Politics

More Covert War Against Iran

The United States has escalated its covert war against Iran, the New York Times reported on January 10. The article reported that the...

Gary Benoit January 12, 2009

Bush Designates New Marine Sanctuaries

Gary Benoit January 12, 2009

With just two weeks left in office, President Bush designated almost 200,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean as a national monument using...

Trying to Uphold Federalism in Federal Court

Gary Benoit January 9, 2009

"Federalism" is one of those words that turns many readers aside, as it conjures up images of boring old theoretical interpretations of John...

Kissinger, Putin, and the “New World Order”

William F. Jasper January 9, 2009

Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, has declared that "you don't ever want a crisis to go to waste." As reported...

Obama’s New Course: More of the Same

Gary Benoit January 8, 2009

President Bush leaves office amidst the greatest economic calamity in several generations, perhaps ever. The federal budget deficit is poised to triple last...

The Trouble With Leon Panetta

January 7, 2009

On January 5, the nation's new media learned that President-elect Barack Obama would nominate former congressman and Clinton administration official Leon Panetta as...

Obama’s Plan: Increase the $1.2 Trillion Deficit

Thomas R. Eddlem January 7, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama has a plan to bring the federal budget under control: spend more and increase the record $1.2 trillion deficit projected...

Kissinger Urges Obama to Build a “New World Order”

William F. Jasper January 7, 2009

According to Henry Kissinger, the various political and economic crises currently conflicting the world offer President-elect Barack Obama an opportunity to create a...

Neoconservatism in the Obama Age

Steven J. DuBord January 6, 2009

Neoconservatives are elated with Obama's appointments, recognizing that the new guard is very much like the old. ...

Skepticism About Second Amendment Support

Steven J. DuBord January 6, 2009

ITEM: The Chicago Sun-Times reported on December 8: "As gun sales shoot up around the country, President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that gun-owning...

Is Conservatism Dead?

Steven J. DuBord January 5, 2009

The rise of the neoconservatives within the GOP has not only discredited the Grand Old Party but tarnished the image of conservatism. ...

Paul Weyrich Passes Away

December 29, 2008

A leader of what became known as the "New Right," veteran conservative activist Paul Weyrich passed away on December 18 after a long...

Rick Warren, the CFR, and Barack Obama

Dennis Behreandt December 19, 2008

Is Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at the presidential inauguration purposefully driven? The news media, Evangelicals, the gay community,...