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Developing Countries Demand Cash at Copenhagen
Delegates from developing nations to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen are insulted at an EU pledge of 7.2 billion euros ($10.6...
Third World Protest Stalls Copenhagen Talks
As the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen begins its second week of discussions and negotiations, it appears that an impasse between First...
Read morePoll Shows Drop in Belief in Global Warming
A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that a clear majority of the American people do not believe global warming should be...
Read more“Skeptic” Climate Conference Challenges UN
As global-warming alarmists met at the United Nations' COP15 Climate Summit, attempting to create the impression that the science supporting their alarmism was...
Read moreACLU Says Obama Is Creating “Impunity” for Torturers
“The Bush administration constructed a legal framework for torture, but the Obama administration is constructing a legal framework for impunity,” the American Civil...
Read moreSenate Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill
The Senate on December 13 passed a mammoth omnibus spending bill variously described as costing $447 billion or $1.1 trillion, depending on whether...
Read more1914 and Christmas: What Might Have Been
As Americans come to dread the increasingly bromidic nature of the festive season (where, that is, they are still allowed to celebrate Christmas...
Read moreNYC Mayor Bloomberg: “Too Many Guns”
According to the Associated Press, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg “railed against gun violence” on December 11, one day after a street...
Read moreCongress Edges D.C. Toward Unofficial Statehood
The House of Representatives passed a bill on December 10 that would allow the government of the District of Columbia to use public...
Read moreOn the Front Lines of Global Warming Hysteria: Your Kids
When I was a wee lad in elementary school — this was back when global cooling was dogma — we kids had all...
Read moreDemocrats Seek $1.8 Trillion Debt Hike
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) stated on December 11 that the federal government must borrow at least $1.8 trillion more in...
Read moreJobless Claims Rise, Trade Gap Narrows
New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than analysts expected last week, while an unexpected narrowing in the trade gap in October provided...
Read moreTSA Places Five Employees on Leave Over Breach
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has placed five employees on administrative leave pending the results of the agency’s investigation of how a confidential...
Read moreStimulus Funds Support Odd Projects
CBS News reported on December 9 that Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have determined that at least 15 percent of...
Read moreAmtrak, Guns, and Sausage
When congressional negotiators agreed to a final version of a transportation bill, it included an amendment to allow Amtrak passengers to take their...
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