Voices and Choices

Taxpayers tell Congress: No state bailouts!

As Congress reconvened on Monday for a lame-duck session, lawmakers no doubt are being inundated with requests for more federal giveaways on the taxpayer’s dime — the latest of which is a new spending plan that would provide bailout funds to states and localities.... 

World News

New book explores roots of Muslim anger at U.S.

In American Raj, - whose title recalls the 19th- and 20th-century British occupation of India - Eric Margolis takes readers on an eye-opening and provocative journey across the political and cultural landscape of the Muslim world. It is a landscape fraught with violence, anger... 

Military News

Americans need serious debate about security investment

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2008 – Americans need to have a serious debate about what it takes to defend the United States, said Navy Adm. Mike Mullen during a Pentagon news conference today.  Read More →

Libertarian News

Businessmen are bad for Capitalism

“CEOs and government ‘altruism’ are standing in the way of effective economic turnaround,” says Libertarian Party spokesperson Andrew Davis.  Read More →

News Bites

Financial crisis tab already in the trillions

Given the speed at which the federal government is throwing money at the financial crisis, the average taxpayer, never mind member of Congress, might not be faulted for losing track.  Read More →

Voices and Choices

Controlling a nation’s economy means controlling that nation’s people

The title to this article was taken for one of Ronald Reagan’s speeches. It is as true as truth gets. Ronald Reagan, the icon of the conservative movement in America, understood the fundamental truth of the Founding Fathers of America.  Read More →

November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Obama and hole-digging rule number one

The first Rule of Hole Digging is:  When you find yourself in one… stop digging!  Obama didn’t do that and now he is in too deep. His obvious ineptness in foreign affairs has led to a blunder that will surely come back to haunt him when he tries his hand at a reconciliation... 

November 16, 2008 | 3 Comments


World News

Hamas says it is ready to talk to Obama

Hamas’s exiled leader says the Palestinian militant group is ready to talk with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on the basis that his administration respects Hamas’s “rights and options.”  Read More →

November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Spy Chief: US vulnerable in new president’s first year

The top U.S. intelligence official is warning the country will be especially vulnerable to security threats during the first months of a new presidency.  Read More →

November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment


Libertarian News

Libertarians seek to build on foundation set in 2008

Hoping to build on a solid performance in 2008, the Libertarian Party looks ahead to 2010.  “This is just the beginning of the new Libertarian Party,” says Bob Barr, the 2008 Libertarian Party nominee for president. “This year, we set a solid foundation for... 

November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

At last, an investigation into Washington Mutual

Federal authorities have announced that they are opening an investigation into the collapse of Washington Mutual, the largest bank failure in America. This step is long overdue, and should be the start of a much broader investigation of potential criminal behavior throughout... 

November 5, 2008 | 5 Comments


Military News

Gates describes challenges facing new commander

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Oct. 31, 2008 – The new commander of U.S. Central Command brings experience from Iraq that he can apply to the region as a whole, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.  Read More →

November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Reducing stress on force a priority, Gates says

FORT BRAGG, N.C., Oct. 23, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took time today as he toured facilities here and met with troops and their families to tell reporters the opportunity to meet the “incredible soldiers” of the 82nd Airborne Division and Army Special Operations... 

October 26, 2008 | 2 Comments