Politics

In Questioning Brennan, Intelligence Committee Showed Little

In 1976, followIng revelations of CIA abuses during the Nixon Administration (including spying on domestic dissidents), Congress created...

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Legislate First, Ask Questions Never

The comments that Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) made in August about legitimate rape helped expose a sad truth about modern-day Washington,...

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Making Obama’s Kill List

in 1995 Albie Sachs, then a member of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, helped abolish capital punishment, explaining that his goal...

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The U.S. Department of Double Standards

On April 21, The New York Times reported that Wal-Mart de Mexico paid $24 million in bribes to local land use officials in...

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Ron Paul’s Common Sense

It is worth listening to the GOP primary debates to hear Ron Paul give an honest assessment of our foreign policy. At the February 22...

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Assassinating the Rule of Law

Of all the promises made by candidate Barack Obama, it was his promise to end the lawlessness of the Bush years by closing Guantanamo,...

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Give Americans Healthcare

One year after the passage of the Obama administration’s signature healthcare reform bill, the future of the legislation is in serious...

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AIPAC’s Country, Right or Wrong

For too long, U.S. policy toward Israel has been controlled by AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), a group that demands...

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Political Corruption Laws: Absurd Theater

A sad drama played out Christmas week in Chicago when a federal judge rejected former Illinois Governor George Ryan’s bid to overturn his...

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Some Policies Don’t Change

Obama has changed the rhetoric of the Bush Administration. Unfortunately, he has not changed the destructive policies that continue to make...

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