National Center Policy Analyst takes a look at environmentalist criticism of CAFTA and finds the criticism, but not the proposed free trade agreement, wanting: Objections leveled against the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) by the environmental establishment organizations ... READ MORE
The Washington Post says in a Monday editorial that flag-burning should not be banned because Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech. The great power of this principle is that it admits no exception: not for the ... READ MORE
From the June 27 Roll Call comes this: As some party leaders are cracking down on absenteeism among their respective rank and file, a provision included in the Senate version of the legislative branch appropriations bill passed out of committee ... READ MORE
I am sorry to learn of the death of John Walton in an air crash earlier today. He was quite active in the effort to improve educational opportunity for young people in America, and won a Silver Star for his ... READ MORE
The Discovery Channel's online poll is over, and the results are in. I'm pleased by who won, but, considering that Oprah Winfrey appeared in the top ten -- this is for the "greatest American" of all time, living or dead ... READ MORE
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's son Euan has accepted an internship at the U.S. House of Representatives -- with a Republican Congressman ... READ MORE
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review got right to the point in an editorial about the Kelo case: If on this day you think your home is your castle, you are a damn fool ... READ MORE
If a person hasn't learned to get their temper under control by the time they are 78, I guess it is hopeless: Furious that their romance was ending, a 78-year-old great-grandmother shot her 85-year-old ex-beau to death as he read ... READ MORE
From CNSNews.com comes this story: New Zealand's government is being challenged to justify the country's continued participation in the Kyoto Protocol after it admitted that complying with the climate change treaty will cost taxpayers about one billion NZ dollars (U.S ... READ MORE
The Heartland Institute reacts to the Supreme Court decision in the Kelo case: The U.S. Supreme Court has given a major victory to urban planners, large property owners, and government in the Kelo decision announced June 23. The major losers ... READ MORE
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