Author: Amy Ridenour

Federal Court Postpones California Recall Election

This decision seems dumb. The country has lived with punch card machines for over 100 years. In the event of a tight election, the cards could simply be inspected carefully by hand. I also admit that I am tired of ...
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UN Warns Israel Not to ‘Remove’ Arafat

The U.N. has warned Israel not to remove Arafat. What are they going to do about it? Everyone knows the U.N. is impotent ...
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In this Reparations Case, the Slaveowners Sue the Slaves

Legal Brief /
A group of Egyptians in Egypt and Switzerland are making plans to sue Jews everywhere but especially in Israel, claiming the Israelites led by Moses and Aaron stole "trillions" of tons of gold from Egypt during the Biblical Exodus. This ...
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Tort Reform Sidelined

Thanks to a single misplaced letter, the landmark tort reform legislation which has been making its way through the House and Senate has been redirected to the Food and Drug Administration... Don't get your hopes up -- tort reform is ...
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Hypocrisy?

Has anyone else noticed that, according to Hillary Clinton and others, what the EPA did in relation to Ground Zero is considered the direct responsibility of the White House, but when the EPA released a report on the environment in ...
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France at Trough Again

I don't want to pay more compulsory taxes, but I would make a voluntary contribution to make sure the United States doesn't have to bribe France to help the Iraqi people. Anyone with me? ...
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The EPA and Ground Zero

Mike Catanzaro over at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has sent over a few excerpts from New York Times editorials of today and September 8 regarding the 9-11/EPA/contaminated air controversy: From September 8: The Environmental Protection Agency and ...
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Military Families Call on Congress to Pull Troops out of Iraq

I'm sorry to say this, but I believe the people at this press conference should be ashamed of themselves ...
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Greed, Lawsuits and Some 9/11 Families

The 9/10 entry on Gregg Easterbrook's new blog entitled "Grief Does Not Justify Greed" deserves to be read by everyone. It is about families of some 9/11 victims suing because the payments American taxpayers generously offered to them (but not ...
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Wake Up, Senate

....Another federal program [is] an excellent model for sorely needed Medicare reform. It’s the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program or FEHBP. It covers 9 million federal employees and retirees and routinely offers up to two dozen health plans, all of ...
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