Politics
Patriot Act Vote Scheduled for Nov. 5
The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider a bill on November 5 that the Electronic Frontier Foundation believes is this year’s “best...
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...
Read moreConservative Party’s Hoffman Loses Plurality to Democrat Owens in NY Congressional Race
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...
Read moreThe Melancholy and Vain: Barack Obama’s Hamlet Complex
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...
Read moreSubcommittee Guts Ron Paul’s Bill to Audit the Fed
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...
Read moreRepublican Withdraws from N.Y. Congressional Race After Conservative Revolt
New York Republican congressional nominee Dede Scozzafava withdrew last weekend from the special election that will take place Tuesday and endorsed the Democrat,...
Read moreObama Follows Bush Administration’s Suit Regarding Warrantless Wiretaps
In American politics there is no adage truer than "The more something changes the more it stays the same." The latest piece of...
Read moreObama Signs Defense Bill With Hate Crimes Extension
President Barack Obama signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act on October 28, simultaneously approving the attached extension of hate crimes legislation to...
Read moreHouse Committee Investigates Jane Harman
A House Democrat who once claimed to "live and breathe security" has been under investigation this year for allegedly promising to use her...
Read moreDHS Extends Privacy Protection to Illegal Aliens
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...
Read moreLawsuit Filed Against Seattle Gun-ban Rule
In a recent test case in New Jersey regarding the right of citizens to keep and bear arms, an appeals court judge maintained...
Read moreNJ Court Rules 2nd Amendment Does Not Apply in State
New Jersey ratified the United States Constitution on December 18, 1787 — in fact, it was the third state to do so —...
Read moreBarack Obama Continues Bush Administration Policy Regarding Posse Comitatus
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...
Read moreABCNews.com Writer Blames “Bullies” for Political Extremism
The nation is divided. Fundamental issues of religion, morality, economics, and fundamental civil liberties and the responsibilities of elected officials are being debated...
Read moreHouse Committee Refuses to Hear Inconvenient Truth
The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming showed its bias against any criticism of the environmental movement at a hearing...
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