March 30, 2009

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — April is "Cuba month" for the Obama administration. The Observer, the Sunday edition of the UK's left-wing Guardian, approvingly tells its readers that the Obama White House "has moved to ease some travel and trade restrictions as a cautious first step towards Havana...raising hopes of an eventual lifting of the four-decade-old economic embargo"... (more)

March 29, 2009

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — Imagine waking up one morning prepared to do your daily Bible study and discovering that Exodus Chapter 20 had been completely erased. The Ten Commandments were missing. Of course, you would wonder what possibly could have happened. You then become panicked as you quickly turn to the New Testament, only to discover that the Sermon on the Mount had vanished as well... (more)

March 28, 2009

CHRISTIAN POST — In a final vote, the Texas Board of Education approved on Friday new language that requires science teachers to encourage students to "critique" and examine "all sides" of scientific theories... (more)

March 28, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A federal judge has dismissed the claims of a parent who wanted to remove the words "under God" from the Texas pledge of allegiance recited each morning by public schoolchildren... (more)

March 28, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A jury in his hometown of Wichita, Kan., has cleared abortionist George Tiller of charges that he used a financially linked employee to independently verify the necessity of late-term abortions... (more)

March 27, 2009

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — Two US lawmakers plan to offer a "Parents' Rights" amendment to the US Constitution next week to rebut what they call unnecessary government intrusion in family life, officials said Friday... (more)

March 27, 2009

Provisions dropped from one bill, but appear in another

WORLDNETDAILY — A proposal in Congress to study whether "mandatory" service should be required of all young people in the United States has suddenly disappeared from a bill that would reauthorize other national service programs such as AmeriCorps... (more)

March 27, 2009

KANSAS CITY STAR — Missouri Highway Patrol this week retracted a controversial report on militia activity and will change how such reports are reviewed before being distributed to law enforcement agencies... (more)

March 27, 2009

CNSNEWS.COM — Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) said the solution to ending the violence along the U.S.-Mexico border would require only one order from the new commander-in-chief, President Barack Obama: send in the troops... (more)

March 27, 2009

LOS ANGELES TIMES — Advocates of legalization have crafted a plan that could alienate businesses and key Republicans, including Sen. John McCain. But it is designed to lure a powerful new ally -- organized labor... (more)

March 27, 2009

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE — From its conception, the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law was an assault on the First Amendment. Signing that unconstitutional bill into law, knowing it to be unconstitutional, was one of the worst moments of George W. Bush's presidency... (more)

March 27, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — President Barack Obama says lobbyists pushing for projects in the stimulus package can't utter a word about them to administration officials. Lobbyists are hardly staying mum about this latest affront and are looking for ways to cope with the extraordinary speaking ban... (more)

March 27, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — An Arizona congressman says it is a problem when U.S. officials fail to speak clearly -- for example calling a terrorist a terrorist -- when discussing the dangers the nation faces in confronting enemies... (more)

March 27, 2009

CNSNEWS.COM — Government policy should be crafted to raise the price of carbon-emitting energy sources so consumers are compelled to choose alternative energy, House Democratic Conference Chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) told CNSNews.com on Thursday... (more)

March 26, 2009

LONDON DAILY MAIL — George Soros, who predicted the global financial crisis twice before, was one of the few people to anticipate and prepare for the current economic collapse... (more)

March 26, 2009

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — A UN panel of expert economists pressed Thursday for a new global currency reserve scheme to replace the volatile, dollar-based system and for coordinated steps by rich countries to stimulate their economies... (more)

March 26, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The state House on Thursday voted narrowly to make New Hampshire the third state to allow gay couples to marry... (more)

March 26, 2009

DAVID A. NOEBEL — El Salvador has officially joined the Red regimes of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Bolivia. South America is turning Red, dark Red, and little is being said to alert North Americans of the encroaching Red plague... (more)

March 26, 2009

LOS ANGELES TIMES — In surveys by Quinnipiac University and by Franklin & Marshall College, the senator registers a third or less of Republican support -- a dangerously low level for a well-known incumbent... (more)