Politics
“Islamists” Denounce Capitalism, Call for Global Caliphate
A militant Islamist group, Hizb ut-Tahrir al Islami (The Islamic Liberation Party), held a recruiting conference in Chicago on Sunday July 19. Not...
Senate Considers Vote on Concealed Firearm Laws
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,...
Read moreSotomayor Vote Delayed, Although Confirmation Is Expected
The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed its vote on the confirmation of President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. ...
Read moreHouse Committee Chairmen Rebuke Obama
Four Democratic committee and subcommittee chairmen signed a July 21 letter rebuking President Barack Obama for asserting in a “signing statement” that he...
Read moreU.S. Bailouts Could Cost $23.7 Trillion, Inspector General Says
Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Neil Barofsky told House members on July 21 that the TARP program and...
Read moreObama Repeats Lie That He Hasn’t Pushed Tax Increases on Poor
President Obama reiterated his false claim that he has not raised the taxes of Americans. ...
Read moreObama Abroad: Much to Worry About
In recent weeks, Barack Obama has traveled across the ocean more than once and has been met everywhere not only as president of...
Read moreObama Deals, Feels Pressure on Stimulus
President Obama is really starting to feel the heat on the bogus economic projections he used to sell the “stimulus” package and budget...
Read moreNewsman Walter Cronkite Dead at 92
Born in 1916 and raised in St. Joseph, Missouri, Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. rose to become the most famous news anchor in television’s...
Read moreObama Escalates Afghanistan Quagmire
It could be argued that the single biggest contributor to President Barack Obama’s election victory was voter dissatisfaction with former President Bush’s neoconservative...
Read moreRicci Testimony Highlighted Last Day of Sotomayor Hearings
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday rang down the curtains on Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings at the end of four days of intense...
Read moreThe Prejudice of Atheists
Ever since the separation-of-church-and-state ruling in 1947, there has been an ever-intensifying effort to denude our public sphere of religious symbols and sentiments....
Read moreJohn Yoo: President Can Ignore Law
Bush-era Justice Department Attorney John Yoo is mad that various inspectors general have concluded that his legal memoranda on Bush-era warrantless eavesdropping have...
Read moreHillary Clinton Lets CFR Cat Out of the Bag
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not yet a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. After her July 15 speech at the...
Read moreSotomayor Confirmation Hearings Enter Day Three
As we entered day three of the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings, what should we have expected? Predictability, for sure. Yesterday Sotomayor labored to parry...
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