Politics

Statistics: Useful Tool for Promoting Falsehoods

The Obama administration’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently announced that the nation’s unemployment rate for the month of October reached 10.2 percent,...

November 12, 2009

Fort Hood Victims – Soldiers or Sitting Ducks?

William F. Jasper November 12, 2009

Soldiers trained in the "art of warfare" are not allowed to carry personal self-defense weapons on base as one of the unhappy results...

Lou Dobbs Quits CNN, John King Will Step In

Steven J. DuBord November 12, 2009

CNN Anchor Lou Dobbs announced on the air on November 11 that he was resigning from the network to pursue other unspecified opportunities....

Constitutional Candidates for Congress

Thomas R. Eddlem November 12, 2009

As recently as two years ago, Congressman Ron Paul introduced a bill to audit the Federal Reserve Bank that headed to oblivion. Year...

Obama Reacts to House Prohibition of Abortion Funding

Selwyn Duke November 11, 2009

In a legislative clash that pitted Democrats against their fellows, the House voted Saturday to pass the Stupak Amendment. Sponsored by Rep. Bart...

America’s Fighting Myth

Jack Kenny November 11, 2009

There was a night in Vietnam that stands out in my memory. I think it was Christmas Eve, and I was on guard...

Veterans Day

Bruce Walker November 11, 2009

Veterans Day was once Armistice Day. This holiday once celebrated not our brave fighting men and women but rather the end of one...

Questions Abound in the Investigation of the Ft. Hood Massacre

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. November 11, 2009

“What did you know and when did you know it?” was the infamously blunt question asked of President Richard Nixon regarding his involvement...

Krugman Vents His Vitriol on Conservatives

James Heiser November 10, 2009

Hypocrisy knows no political boundaries and the refrain “do as I say, not as I do” is a not-uncommon refrain in many circles...

Polar Bears Rule in Obama-nation

Jack Kenny November 8, 2009

Well, the two-party system is working as it is supposed to, with Socialist Party A returning to power to perpetuate the discredited policies...

Boxer Violates Senate Rules for “Cap-and-Trade” Bill

James Heiser November 7, 2009

Dismissing concerns that the environmental assumptions underlying the bill may be fundamentally flawed, key Senate Democrats have ignored their own rules in an...

Dangerous Connections: NBA and the KGB

William F. Jasper November 6, 2009

The recent public assassination in Moscow of Russian oligarch and sports team owner Shabtai Kalmanovich should give NBA promoters pause regarding their headlong...