The big news of the day is the fall of Tripoli and that raises the question if it will embolden more rebels in the Middle East to do the same: The implosion of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year-old rule will put a new spring in the step of the Arab revolutions and demonstrate once again […]
At the end of March an atrocity happened in the Supreme Court, one that can redefine our system of justice and put us more on track to become a third world nation governed by dictators. John Thompson was convicted of murder and robbery in the 1980’s in New Orleans. He was then sentenced to death. […]
Now we have it. The United States House of Representatives is officially trying to throw their weight into the freedom of the press: The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday condemned public disclosure of secret surveillance programs as Republicans stepped up their criticism of news media that published details of a bank-monitoring program last week. […]
So now people in the Bush administration find it “strange” that laws apply to them? The topic was the largest defense procurement scandal in recent decades, and the two investigators for the Pentagon’s inspector general in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s office on April 1, 2005, asked the secretary to raise his hand and swear […]
You may have read about the letter sent to the Washington Post from the Joint Chiefs in response to a cartoon. If not then head over to AMERICABlog for the details. I am not in total agreement on this issue. I believe in the freedom of speech and that the Joint Chiefs should also be […]