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Subcommittee Guts Ron Paul’s Bill to Audit the Fed
The Federal Reserve Transparency Act (H.R. 1207), Congressman Ron Paul’s landmark bill to audit the Federal Reserve, has been gutted in a House...
Catholic Bishops: The Faithful Should Not Support Current Healthcare Reform Bills
Upset about the inclusion of abortion funding and mandates in the healthcare reform bills currently before Congress, the United States Conference of Catholic...
Read moreRepublican Healthcare Reform Bill Coming
House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio) announced on November 1 that his party is preparing a healthcare reform bill to compete with the...
Read moreThe Melancholy and Vain: Barack Obama’s Hamlet Complex
In a recent interview with CBS's Early Show anchor, Harry Smith, former Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney compared President Obama’s...
Read moreYes, It Was An Honor Killing
Noor Faleh Almaleki, the 20-year-old Iraqi woman whose father ran over her in a Jeep, has died. ...
Read moreAbortion Ultrasound Causes Local Planned Parenthood Director to Quit
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and the ultrasound images of a baby being aborted spoke a silent “change of heart”...
Read moreDid “Cash for Clunkers” Cost Taxpayers $24,000 Per Car Sold?
The federal $3 billion “Cash for Clunkers” program promoted by the Obama White House last summer cost an average of $24,000 per additional...
Read moreRepublican Withdraws from N.Y. Congressional Race After Conservative Revolt
New York Republican congressional nominee Dede Scozzafava withdrew last weekend from the special election that will take place Tuesday and endorsed the Democrat,...
Read moreObama Follows Bush Administration’s Suit Regarding Warrantless Wiretaps
In American politics there is no adage truer than "The more something changes the more it stays the same." The latest piece of...
Read morePersonal Thoughts About Last Things
November is the month of the dead — dead leaves, dead saints, the dear, dead friends and neighbors we like to call the...
Read moreHouse Committee Investigates Jane Harman
A House Democrat who once claimed to "live and breathe security" has been under investigation this year for allegedly promising to use her...
Read moreObama Signs Defense Bill With Hate Crimes Extension
President Barack Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act on October 28, simultaneously approving the attached extension of hate crimes legislation to...
Read moreThe Marathon Man
Four countries. Thirty cities. More than 60,000 miles. Almost 50 different flights. Around the world — from Chicago to Chicago — in just...
Read moreDHS Extends Privacy Protection to Illegal Aliens
The Department of Homeland Security is gagging local law enforcement agencies around the country to protect the privacy of illegal aliens. This sort of heavy-handed...
Read moreLawsuit Filed Against Seattle Gun-ban Rule
In a recent test case in New Jersey regarding the right of citizens to keep and bear arms, an appeals court judge maintained...
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