Politics
Voters Prefer Tea Party to GOP
If the conservative Tea Party rebellion should move from the soapbox to the ballot box, it might well beat the Republican Party, according...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: Healthcare Set for Senate Passage
“The die is cast.” These were the fatal words spoken by Julius Caesar as he stood before his loyal legion on the northern...
Read moreCalif. Stimulus Watchdog Disappoints
When the U.S. Congress passed the massive stimulus package earlier this year, California Governor Arnold Swarzenegger created a state-level inspector general to insure...
Read moreObama Nominates La Raza Activist as Ambassador
President Barack Obama has appointed Maria del Carmen Aponte to be the next American ambassador to El Salvador. Aponte, a La Raza devotee,...
Read moreObama, Dems Slip Sharply in Polls
Nearing the end of his first year in office, President Obama and his Democratic Party are taking a beating in polls by NBC...
Read moreDemocratic Districts Get More Stimulus Funds
A new study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University found that Democratic districts received twice as many economic stimulus dollars as...
Read moreRepublicans Promise Procedural Resistance to Health Care Legislation
It Washington, D.C., it wasn’t the Grinch that stole Christmas, it was Tom Coburn, a physician from Oklahoma and most importantly, a senator...
Read morePawlenty in NH Rips Potomac ‘Ponzi Scheme’
Accusing Democrats in Washington of running "a Ponzi scheme on the Potomac," Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty made his first foray into New Hampshire...
Read moreSenate Banking Committee Confirms Bernanke, With Dissent
The Senate Banking Committee convened Thursday morning, December 17, and voted 16-7 to confirm Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term as Chairman...
Read moreVeterans Group Calls for Refusal to Deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq
In what is sure to be a controversial call to action or inaction, the organization March Forward, a group of patriotic retired and...
Read moreAmerican UN Official Wanted Karzai Replaced
Kai Eide, the Norwegian diplomat who is the UN Special Representative to Afghanistan, has said his former deputy — Peter W. Galbraith, an...
Read more22 Million Bush-era E-mails Found
Computer experts have reportedly found 22 million White House e-mails from the years President George W. Bush was in office, while the Obama...
Read moreIRS Creates New Unit for Rich Americans
The IRS has announced that it will be forming a new unit to focus on the very wealthy, particularly the wealthy who have...
Read moreIs Obamacare on Life Support?
Just as it seemed that recalcitrant receiver Senator Joe Lieberman caught President Barack Obama’s last minute healthcare Hail Mary pass, Howard Dean may...
Read moreFollow the Constitution, Armey Urges GOP
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, one of the architects of the Republican victory in 1994, has urged his fellow Republicans to pay...
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