Politics

Texas Tea Party Message to GOP: Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls

Proof of the independent spirit that quickens the Tea Party Movement’s adherents can be found in the group’s apparent influence in the Texas...

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 12, 2010

Obama Copying Bush-era Detention Policies

Thomas R. Eddlem February 11, 2010

The neo-conservative Wall Street Journal published two editorials February 9 about the Obama administration's progressive lurch back toward the blatant Bush-era attack on...

Ron Paul’s Opposition in Tea Party Movement

Steven Yates February 11, 2010

Has the Tea Party Movement (TPM) been hijacked? Originally very much a grassroots uprising against high taxes, out-of-control federal spending, and incumbents not...

Queen Pelosi’s Royal Sasquatch Carbon Print

William F. Jasper February 11, 2010

Green hypocrisy may be coming back to bite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. While even the most optimistic Republicans don't expect to actually see...

Toyota Under Fire

Bob Adelmann February 11, 2010

The unrelenting attacks on Toyota are a metaphor for similar attacks on the free-market economy by its detractors. ...

AP Removes Flawed Iran Story After Antiwar.com Exposé

Thomas R. Eddlem February 11, 2010

AntiWar.com's Jason Ditz has caught the Associated Press acting as stenographer (and even exaggerator) for the neo-con lobby for war with Iran, in...

Obama’s Approval Ratings Continue to Drop

Raven Clabough February 11, 2010

The Rasmussen Reports President Tracking Poll for Thursday February 11 shows that a mere 25 percent of American voters strongly approve of President...

McCain May Get by With Help From His Friends

Jack Kenny February 10, 2010

Even in John McCain's home state, the former Alaska governor he plucked from national obscurity to be his running mate in 2008 appears...

After the Convention: The Long Row to Hoe for the Tea Party Movement

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 10, 2010

Over 1,000 people turned up to listen to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin deliver the keynote address at the first annual Tea Party...

Republicans Eye Big Comeback this Fall

Jack Kenny February 10, 2010

Just a little over three years since losing both houses of Congress and a mere 15 months after losing the White House to...

Animal Tracking: Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Rebecca Terrell February 9, 2010

The Obama administration is shifting some responsibility for its animal disease tracking system to the states. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom...

“Tobin Tax” and UN Global Taxman Making A Comeback

William F. Jasper February 8, 2010

For decades, the "Tobin Tax" — a proposed global tax on currency transactions — has remained far from economic mainstream thought, being primarily...

Yemen: Intervention, Nation-building, and the Constitution

Bob Adelmann February 8, 2010

When Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) vented his frustration at further involvement by the United States in foreign countries despite constitutional limitations against such...