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Obama Critical of Intelligence in Christmas Day Plot
President Obama said on January 5, following a meeting with members of his national security team, that U.S. intelligence had gathered enough information...
Major Nidal Hasan: An Officer and Jihadist
Since the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, a number of American Muslims have grown increasingly radical in their adherence to a violent strain...
Read moreNew Study Finds Spanking Is Good for Kids
Spanking is like milk: It does a body good — or at least a mind. No, this isn’t the conclusion of traditionalist parenting...
Read moreNation’s Largest Abortion Mill to Open in Houston
Planned Parenthood is opening a new abortion facility in Houston reputed to be the largest in the nation and the second-largest in the...
Read moreBerkeley High Poised to Eliminate Science Classes Because They’re Too “White”
There are some things you just can’t make up — and many of them seem to originate in Berkeley, California. Berkeley really is...
Read more2010 Outlook Sour and Anxious
Several recent polls show the American people to be in a sour mood and anxious about the future, according to an op-ed column...
Read moreDodd Drops Out of Senate Race
U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn., picture at left) is expected to announce this morning that he will not be a candidate for a...
Read moreWhole Body Scanners: Would They Have Detected the Detroit Bomb?
The new millimeter-wave body scanners soon to be deployed in airports throughout the United States would not have detected the explosive device smuggled...
Read moreInternet Freedom Targeted
The Internet is an incredibly useful tool for ordinary Americans. Through the magic of an inexpensive computer, a whole world of information and...
Read moreTSA Nominee Faces New Problems
Errol Southers, President Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration, faced additional confirmation problems with revelations about misuse of criminal history information....
Read moreU.S. and U.K. to Strengthen Yemeni Security and the UN
In the wake of a nearly fatal display of U.S. security and intelligence agencies inability to protect the United States from airborne terrorists,...
Read moreBernanke: Lax Oversight Recession’s Cause
Regulatory failures and not low interest rates were responsible for the housing bubble, implosion and current recession, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke asserted...
Read moreThe Dirt on Global Warming
Man-made global warming is blamed for a myriad of environmental woes, from floods in Jakarta to drought in Australia, from record highs in...
Read moreEPA Program Spreads Toxins on America’s Farmland
In the midst of the push for environmental regulation in connection with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the Environmental Protection Agency...
Read moreDefense Appropriations Bill Full of Pork
The Defense appropriations bill signed by President Obama last month was filled with 1,720 different special earmarks. These earmarks seldom had anything to...
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