Even before he took the oath of office for his second term, President Bush pledged to work with Congress to reform the nation's costly asbestos-litigation system. Noting the loss of jobs and the wave of bankruptcies brought on by asbestos ...
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Speaking of Putin, it appears that he is continuing to micromanage "justice" in Russia. Reports the UK Guardian, April 28 edition: The verdict in Russia's most controversial post-Soviet trial of billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been delayed by three weeks, a ...
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Progress on asbestos? Depends upon whom you ask. For background on the issues surrounding the proposed asbestos trust fund, go here ...
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The surrogate mom, Teresa Anderson of Phoenix, who delivered quintuplets and then turned down the fee must have a heart of gold. I carried twins, and while it was more than worth it (in spades!) I cannot imagine how hard ...
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Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) gave a pretty good explanation of why he supports the so-called "nuclear option" in a Senate speech Thursday: Mr. President, I rise to share a few thoughts on the issue of how this body should deal ...
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This Earth Day, the National Center's Ryan Balis, among others, is criticizing those in the media who falsely claim evangelical Christians support the a left-wing approach on environmental issues. Balis notes that an interfaith coalition of theologians, economists, environmental scientists ...
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Janice Rogers Brown, an associate justice on the California Supreme Court who has been nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, is scheduled for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 21. Members of ...
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Janice Rogers Brown, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, was approved in the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 21 by a 10-8 party-line vote. Senate liberals, however, imply resumed filibusters will keep her and other ...
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Janice Rogers Brown, an associate justice on the California Supreme Court who has been nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, is scheduled for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 21. Members of ...
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La Shawn Barber wonders: It would be interesting to know why and at what point the NAACP switched positions on the filibuster... ...while Michael King says: I really wish the NAACP would come on out of the closet ...
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