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.” ...
Obama: Natural-born Citizen Debate Rages On
On the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s birth as a state, it was another birth that clouded the celebration. The House of Representatives on...
Read moreGates and Crowley to Meet With President at “Beer Summit”
President Obama has planned tomorrow as the day he, Harvard Afro-American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge...
Read moreSenate Judiciary Committee Votes to Confirm Sotomayor
Earlier today the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13 to 6 to confirm federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court....
Read moreBush Considered Violating Posse Comitatus Law
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...
Read moreGuantanamo Teen’s Trial Delayed by Obama Administration
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...
Read moreObama, Gates, Crowley Likely to Meet
President Obama is likely to meet at the White House with black scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and police officer Sgt. James Crowley,...
Read moreBureau Says It Will Improve Census Accuracy
USA Today reported on July 27 that the U.S. Census Bureau is taking steps to ensure the accuracy of the next census in...
Read moreU.S. Gives $200 Million to Palestinian Authority
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on July 24 that the United States has given $200 million to help the operations of the...
Read moreLindsey Graham Supports Sotomayor
On Wednesday, July 22, South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham offered his support for the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor,...
Read moreObama Remarks on Gates Arrest Offend Many in Law Enforcement
President Barack Obama expressed some contriteness in an impromptu appearance at a White House briefing earlier today for contending that Cambridge, Mass., police...
Read moreHizb ut-Tahrir: KGB-FSB Connection?
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...
Read moreObama’s Healthcare Arrogance and Constitutional Inversion
President Obama has famously issued a deadline to Congress to pass a healthcare package before the August recess. And those bold marching orders...
Read moreCouncil on Foreign Relations
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama consistently promised Americans “change.” Such promises aren’t new to the voting public. ...
Read moreObama Regulatory Pick’s Pro-animal Rights and Anti-First Amendment Activism
It's not surprising that Harvard man Barack Obama wouldn't share late writer William F. Buckley's sentiment that "I would rather be governed by...
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