Syria Kicks Out U.S and European Ambassadors
Calling them “persona non grata,” Syria today told 17 diplomats — including the U.S. ambassador — that they are no longer welcome in the country. That move comes “a week after 11 Western nations acted in unison to expel envoys from Syria in an expression of outrage over the massacre in the Houla region, near Homs, […]
Romney’s Potential VP Meets Netanyahu, Barak in Israel
Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, eyed as a potential running mate for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, wrapped up a trip to Israel last week that featured talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. According to ABC News, Portman toured an Iron Dome advanced missile defense system in southern Israel and […]
Egyptian women: ‘They were doing better under Mubarak’
In Egypt, women were at the forefront of the Arab spring, but in the new regime their rights are being eroded. If you were to read a first draft of last year’s Egyptian revolution, it would probably be written by a woman. The uprisings that spread across the country from late January were originally chronicled […]
Romney’s e-mail Account Hacked
WASHINGTON — Authorities are investigating into Mitt Romney’s private email account that was hacked this week. On Tuesday, the website Gawker reported that an anonymous hacker had signed into Romney’s personal Hotmail account. Gawker reported that the hacker guessed the answer to a security question about Romney’s favorite pet in order to gain access to […]
Obama Admin Leaked Security Intel to Media for Votes
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Intelligence Committee, said a leak about the attack on Iran’s nuclear program that was ordered by Obama could “to some extent” provide justification for copycat attacks against the United States. “This is like an avalanche. It is very detrimental and, candidly, I found it very concerning,” Feinstein said. […]
Next Stop for Proposition 8: U.S. Supreme Court
It was no surprise today that the most liberal (and most-overturned) federal appeals court in the nation, the Ninth Circuit, refused a request for a rehearing by the entire court of the decision by a three-judge panel that found California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutional. This means that the proponents of Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment […]
Police Illegally Handcuff and Search 40 Innocent Bystanders
Police detained handcuffed and searched automobiles of forty innocent bystanders after a bank robbery in Aurora, Colorado, on June 4. Nearly two dozen cars were stopped near a Wells Fargo Bank and the occupants held without probable cause as police searched for a suspect. Police Chief Daniel Oates demonstrated his ignorance of the Fourth Amendment […]
Russia Has World’s Largest Nuke Arsenal – 10,000 Warheads
Russia, which is helping Iran develop nuclear power, has more nuclear warheads than any country in the world, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s annual report released Monday. Worldwide, there are an estimated 19,000 nuclear warheads held by eight countries. The list of countries includes Israel, which the Institute estimates has 80 nuclear […]
Free Market Reforms Rescue Maine from Obamacare-Like Problems
Maine’s new market-based health care reform is bringing insurance premiums down by as much as 60 percent in the individual market. Elected in 2010, Governor Paul LePage (R) made health reform a top priority and signed Maine’s new reform into law in May 2011. Shortly thereafter, he stated, “I believe that common sense, personal experience, […]
Outrageous! UNESCO to Consider ‘Palestinian’ Site for World Heritage List
The UN’s cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Monday it will, for the first time, consider a Palestinian Authority site for its World Heritage List. In a statement quoted by AFP, UNESCO said that its World Heritage Committee will consider Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity for inclusion on the list during its next meeting, from June […]
Armour v. Indianapolis: “Money Down the Sewer”
Not many cases involving the financing of municipal sewer construction projects are likely to raise issues that might interest the Supreme Court (or anyone else for that matter), but at least one has. On Monday, the Supreme Court decided Armour v. Indianapolis, which rejected an Equal Protection Clause challenge to the decision by the city […]
