Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)

Chuck Hagel’s Military Service – Is It the Game-Changer?

Photo: Patsy Lynch/Polaris/Newscom President Obama’s Chief of Staff Denis McDonough recently said of former-Senator Chuck Hagel (R–NE), “I think he’ll be a great Defense Secretary. This is a guy who volunteered to go to Vietnam…heavily decorated when he was there, well performing when he was there, and everything since.” Members of the U.S. Senate, policy […]

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Ecuador’s Correa Contends for Anti-Liberty Leadership in Latin America

Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa (Photo: EFE) If cancer revokes President Hugo Chavez’s mandate for indefinite rule in Venezuela, it will leave leadership of the radical-left, anti-liberty Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA) in Latin America up for grabs. New faces will inevitably emerge. Chavez’s vice president, the uncharismatic Nicolas Maduro, will most likely runVenezuela in the near future, […]

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Democrats to Ban Anonymous Comments Online

A recently introduced bill in the Illinois state Senate would require anonymous website comment posters to reveal their identities if they want to keep their comments online. The bill, called the Internet Posting Removal Act, is sponsored by Illinois state Sen. Ira Silverstein. It states that a “web site administrator upon request shall remove any […]

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Union That Bankrupted Hostess to Receive Generous Government Subsidies

Newscom The union whose strike led to the bankruptcy of Hostess last year has just been awarded government benefits from a program few qualify for. Last year, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union refused to accept concessions that would have kept Hostess in business. The company had tried to cut costs […]

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Georgia and Oklahoma Provide Cautionary Tale About Universal Preschool

Photo credit: Dan Harr / Splash News/Newscom As the Obama Administration attempts to move toward universal, taxpayer-funded preschool, policymakers should examine the experiences of states that have offered such programs for more than a decade. Both Georgia and Oklahoma have done so, but there is little evidence that taxpayers and children are benefiting. Universal Preschool […]

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Suspect in Court

Jesse Jackson Jr. and Wife Plead Guilty

Photo credit: The Washington Times/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom The tale of financial wrongdoing by former Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D–IL) and his wife and former campaign manager, Sandra Jackson, continued today when they both pled guilty in a Washington, D.C. courtroom to criminal violations of federal law. Jackson pled guilty this morning to one conspiracy count of filing […]

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Climate Protestors Rally Against Keystone XL Pipeline

Supporters of President Obama’s continued obstruction of the Keystone XL pipeline and more government controls to prevent climate change attended a “Forward on Climate” rally on February 17 in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Sierra Club and other environmentalist groups. The pipeline would transport oil from Canada to the gulf coast. The Center for Industrial […]

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