United States

Lobbyists for Communist N. Korea & China Worming Way into Big Apple Politics

With North Korea defiantly slinging missiles in our direction, now might not seem the most propitious time for a politico tied to this...

William F. Jasper August 5, 2009

Health Insurance Lobby Speaks Out

Steven J. DuBord August 5, 2009

Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans, told reporters during an August 4 conference call that critics of private health insurance providers...

All Doped Up

R. Cort Kirkwood August 5, 2009

Between 1996 and 2005, Reuters reports, the use of anti-depressants doubled to nearly 10 percent of the American population. In 1996, the figure...

Abortion and Public Health Insurance

Steven J. DuBord August 5, 2009

Associated Press reported on August 5 that “health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a...

Secret Service Checks Las Vegas ATMs

Steven J. DuBord August 4, 2009

PC World reported on August 3 that the U.S. Secret Service is investigating some ATM machines in Las Vegas that are subtracting money...

Obama’s Middle-class Tax-increase Dance

Thomas R. Eddlem August 4, 2009

On August 3, everyone in the White House press corps was pretending President Obama hadn’t already broken his campaign promise not to back...

Thomas Sowell and the Choice Between Utopia and Freedom

James Heiser August 4, 2009

In an article for JewishWorldReview.com, Thomas Sowell establishes the proper context for the current debate over various schemes for nationalizing America’s healthcare system:...

American Hikers Detained In Iran Officially Identified

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. August 4, 2009

Officials from the autonomous Kurdish province in northern Iraq officially identified the three Americans detained by Iranian border patrol officers last week after...

U.S. Postal Service May Close Offices

Steven J. DuBord August 4, 2009

According to an August 3 AP story, the U.S. Postal Service is considering closing offices and consolidating services throughout the nation. ...

Going to the Dogs

Kurt Williamsen August 4, 2009

The following satirical piece is intended as a warning as to the danger of judicial activism and how far down the slippery slope...

New NATO Chief Outlines Priorities

August 4, 2009

Speaking to reporters at his first public appearance since assuming his new position as NATO's secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen outlined his priorities...