Politics
Florida Teachers Sue to Stop Merit Pay Law
Governor Rick Scott of Florida (left) signed SB 736 into law in March, which requires merit pay for teachers and ends tenure for...
House Republicans Question Solyndra Loan Guarantees
A U.S. House committee reported that President Obama?s aides pressed White House budget officials to review a $535 million federal loan guarantee to...
Read moreRepublican Bob Turner’s Victory Raises Questions
After an intense summer of campaigning, political history was made last night in New York?s Ninth Congressional District, as Republican Bob Turner (left)...
Read moreCourt Rules Against Classroom Banners Promoting America’s Christian Heritage
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled September 13th that a California teacher’s First Amendment guarantees were not violated when the principal at...
Read moreHouse Passes Bill Against NLRB Attack on Boeing
The dispute between Boeing and the National Labor Relations Board was addressed today by a vote in the House of Representatives. The measure...
Read moreBureau of Indian Affairs Tries To Block Cherokee Ejection Of Blacks
The Cherokee Nation is in a heap of big trouble from the top chiefs at the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, which has...
Read moreMcConnell: Obama’s Jobs Bill “Political,” Won’t “Actually Work”
Taking a notably different tack from fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) “fiercely attacked President Barack...
Read moreCompeting Currencies Would Expand Freedom While Limiting Government
One of the expert witnesses testifying before Ron Paul’s Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee on Tuesday was Dr. Lawrence H. White, professor...
Read moreIs Rick Perry Right? Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?
Presidential candidate Rick Perry (left) opined in the first Republican debate that Social Security is a ?failure? and a ?Ponzi scheme,? and then...
Read moreEconomic Woes Trump Entitlement Fears in Special House Elections
Growing dissatisfaction with the nation's economic woes appeared to trump fears of cuts to Social Security and Medicaid in special elections for U.S....
Read moreAnother Court Rules Against Individual Mandate
Another federal judge has ruled that Obamacare’s key individual mandate is unconstitutional. Judge Christopher C. Conner of the U.S. District Court in Harrisburg,...
Read moreWill the Left Send America Into Civil War?
When Congresswoman Maxine Waters says that the Tea Party can “go to Hell” and Jimmy Hoffa, of the notoriously violent Teamsters Union says...
Read moreHow FDR’s Court-packing Plan Saved Social Security
The "real question," former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said in Monday night's debate among republican presidential candidates, is: "Does Governor Perry continue to...
Read moreObama Sends $447 Billion Jobs Bill to Congress
As promised in his address to a joint session of Congress last week, President Barack Obama on Monday sent his proposed economic plan,...
Read moreRepublican Bob Turner Poised to Replace Anthony Weiner
Voters in New York's Ninth Congressional District are coming out today to vote for their new congressman, who will replace disgraced former Representative...
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