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Budget Priorities Disconnect between Public and Politicians
It’s not just House Republicans and Democratic President Barack Obama who don’t see eye-to-eye on spending priorities for the federal government. The American public has ideas that diverge from both political camps about what’s most important to... read more
Dictators Unite! Chávez Friends Gaddafi…and other News of the Day
Dictators Unite! Chávez Friends Gaddafi
Original 400-Year-Old King James Bible Found on Shelf
Frantic Chinese Communists Harass Foreign Journalists
Courtney Love Pays $430,000 in Twitter Defamation Case
After Emancipation, Lincoln Encouraged B... read more
Business Booming for Health Insurers
While publicly bemoaning the passage of the federal healthcare reform law, the nation’s largest insurance companies enjoyed another profitable year in 2010.
Collectively, the five biggest health insurers—UnitedHealth Group, WellPoint, Aetna,... read more
Arizona Considers Bill to Create State Army
The state of Arizona would seem to be playing a political game of one-upmanship with itself. After adopting the most controversial anti-immigration law in recent memory, after selecting an official state firearm only two months following the Tuc... read more
80% of U.S. Antibiotics Go to Farm Animals
Approximately 80% of antibiotics sold in the United States each year are used on farm animals, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and that has food and health advocates alarmed. The FDA estimates that 29 million pounds of ... read more
First Deepwater Drilling Permit in Gulf Since BP Oil Spill Goes to…BP
Deepwater drilling for oil off the coast of the United States is ready to begin again now that the federal agency that regulates the work has approved the first permit since a BP-owned well polluted the Gulf of Mexico region last year. In announ... read more
Defense Agency Awarded Contract to Director’s Father's Company
Here’s a moral conundrum for you. Let’s say that the director of a federal agency awarded a contract to a company she founded and which is now headed by her father and employs her sister. Is this an unacceptable conflict of interest or just anothe... read more
Boeing Wins $35 Billion Air Tanker Contract…after Paying Zero Income Taxes over 3 Years
While the public debate focuses on whether, because of growing government debt, teachers and other government employees should give up part of their pensions, many corporations have been getting away with paying far less than their share of inco... read more
Is U.S. Preparing for a New War…against Pirates?
In the wake of the murder of four Americans, the U.S. may be considering tougher actions against pirates from Somalia.
Until now, Western powers have tolerated acts of piracy off the eastern coast of Africa. The biggest show of force to date... read more
Providence Fires All 1,926 of Its Teachers
Wisconsin is not the only place in the United States seeing clashes between government and public employee unions. Facing a 12% budget shortfall, the school board of Providence, Rhode Island, voted 4-3 this week to send out termination notices t... read more
Why Won’t Obama Meet with Unemployed?
He has crisscrossed the country since his party took a beating in the November elections and expanded his outreach to the corporate community to demonstrate he’s not anti-business. But in the process, President Barack Obama has not visited with ... read more
Democrats and Republicans Both Distort Budget Facts
If there’s one thing House Republicans and President Barack Obama can agree on, it’s that they both distort the truth about the new budget plan.
According to FactCheck.org of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, GOP leaders and the White Hous... read more
Al-Qaeda Criticizes Democratic Revolution in Egypt
Al-Qaeda was no fan of former President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, but the terrorist organization is not thrilled with what might replace the dictator: democracy.
A new video by al-Qaeda’s No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has criticized Egypt’s de... read more
Quarter of Those Deported Through Violent Illegals Program Have No Criminal Record
A federal program designed to locate and remove violent illegal immigrants from the U.S. has been more effective in deporting undocumented immigrants with no criminal backgrounds.
A review of federal records by the Florida Center for Investi... read more
Education Group Gives One State “A” in History for Schools; 18 “F”s
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has issued a report card on the teaching of history to K-12 students, and a lot of states won’t want to see their grades.
In producing its first study since 2003 on the quality of U.S. history standards, the F... read more
17 Victims Sue Rumsfeld and Gates over Failure to Deal with Military Rapes
The Department of Defense’s top leadership is being sued by a group of current and former military personnel over the failure to punish those who sexually assault servicemembers.
Seventeen veterans, including two men, claim Defense Secretary... read more