Politics
Obama’s Executive Orders
The media is anxiously speculating about what it hopes will be a rash of Obama executive orders overturning those issued during the past...
CIA Director Hayden Says bin Laden Isolated
During a speech given on November 13 before the Atlantic Council think tank, CIA Director Michael Hayden offered his best-informed opinion that Osama...
Read moreWar Without End, Amen
The New York Times revealed on November 10 the existence of yet another secret administration policy that had been hidden from the American...
Read moreRon Paul Scores 5th in New York Times Poll
As part of an ongoing post-election series entitled "The 44th President," the New York Times conducted an "If You Were President ..." reader...
Read moreU.S. Bishops Take Action on Abortion
In the wake of a presidential race that culminated in the election of a pro-abortion administration, U.S. Catholic bishops moved quickly on November...
Read moreObama’s Agenda for America in Brief
According to Obama, "Change has come to America." But has it really? And if so, what kind of change is it? In his...
Read moreAdmissions of Media Love-in for Obama
The Republican Party must accept much of the blame for its recent drubbing in the presidential and congressional elections. President Bush and GOP...
Read moreHow the Republicans Blew It
For the last eight years, the Republicans have rivaled the Democrats in making government bigger, costlier, and more intrusive. Now they have paid...
Read moreWill the Constitution’s Trial Rights Finally Be Vindicated?
More than six years after they were thrown into a U.S. prison, the New York Times has reported that six Algerian detainees may...
Read moreObama’s Pick of “Tough Guy” Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel may have been a ballet and dance major at Sarah Lawrence College, but in political circles Obama's choice as chief of...
Read moreWill Obama Let You Keep Your Guns?
On November 7, the New York Times reported that "sales of handguns, rifles and ammunition have surged in the last week, according to...
Read moreA Look at Obama’s Likely Cabinet Picks
One of the first orders of business for a new president-elect is to consider which people to nominate for his cabinet. The position...
Read moreWhy McCain and the Republicans Went Down
During the Republican presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, in September 2007, Congressman Ron Paul warned that "we've dug a hole for ourselves...
Read moreWhat Happened to the Third-party Presidential Candidates?
During the presidential campaign, as well as on election night, the major media generally ignored the third-party candidates who threw their hats into...
Read moreFate of Chinese Separatists Held in Guantanamo Uncertain
A report in the British newspaper, the Guardian, for November 1 examined the plight of 17 members of a dissident ethnic Chinese group...
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