April 6, 2009

Bring back congressional investigators

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — For 32 years, the Soviet Union infused money and know-how into Cuba -- its client-state just 90 miles from U.S. shores -- until the flag went down on the Soviet empire... (more)

April 5, 2009

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent"... (more)

April 4, 2009

WALTER E. WILLIAMS — Most of our nation's great problems, including our economic problems, have as their root decaying moral values. Whether we have the stomach to own up to it or not, we have become an immoral people left with little more than the pretense of morality... (more)

April 4, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A pair of bills introduced in the U.S. Senate would grant the White House sweeping new powers to access private online data, regulate the cybersecurity industry and even shut down Internet traffic during a declared "cyber emergency"... (more)

April 4, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — North Korea defiantly carried out a provocative rocket launch Sunday that the U.S., Japan and other nations suspect was a cover for a test of its long-range missile technology... (more)

April 4, 2009

POLITICO — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is warning fellow Republicans that conservatives may leave the GOP for a third party in 2012... (more)

April 4, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — While WND has been tracking 400 individual tea parties across the nation, the American Family Association has announced its count is nearing 1,600 -- for Tax Day alone... (more)

April 4, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Following a crackdown on illegal immigration, officials in Prince William County in northern Virginia are reporting their numbers reveal a significant decrease in violent crimes committed... (more)

April 3, 2009

CHRISTIAN POST — Same-sex marriage has been legalized in Iowa. In a unanimous ruling Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court decided that the 1998 Defense of Marriage Act, which limited marriage to a man and a woman, was unconstitutional... (more)

April 3, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Acting in quick succession, the House and Senate approved budgets Thursday night drawn to President Obama's specifications and pointing the way toward major legislation later this year on health care, energy and education... (more)

April 3, 2009

LIFENEWS.COM — The Senate on Thursday night rejected an amendment from a pro-life senator that would have provided conscience protection on abortion for doctors and medical centers... (more)

April 3, 2009

PAT BUCHANAN — For the financial crisis that has wiped out trillions in wealth, many have felt the lash of public outrage. Fannie and Freddie. The idiot-bankers. The AIG bonus babies. The Bush Republicans and Barney Frank Democrats who bullied banks into making mortgages to minorities who could not afford the houses they were moving into... (more)

April 3, 2009

CNSNEWS.COM — Congressional Republicans who spoke with CNSNews.com on Thursday expressed concern that illegal immigrants who will be counted in the 2010 census could distort the apportionment of congressional districts... (more)

April 3, 2009

MICHAEL REAGAN — It helped create an America that stood like a Colossus on the world scene, envied all across the globe as an economic powerhouse where the most humble citizen willing to put his shoulder to the wheel could prosper, yet today our vaunted system of free enterprise is on its death watch... (more)

April 3, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — The launch by dating service eHarmony.com of a new website for homosexuals is creating concern among customers who were attracted to the company because of its Christian foundations, but they're not getting any satisfaction... (more)

April 3, 2009

NEWSBUSTERS — Get an abortion. In her April 1 blog post, Bonnie Erbe, contributing editor to U.S. News and World Report and host of PBS' "To the Contrary," gave that advice to pregnant moms who are wondering how to raise a child on a strained budget... (more)

April 2, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Christian organizations are warning constituents of a potential stealth attack on their faith in Congress with the launch of another "hate crimes" law, similar to a previous measure adopted with only minutes' notice... (more)

April 2, 2009

JEWISH WORLD REVIEW — As foreign diplomats and his predecessor looked on in astonishment, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman began his new job Wednesday by declaring the death of U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian peace talks... (more)

April 2, 2009

CNSNEWS.COM — Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) said cap and trade systems would be devastating to coal manufacturing states like Illinois and West Virginia and proposed cap and trade legislation could kill the entire coal mining industry... (more)

April 2, 2009

LIFENEWS.COM — Senate Republican today boycotted the hearing on President Barack Obama's first pro-abortion judge and said Senate Democrats are rushing through the nomination. They complained that the chamber's majority Democrats would not give President Bush's pro-life nominees timely hearings... (more)

April 2, 2009

A brief history of conservatism: part 17

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — President George W. Bush appointed a handful of neoconservatives to positions of power and influence. These officials were highly visible and controversial. "Neocons" were a convenient place to assign blame when foreign adventures went wrong... (more)