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New York Times Writer Celebrates Single-Party Rule in California

New York Times Writer Celebrates Single-Party Rule in California

The New York Times news department has apparently become the official national propaganda machine of California’s liberals in control of state government, more-or-less in the same manner as the Soviet Communist Party’s newspaper Pravda served as the official organ of that one-party state in Russia during the Cold War.  At least

Alan Dershowitz: No Right to Abortion in Constitution

Alan Dershowitz: No Right to Abortion in Constitution

Alan Dershowitz, one of America’s most well-known Constitutional scholars, told CNBC’s Larry Kudlow that there is no right to an abortion in the Constitution. The self-professed liberal told Kudlow: I can’t find anything in the Constitution that says you prefer

Sophia Loren Wins 39-Year-Old Tax Dispute

Sophia Loren Wins 39-Year-Old Tax Dispute

MILAN, Italy, Oct. 25 (UPI)–An Italian Supreme Court ruling has ended film star Sophia Loren’s dispute with tax authorities concerning her earnings in 1974. The BBC said the Court of Cassation ruled in her favor Thursday. The 79-year-old actress had

PolitiFact: Wendy Davis 'Opposes Late-Term Abortions'

PolitiFact: Wendy Davis 'Opposes Late-Term Abortions'

State Senator Wendy Davis (D-TX) was the woman behind that symbolic obstructionist filibuster the media championed — the one that temporarily halted a law in Texas that would make late-term abortions illegal, unless the mother’s life is endangered or in

Judges Delay CA Prisoner Releases for Another Month

Judges Delay CA Prisoner Releases for Another Month

Federal judges ruled on October 21 that the state of California could delay its thinning of the number of prison inmates for another month. The judges explained their decision by citing the time a court-appointed mediator would need to find

WH Implies Individual Mandate Could Be Delayed

WH Implies Individual Mandate Could Be Delayed

On Monday, White House press secretary Jay Carney implied that the Obama administration could delay the implementation of the individual mandate thanks to the massive technological glitches attendant on the launch of the Obamacare exchanges. Carney explained that anybody “without

With Celebrations, NJ Has 1st Gay Marriages

With Celebrations, NJ Has 1st Gay Marriages

(AP) With celebrations, NJ has 1st gay marriagesBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and SAMANTHA HENRYAssociated PressLAMBERTVILLE, N.J.Gay couples in a handful of New Jersey communities exchanged marriage vows in the first minutes of Monday morning, becoming the first to take advantage of

Appeals Court: Reporter Must Reveal CIA Source

Appeals Court: Reporter Must Reveal CIA Source

New York Times foreign affairs reporter James Risen must reveal his secret source while testifying in the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA agent charged with leaking classified information, so says the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in

No Negotiation on Immigration

In the spirit of the President’s recent stance against negotiation over Obamacare and the debt ceiling, I propose that the same principle should apply to issues of equal importance. The security of America’s borders is one such issue. Accordingly, there

Michigan's 2004 Gay Marriage Ban Faces Challenge

Michigan's 2004 Gay Marriage Ban Faces Challenge

By ED WHITEAssociated PressDETROITTwo Detroit-area nurses wanted to adopt each other’s children, not rewrite Michigan law on gay marriage. But their lawsuit could end up overturning a 2004 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage that passed by a landslide. U.S. District

No Fast Track for Obama's Next Power Grab

No Fast Track for Obama's Next Power Grab

President Obama is seeking power the Constitution has assigned to Congress. Soon, he will formally ask Congress to surrender its constitutional authority and grant him “Fast Track” Trade Promotion Authority. And House Republicans are inexplicably ready to give it to

States Pay to Reopen Some National Parks

States Pay to Reopen Some National Parks

(AP) Shutdown impact: Some national parks could reopenBy The Associated PressThe government shutdown continues with some glimmer of hope for those who would like to visit the nation’s national parks: The Obama administration said it would consider offers from the

Big Broadcasting Begs SCOTUS to Kill Aereo

Big Broadcasting Begs SCOTUS to Kill Aereo

The great cash cow that can make up as much as half the revenue various cable channels rake in is the racket known as bundled cable, where you and I pay for dozens of channels we never watch and even

Stop the Debt Ceiling Scare Tactics

Stop the Debt Ceiling Scare Tactics

To quote the famous Yogi Berra, “it’s like déjà vu all over again” with the battle over ceremonially raising the debt ceiling. According to the elected officials of our great nation, we must saddle our children and grandchildren with another

Nevada Judge Says She's Working on Simpson Ruling

Nevada Judge Says She's Working on Simpson Ruling

(AP) Nevada judge says she’s working on Simpson rulingBy KEN RITTERAssociated PressLAS VEGASThe Nevada judge who will decide whether O.J. Simpson gets a new trial in a botched confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers indicated Thursday that she’s still working

The Obamacare Religious Exemption You Didn't Expect

The Obamacare Religious Exemption You Didn't Expect

In the midst of a pending Supreme Court case, challenging a mandate that employers pay for contraception despite religious objections, it appears that the Affordable Care Act doesn’t discriminate against all religions. While most smokers will be penalized with higher