Politics

Small Government Conservatism Has Strong Ballot Showing

The 2009 elections brought complicated results: Republicans swept both Governor's races, Democrats won both congressional races, and incumbents swept mayoral races. But advocates of small...

Thomas R. Eddlem November 4, 2009

Conservative Party’s Hoffman Loses Plurality to Democrat Owens in NY Congressional Race

Thomas R. Eddlem November 4, 2009

Democrats narrowly won a plurality in New York's 23rd Congressional District Tuesday, a District that hadn't been held by a Democrat in more...

The Melancholy and Vain: Barack Obama’s Hamlet Complex

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 3, 2009

In a recent interview with CBS's Early Show anchor, Harry Smith, former Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney compared President Obama’s...

Subcommittee Guts Ron Paul’s Bill to Audit the Fed

Charles Scaliger November 3, 2009

The Federal Reserve Transparency Act (H.R. 1207), Congressman Ron Paul’s landmark bill to audit the Federal Reserve, has been gutted in a House...

Republican Withdraws from N.Y. Congressional Race After Conservative Revolt

Thomas R. Eddlem November 2, 2009

New York Republican congressional nominee Dede Scozzafava withdrew last weekend from the special election that will take place Tuesday and endorsed the Democrat,...

Obama Follows Bush Administration’s Suit Regarding Warrantless Wiretaps

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 2, 2009

In American politics there is no adage truer than "The more something changes the more it stays the same." The latest piece of...

Obama Signs Defense Bill With Hate Crimes Extension

Steven J. DuBord October 31, 2009

President Barack Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act on October 28, simultaneously approving the attached extension of hate crimes legislation to...

House Committee Investigates Jane Harman

Jack Kenny October 31, 2009

A House Democrat who once claimed to "live and breathe security" has been under investigation this year for allegedly promising to use her...

DHS Extends Privacy Protection to Illegal Aliens

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 31, 2009

The Department of Homeland Security is gagging local law enforcement agencies around the country to protect the privacy of illegal aliens. This sort of heavy-handed...

Lawsuit Filed Against Seattle Gun-ban Rule

James Heiser October 31, 2009

In a recent test case in New Jersey regarding the right of citizens to keep and bear arms, an appeals court judge maintained...

NJ Court Rules 2nd Amendment Does Not Apply in State

James Heiser October 30, 2009

New Jersey ratified the United States Constitution on December 18, 1787 — in fact, it was the third state to do so —...

Barack Obama Continues Bush Administration Policy Regarding Posse Comitatus

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. October 30, 2009

It has been just over one year since the U.S. Army announced that the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team was being...

House Committee Refuses to Hear Inconvenient Truth

Steven J. DuBord October 29, 2009

The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming showed its bias against any criticism of the environmental movement at a hearing...