Democrat 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...
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Republican 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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In Abortion Fight, Stupak’s Not Nelson
Congressional battles are about who gets what, it is sometimes said, while presidential elections are about who and what we are as a...
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2010 Outlook Sour and Anxious
Several recent polls show the American people to be in a sour mood and anxious about the future, according to an op-ed column...
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Dodd Drops Out of Senate Race
U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn., picture at left) is expected to announce this morning that he will not be a candidate for a...
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U.S. and U.K. to Strengthen Yemeni Security and the UN
In the wake of a nearly fatal display of U.S. security and intelligence agencies inability to protect the United States from airborne terrorists,...
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TSA Nominee Faces New Problems
Errol Southers, President Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration, faced additional confirmation problems with revelations about misuse of criminal history information....
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Defense Appropriations Bill Full of Pork
The Defense appropriations bill signed by President Obama last month was filled with 1,720 different special earmarks. These earmarks seldom had anything to...
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Senators Call Healthcare Bill Unconstitutional
In a signal example of being a day late and a trillion dollars short, several key senators have recently admitted that healthcare “reform”...
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DeMint Opposes Unionized TSA
Democrats are attacking Republican Senator John DeMint (S.C.) for placing a hold on the confirmation of Erroll Southers to be head of the...
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Maddow Displays Dishonesty; Ignores Official Report About JBS
Having evidently been stung by the many facts we presented on December 28 to counter Rachel Maddow’s distortions and untruths about The John...
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The Last Decade and the Prospects for Freedom
As the Decade That Has No Name (The “aughts”? The “zeroes”? The “naughty naughts”?) draws to a merciful close, we would do well...
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Suicide Bomb Attack at Afghan CIA Base
A suicide bomber somehow managed to gain entry to a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan on December 30 and detonated explosives that killed...
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Florida Attorney General Challenges Constitutionality of Healthcare Bill
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum stated December 29 that the healthcare package the U.S. Senate passed on Christmas Eve contains an unconstitutional mandate...
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Rep. Parker Griffith Changes From Democrat to Republican
Alabama Representative Parker Griffith announced on Tuesday that he is changing his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. ...
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