Sotomayor 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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‘Jane Roe’ Arrested At Sotomayor Hearings
As Sonia Sotomayor faces tough questions about her stance on the volatile abortion issue, pro-life protesters have made their presence known. Earlier today,...
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The Sotomayor Hearings—Day One to Day Two
The first day of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings made two things clear. First, her chances of being confirmed are better...
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Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Begin
Today Sonia Sotomayor begins what will likely be a tough confirmation process. The Senate Judiciary Committee will decide this week whether Sotomayor will...
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Congress Rebukes Obama on Dictatorial Claim
The U.S. House of Representatives on July 9 voted almost unanimously to rebuke President Barack Obama over his June 24 signing statement openly...
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CIA Lies and Other Redundancies
Seven Democratic members of Congress recently penned a strong letter to CIA Director Leon Panetta asking him to apologize for claiming back in...
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Senators Ask Administration to Reassess Honduras Stance
Breaking the silence masking an almost unanimous consensus among U.S. government leaders in support of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, a group of...
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Hastings’ Amendment Attack on First Amendment
The House of Representatives passed a measure that is a direct attack on the First Amendment on June 25 by a vote of...
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New “Freedom Index” Grades Every Congressman
The current (July 20) issue of The New American includes our first congressional scorecard on the 111th Congress, which convened in January. The...
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“The Age Of Despotism”
This past Independence Day weekend, my friend, LCDR (Retired) Guy Cunningham, delivered an outstanding address here in Pensacola, Florida, in which...
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Audit-the-Fed Legislation Faces Roadblocks
It will come as a surprise to many Americans to learn that the Federal Reserve, created by Congress in 1913, has never been...
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Sarah Palin’s Swan Song?
Sarah Palin’s July 3 resignation from the Alaska governorship created a wave of publicity and hand-wringing among liberals in the major media who...
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Former Defense Chief Robert McNamara Dies
Robert McNamara, 93, the former secretary of defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations who's most remembered as the chief policymaker for America's...
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Obama’s Third Term?
It may sound strange, but in the sixth month of a new presidency there is a controversy brewing over Barack Obama’s third term....
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Abandoning Ethics… for Money
The new guidelines that will govern how human embryos and cell lines will be treated by the government, researchers, and experimenters has been...
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