Politics

Republicans Weigh In on Pelosi-CIA Controversy

Speaking on CNN's State of the Union program on May 17, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio challenged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's...

May 19, 2009

Obama’s Broken Promises: Openness, Ending ‘Military Commissions’

Thomas R. Eddlem May 18, 2009

President Barack Obama flagrantly broke two explicit campaign promises last week, namely that he would promote more “openness” in government and end President...

Gender of Justices of Little Concern, Notes Gallup

May 15, 2009

A Gallup Poll released on May 13 indicated that nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed — 64 percent — responded that it "doesn't matter"...

Founders Would Be Displeased With Obama

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 15, 2009

The tremendous seismic activity reported throughout Virginia lately was not the result of an unpredicted earthquake, rather it was the reverberations that were...

National Service: “Serving” Political Ends

Thomas R. Eddlem May 15, 2009

The nightmarish future of Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World is a world where people are bred for servitude to government and hypnotized...

Texas, Other States Introduce Firearm Freedom Act

Alex Newman May 14, 2009

Following Montana’s lead, the Lone Star State has introduced a bill in the legislature challenging federal authority to regulate guns under the interstate...

Oklahoma Rescinds All Previous Constitutional Convention Calls

Larry Greenley May 14, 2009

Oklahoma continues to lead the nation in Constitution-oriented legislation at the state level. The Tenth Amendment resolution introduced in the Oklahoma legislature last...

U.S. Now Holds UN Human Rights Council Seat

Ann Shibler May 13, 2009

With no competition, the United States received 167 out of 192 votes for an empty regional seat on the UN Human Rights Council....

Taking EPA Findings Under Advisement

Ann Shibler May 12, 2009

Both the Environmental Protection Agency and the White House are issuing conflcting messages concerning greenhouse-gas emissions, and plans for regulating them, or not...

U.S. Policy re. Somali Pirates

William F. Jasper May 12, 2009

On April 30, Captain Richard Phillips, the heroic skipper of the pirated Maersk Alabama, told U.S. senators that “hardening” commercial shipping vessels, arming...

Constitutionalism 101

May 12, 2009

If one wants a nearly thorough education about the U.S. Constitution, it would be wise to examine the following: the notes from the...

Ambiguous Boundaries at Our Borders

Denise Behreandt May 11, 2009

It’s January 5, 2010 and you’re returning from Christmas vacation in Germany. While there, you read newspaper accounts of a potent and virulent...

Montana Defies Feds on Guns

Alex Newman May 11, 2009

The state of Montana approved what commentators are dubbing a “revolutionary” new law earlier this month. The “Montana Firearms Freedom Act” is set...