Government Funding for Nonexistent Jobs
John Stossel recently reported on the failure of federally subsidized job-training programs in Minnesota. Using federal stimulus dollars, the Summit Academy stated that...
Politics
Sarbanes-Oxley and the Separation of Powers
On Monday, December 7, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments concerning Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). ...
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Obama’s Afghan Troop Surge for 100 al-Qaeda
President Barack Obama’s December 1 speech at West Point was meant to justify sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan at a cost...
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Librarians Unite Against Patriot Act Provisions
Librarians are virtually united in opposing the renewal of the Patriot Act provisions that are set to expire this December 31, 2009. Thirty-two...
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Marine Commander To President: Give Me More Afghanis, Not More Marines
The commanding general of the Marine Corps in southern Afghanistan has a message for President Obama: We need more troops on the ground,...
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FBI Failed to Forward Hasan’s E-mails to Awlaki
Major Nidal Hasan, the army psychiatrist accused of murdering 13 and attempting to murder 32 others during a November 5 shooting spree at...
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Tea Party Movement Moving the GOP Too Far Right?
The GOP will be torn apart and rendered powerless by its conservative wing. This is the prediction made by Tim Kaine, the Democratic...
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Eminent Domain Battles Continue: Fee Simple Is Not So Simple
The Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York, has ruled against Columbia University's plans to use eminent domain to...
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Fed Chief Bernanke Faces Strong Criticism
Ben Bernanke appeared on December 3 before the Senate Banking Committee as part of the confirmation proceedings needed to approve a second four-year...
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Obama Afghan Strategy Taken from Bush’s Playbook
Before he had finished invoking the blessings of God upon the nation he was elected to lead, researchers and pundits had evaluated every...
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More Americans Think U.S. Should “Mind its Own Business”
A poll released on December 3 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press revealed that 49 percent of Americans believe...
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Obama Escalates War in Afghanistan
President Obama announced December 1 he would immediately begin deploying an additional 30,000 U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan, an escalation that would be complete...
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ACORN Cracked Again
ACORN, the beleagured leftist outfit struggling to stay afloat in the middle of a hurricane of bad publicity, was hit with another minor...
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House Enacts Limits as Patriot Act Set to Expire
Three controversial provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire this New Year’s Eve. They granted the federal government wide-ranging powers of...
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Tom Tancredo and Colorado’s “Platform for Prosperity”
Tea Party activists are working nationwide to shake every tree of unrest wherever they find them growing to acquire money sufficient to fund...
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