Politics

Obama, Gates, & Crowley Meet at White House “Beer Summit”

Yesterday evening at 6 p.m., President Obama held the first ever “beer summit” at the White House, which wasn’t really a “summit.” ...

Steven Yates July 31, 2009

Obama: Natural-born Citizen Debate Rages On

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. July 29, 2009

On the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s birth as a state, it was another birth that clouded the celebration. The House of Representatives on...

Gates and Crowley to Meet With President at “Beer Summit”

Steven Yates July 29, 2009

President Obama has planned tomorrow as the day he, Harvard Afro-American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge...

Senate Judiciary Committee Votes to Confirm Sotomayor

Steven Yates July 28, 2009

Earlier today the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13 to 6 to confirm federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court....

Bush Considered Violating Posse Comitatus Law

Thomas R. Eddlem July 27, 2009

President Bush considered ignoring the long-standing and explicit prohibition against using military forces within U.S. territory, the New York Times reported on July...

Guantanamo Teen’s Trial Delayed by Obama Administration

Thomas R. Eddlem July 27, 2009

The Obama administration has picked up the Bush administration’s policy of denying justice to detainees rather quickly, using the tactics of delay as the...

Obama, Gates, Crowley Likely to Meet

Steven Yates July 27, 2009

President Obama is likely to meet at the White House with black scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and police officer Sgt. James Crowley,...

Bureau Says It Will Improve Census Accuracy

Steven J. DuBord July 27, 2009

USA Today reported on July 27 that the U.S. Census Bureau is taking steps to ensure the accuracy of the next census in...

U.S. Gives $200 Million to Palestinian Authority

July 27, 2009

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on July 24 that the United States has given $200 million to help the operations of the...

Lindsey Graham Supports Sotomayor

Steven Yates July 24, 2009

On Wednesday, July 22, South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham offered his support for the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor,...

Obama Remarks on Gates Arrest Offend Many in Law Enforcement

Steven Yates July 24, 2009

President Barack Obama expressed some contriteness in an impromptu appearance at a White House briefing earlier today for contending that Cambridge, Mass., police...

Hizb ut-Tahrir: KGB-FSB Connection?

William F. Jasper July 24, 2009

As reported in yesterday's posting, the Islamist group, Hizb ut-Tahrir al Islami (The Islamic Liberation Party, hereafter designated by the abbreviation HT), held...