United States

SAT Scores Decline in NYC Schools

SAT scores continue to decline in New York City schools. As NBCNewYork.com reports: "It's a sad state for standardized tests. City and state...

James Heiser August 26, 2009

Bernanke Renominated as Fed Chairman

Thomas R. Eddlem August 26, 2009

President Barack Obama on August 25 renominated current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to another four-year term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve...

Lieberman Sees Recession Delaying Reform

Steven J. DuBord August 26, 2009

Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) thinks there is no reason to push healthcare reform through Congress in the midst of a recession, Fox News...

VA Wrongly Says Vets Have Fatal Disease

Steven J. DuBord August 26, 2009

The Veterans Affairs Department has mistakenly told some veterans that they have ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, the Associated Press reported...

Ted Kennedy Dies at 77

August 26, 2009

Succumbing to an inoperable brain tumor discovered 15 months ago, Senator Edward Moore Kennedy passed away at his home in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, on...

Should Republicans Save Medicare?

Jack Kenny August 26, 2009

People used to say politics makes strange bedfellows. These days, calling any kind of bedfellows strange might qualify as a hate crime. It...

Holder Appoints Torture Prosecutor, Rejects Nuremberg Principle

Thomas R. Eddlem August 25, 2009

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Assistant United States Attorney John Durham to investigate torture by U.S. officials since President Bush commenced the...

Cash-for-clunkers Sputters to a Close

Steven J. DuBord August 25, 2009

Like one of the old jalopies it is supposed to remove from the road, the $3-billion cash-for-clunkers program sputtered to a close on...

Obama’s Wars Trigger New Activists

Patrick Krey August 25, 2009

The election of Barack Obama to the Presidency has highlighted the foreign policy double standard that the activists on the left end of...

South Korea Launches First Rocket

James Heiser August 25, 2009

After a six-day delay caused by a faulty valve, South Korea has launched its first rocket, the Naro-1, from the Naro Space Center...

Somali Terrorists Recruiting in Minnesota

James Heiser August 25, 2009

Details are emerging in a plot to recruit jihad terrorists from within the United States. According to the Associated Press, al-Shabab terrorists “have...