Politics
Groups Continue to Urge for Expiration of Ethanol Subsidies
Ethanol subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year, and numerous organizations are asking Congress not to take action and...
Two Versions of DREAM Act Await Vote
Passage of the DREAM Act is a top priority for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and with two new versions of the DREAM...
Read moreFederal Judge Blocks Oklahoma Sharia Law Ban
Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange of the Federal District Court in Oklahoma City granted a preliminary injunction on November 30 that blocked an Oklahoma constitutional...
Read moreBush and Obama: Standards & Similarities
According to Alex Barker writing in a November 9 blog entry for Britain’s Financial Times, President George W. Bush once confided to several...
Read moreStates Should Enforce, Not Revise, the Constitution!
According to a Gallup poll published on October 13, 2010, 59 percent of Americans think the federal government has too much power. This...
Read moreWikiLeaks Releases U.S. Diplomatic Cables
The Internet-based watchdog site WikiLeaks began releasing more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables in batches beginning November 28, earning the condemnation of the...
Read moreCongress’ December To-do List
With one month left until the end of the year, Congress has quite a bit with which to contend. Ranging from the unemployed,...
Read moreGOP Congress Hopes to Overturn ObamaCare Regulations
Because of President Barack Obama's veto power, it is very unlikely that Congress could successfully repeal ObamaCare for at least another two years....
Read moreJanet Napolitano Considers Advanced Screenings for Mass Transit
Despite the public outcry against the virtual police state at airports, Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano indicates that she would like...
Read moreOne Rule for Politically Powerful, Another for Us at Airports
The Constitution explicitly prohibits titles of nobility. Members of government in America were intended to be citizens and not rulers. The last thing...
Read moreRep. Joe Wilsons Political Problems
Best known for his unseemly outburst "You lie!" during President Obama's speech on immigration reform in September, 2009, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) was...
Read moreTom DeLay Convicted of Money Laundering
Former House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay was convicted on November 24 of money-laundering charges in a state trial five years after...
Read moreOur “Constitutional” Supreme Court?
The November 22 New York Times editorial titled “Our Constitutional Court” included the surprising observation that the Supreme Court "… rewrite[s] the terms...
Read moreLiberal Plans to Counteract Conservative Fundraising Efforts
After suffering embarrassing losses in this year’s midterm elections, the Left has looked for various scapegoats to explain the now historic results. Those...
Read moreFaux Conservatism
Item: In the November 14 segment of its five-part series The Right All Along: The Rise, Fall and Future of Conservatism, hosted by...
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