Politics

The Media’s War on Tea Party “Extremism”

We live in an era in which more and more people, some of them never before involved in politics, are waking up. They...

Steven Yates April 8, 2010

Taxes: Are the Rich Paying Their Fair Share?

Laurence M. Vance April 7, 2010

Buried in Title X — Strengthening Quality, Affordable Health Care For All Americans, Subtitle H — Provisions Relating to Title IX, Section 10907...

Senate Looks to Ban Trans Fats From School Cafeterias

Raven Clabough April 7, 2010

In March of this year, the Senate Agriculture Committee marked up legislation that calls for healthier choices on school cafeteria menus. Now New...

Tensions Rise Over Trade With China

Jack Kenny April 7, 2010

With Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Beijing today and President Obama planning to meet with Chinese Premier Hu Jintao in Washington next week,...

Starbucks Sticks With Second Amendment

James Heiser April 6, 2010

As reported previously, Starbucks has found itself enmeshed in the struggle between activists who are attempting to deprive Americans of their Second Amendment...

Obama Reserves Option to Nuke Iran

Jack Kenny April 6, 2010

It's getting harder and harder these days for a President of the United States to be hawkish enough to please the proponents of...

Obama’s “Race to the Top” Rewards Disappointing

Raven Clabough April 5, 2010

President Obama’s Race to the Top program was intended to award states that implement “coherent, compelling, and comprehensive education reform.” Governors from a...

Is Military Confused on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?

Dave Bohon April 3, 2010

What exactly is the status of the U.S. military’s official policy on the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, which allows homosexuals to...

Federal Judge Rules Warrantless Wiretapping Violates FISA

Thomas R. Eddlem April 2, 2010

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled March 31 that the executive branch cannot flatly ignore the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of...

Obama & Co. Want National Biometric ID

Alex Newman April 2, 2010

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is teaming up with the Obama administration to legalize illegal immigrants and require biometric national ID cards...

Media Jump to Smear Right With Extremist Label

William F. Jasper April 1, 2010

The arrests on March 28 and 29 of nine people associated with the so-called Hutaree Militia in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio have provided...

State Government Debt Woes Worsen

Bruce Walker April 1, 2010

State governments across the nation are facing debt problems that seem overwhelming. California, when all the state obligations are counted, has a debt...