregard for our nation’s founding document, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), when asked where in...
Gulf Oil Spill Opportunists
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are scrambling to parlay the tragic Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion and ongoing leak into a significant increase...
Read moreClubbed With a Cliché: Tea Party Racists?
Tea Party groups around the country are facing an all too familiar attack: racism. The evidence presented is highly circumstantial. A disproportionately large...
Read moreStealing the American Dream
John McManus, publisher for The New American magazine and President of the John Birch Society, launched a speakers tour on Sunday April 5,...
Read morePresident Obama’s Call for Civility: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
On May 1 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, during his commencement address to the University of Michigan, President Barack Obama made the following suggestion...
Read moreNY Car Bomb Suspect Keeps on Talking
On May 5, Faisal Shahzad, the 30-year-old son of a retired senior Pakistani vice air marshal, waived his right to a speedy arraignment,...
Read more“Teacher Employment” Bill Headed for Senate Vote
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) told Congressional Quarterly May 4 that a Senate floor vote on his Keep Our Educators Working Act of 2010,...
Read moreNational Day of Prayer Clouded by Controversy
Today is the National Day of Prayer, a day set aside for silent reflection and prayer in a variety of forms. However, this...
Read moreManipulation of Precious-metals Market Under Fire
The banking cartel’s manipulation of supposedly “free” markets is coming under increasing fire as a broad coalition of activists, legislators, and non-profit groups...
Read morePoliticians Plead: The Fifth Amendment Does Not Apply to Suspected Terrorists
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads, in part: “No person ... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a...
Read moreCEI Files Complaint Against Deceptive GM Ad
The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on May 4, saying that General Motors is misleadingly claiming in...
Read moreObama Administration Plans to Seize 401(k) Retirement Accounts
One aspect of a new and improved federal regulatory scheme is the seizure of 401(k) retirement plans and the subsequent government-administered ...
Read moreCrises in America? Big Government Is Not the Solution
Barack Obama’s presidency has been plagued with crises that appear to be increasing more rapidly in the past few weeks. As if American...
Read moreIran Accepts Brazilian Mediation for Nuclear-fuel Deal
The Voice of America reported on May 5 that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has agreed "in principle” to accept Brazilian mediation in a...
Read moreObamacare According to CATO
The libertarian, free-market Cato Institute has seen fit to reference a key article about healthcare on the home page of their website. Called...
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