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Ron Paul Calls for Competition in Money
Many years ago, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. famously stated, “Competition is a sin.” He preferred a monopoly, the very antithesis of economic freedom,...
Private Space Flight Nearing Launch
As NASA’s manned space efforts falter in the face of the looming conclusion of the shuttle program and by a finding of the...
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...
Read moreObama Administration Announces Stalinist Environmental Tactics
The Obama Administration plans to bypass Congress to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. According to Fox News, a top White House economic official warned...
Read moreContractor Posted TSA Secrets Online
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stated on December 9 that her department is investigating how a version of the Transportation Security...
Read moreReal ID Deadline May Strand Holiday Travelers
During last year’s presidential campaign, then-candidate Barrack Obama made a now-famous gaffe when he referred to his having visited 57 states during the...
Read moreBernanke Claims Economy Is Recovering
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Economic Club of Washington that the economy is recovering, even as it confronts “formidable headwinds.” ...
Read moreObama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on December 10, adopting a self-effacing attitude during his acceptance speech as...
Read moreUN Claims 2009 Tops Temperature Charts
The United Nations says the past decade is the warmest on record, making the announcement at its Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on...
Read moreWhat Consensus? Public, Scientists Doubt Climate Crisis
According to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the "Climategate" e-mails leaked from a British university have done nothing to undermine the United Nations' view...
Read moreFBI Orders Review About Fort Hood Shooting
FBI Director Robert Mueller on December 8 ordered an independent review of the agency’s handling of information pertaining to the military psychiatrist charged...
Read moreLord Monckton, the Copenhagen Treaty, and the Constitution
In an October 14 speech to the Minnesota Free Market Institute in St. Paul, Lord Christopher Monckton, former science adviser to British Prime...
Read moreMaking Healthcare Sausage in Congress
Proving that where there’s a will (among 58 or so senators and 38 percent of the American public), there’s a way to forcibly...
Read morePresident Obama to Accept Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama is set to accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on December 10 in Oslo, Norway. This will be less than...
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