Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson took part in a Republican Presidential Debate Wednesday night and touted his idea of fiscal responsibilty and small government. “Throwing out the entire federal tax system and replacing it with a consumption tax – the fair tax, which would absolutely reboot the American economy because it does away with […]
Newly released tapes of interviews Jacqueline Kennedy gave just months after her husband’s 1963 assassination show an outspoken and not always liberal former first lady. Throughout the tapes, Kennedy (who died in 1994) describes various world leaders, including Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King, Charles De Gaulle and Indira Gandhi, in unflattering terms. In the […]
Christine O’Donnell (former Delaware GOP Senate candidate) walked off the set of CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” Wednesday when asked about her views on sexual abstinence and gay marriage. “I’m not talking about policies. I’m not running for office” – O’Donnell said. “Ask Michele Bachmann what she thinks.” When Morgan asked her why she was being […]
The Berlin Wall’s construction 50 years ago must be a constant reminder to citizens today to stand up for freedom and democracy, the city’s mayor said Saturday as a united Germany commemorated the bitter anniversary. Seeing Berlin divided by the wall tore apart the country as well as separating the city’s streets, neighbors and families, […]
The total number of votes on the historic debt-limit bill was 430. One vote was more memorable than any of the others. Seven months after she was shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House on Monday to cast her vote. Thunderous applause and emotional hugs from her Republican and Democratic colleagues […]
President Barack Obama, just as he threatened he would do, went to the American people on Monday evening to ask their help in forcing Congress to continue to fund Obama’s uncontrolled spending. Obama again promised to punish the ‘richest Americans’ who are working hard to make a profit, to grow our economy, and to create […]
By passing over Elizabeth Warren as head of a new consumer financial protection agency, President Barack Obama has freed the Harvard Law professor to possibly run against U.S. Sen. Scott Brown. Liberals were hoping Obama would stick by Warren and appoint her to run the consumer protection agency she proposed and helped create, but now […]
Millions of South African schoolchildren have raised their voices in song to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 93rd birthday, leading a worldwide chorus of birthday wishes for him. More than 12 million students sang a special version of Happy Birthday before lessons began on Monday. Mandela also received birthday wishes from South African leaders and from Barack […]
In a verdict that surprised everybody in the Orando (Florida courtroom) jurors acquitted Casey Anthony for murdering her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony. Casey Anthony was let off from first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter. However, she was convicted for four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement officials. The jurors, including […]
“Obama is a one-term president” – Michele Bachmann declared at CNN’s Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, where she formally announced her candidacy. It was no big surprise to hear Bachmann, a U.S. Representative from Minnesota, announce her presidential campaign at last night’s Republican debate. Everyone knew she planned to run for the White House, […]