Politics
RAND Corporation Calls for a Domestic Stability Police Force
Given the United States government’s response to the natural disaster in Haiti, there is increased interest and scrutiny in the ability of the...
Brown “Croaks” Coakley, Dems in Mass
The good news for the White House Wednesday morning was that Massachusetts is not Haiti. That unfortunate Caribbean nation suffered another earthquake early...
Read moreGovt Spends Money Like Monopoly Money
Item: Sunlen Miller reported for ABC News on December 21: “Saying that the federal government can no longer spend taxpayers’ money like it...
Read moreGlobal ObamaCare and World Population Control
As reported here on January 16 ("ObamaCare Goes Global, Hillary Clinton Announces") Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent celebration of the 15th Anniversary...
Read moreDemocrat Options in Massachusetts Senate Race: Delay, Dither, and Litigate
With polls predicting a clear win by Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special election for the Senate seat vacated as a result of...
Read moreTurning Republicans into Teapublicans
Tea Party activists are trying to take over the Republican Party from the ground up, according to the New York Times. ...
Read moreCoakley-Brown Race Offers Poor Ideological Choice
The special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of the late Ted Kennedy may be a bellwether of...
Read moreWill Obama’s Effort to Rescue Coakley Be Enough?
Despite President Obama’s quick flight to Boston on Sunday to try to rescue Martha Coakley’s faltering bid for the Senate seat vacated last...
Read moreObama’s Bully Pulpit Permits Few Questions
President Obama is ubiquitous in public life. Newsweek has even asked our chief executive to write an article on Haiti, in light of...
Read moreDoomsday Clock Should Be Overhauled
According to an article at MSNBC.com entitled “Doomsday Clock set back one minute,” the Doomsday Clock, an “end-of-the-world clock, set up in 1947,...
Read moreMass. Senate Race: It’s Going to be Close!
From obscurity to prominence to possible victory, Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown’s campaign for Teddy Kennedy’s seat in a special election on Tuesday,...
Read moreRubio: The First Tea Party Senator?
The Republican primary in Florida, which pits Governor Charlie Crist against Marco Rubio, is being watched carefully as a harbinger for the impact...
Read moreSame-sex “Marriage” a Constitutional Right?
A federal judge in California is preparing to rule whether a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Testimony began January 11 in San...
Read moreDemocrat Retirements a Trend or a Tsunami?
The announcements by Democrat Senators Chris Dodd (Conn.) and Byron Dorgan (N.D.) last week that they will not be running for reelection in...
Read moreRepublican Brown Gaining in Mass. Senate Race
Even in the Republican Tsunami of 1994, the Grand Old Party did not really come close to taking the U.S. Senate seat ordained...
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