The Libertarian Alternative
An interview of Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party's standard-bearer, about his quest for the presidency. ...
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Examining Healthcare
Americans who want national healthcare should examine the results where it has already been tried. ...
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The New Democrat
According to Bob Conley, the Democrat nominee for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina, “The New Democrat is the Old Democrat.” And that...
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Gun Rights on Trial
The Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller struck down a prohibition against handguns but also allowed for more regulation of...
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McCain Picks Palin for VP
It looked for a while like it might have been Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty who would wind up on the Republican ticket alongside...
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Ron Paul Will Be Heard in Minneapolis
A number of former GOP presidential candidates — Sam Brownback, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Fred Thompson — are scheduled to...
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Georgia: Our Next Entangling Alliance?
Russia’s recent war with Georgia and the ensuing military occupation, which shows every sign of permanency, is a reminder of the folly of...
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Severe Restriction on Home Schooling in California Averted
A California appeals court on August 8 reversed its earlier decision placing severe restrictions on home schooling in California. If allowed to stand,...
Read moreKAL Flight 007 Remembered
It has been 25 years since Korean Airlines Flight 007, carrying 269 passengers and crew, including Congressman Larry McDonald of Georgia, was fired...
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Delegate Dilemmas and Duties
As the recently concluded primary season reminded us, America’s quadrennial presidential nominating process, from the earliest primaries to the national party conventions, has...
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Obama Picks “Ultimate Insider”
Despite Obama’s pledge for “change,” his pick for vice-presidential running mate, Senator Joseph Biden (D-Del.), is the clearest signal yet that an Obama...
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Recreating Riots
1968. For nostalgic, aging radicals, that year is fondly remembered as the zenith of their glory days, when their demonstrations against the Vietnam...
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Would McCain Change the Court?
What effect would a John McCain presidency have on the Supreme Court? That question is perhaps even more important this election year, since...
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According to Pelosi, Impeachment Proceedings Are “Off the Table”
When California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi became House Speaker with the election of a Democratic majority in 2006, hopes ran high in some quarters...
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Bush Administration Rule Riles Abortion Advocates
The Bush administration plans to enforce a regulation that will prevent healthcare workers who object to abortion from being forced to perform abortion-related...
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