Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has written to the UN affiliate Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to advise the organization not to interfere with his state’s elections. OSCE intends to monitor U.S. elections and, in particular, conservative poll watchers.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called himself a “one-man wrecking crew” on Monday, bragging that he was challenging Mitt Romney on releasing his tax returns as he attempted to rev up a crowd to support Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley and
Two stories published this week note that Democrats are increasingly uneasy as they see challenger Mitt Romney surging in the polls. While Democrats still expect Obama to pull off a win, there is a dawningrealization that this is not going
Michelle Obama wrote a letter in 2004 endorsing partial-birth abortions, a heinous procedure that involves removing an unborn baby during the latter stages of the second trimester or early stages of the third trimester and crushing the back of her head with
Is the left getting truly desperate as the election enters its last days? One issue being raised with increasing frequency–abortion–would indicate this is the case. A Vice President, Hollywood stars, and now a left-wing lawyerare all trying to scare people
Liberals would have you believe that so-called affirmative action in higher education was settled back in 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-based admissions policies at the University of Michigan School of Law were, more or less, constitutional.
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy finds little funny about a second term for President Barack Obama. So the mind behind those “you might be a redneck” gags and the host of “The Great American Bible Challenge,” dropped by Colorado Springs yesterday to
Three years ago, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave an interview which made some unintentional news when she discussed Roe v. Wade in terms of limiting “populations that we don’t want to have too many of.” This Friday, the
Thomas Jefferson understood that for our democracy to survive, the United States needed a free press to keep government and elected officials accountable. Indeed, Jefferson was such an outspoken proponent of free speech and a free press that he once
A new Obama campaign ad directed at women voters states that Republican candidate Mitt Romney would ban abortion, but uses a Romney quote that has been cut off to distort the candidate’s stance toward the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in New York on Thursday ruled that a U.S. law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to lawfully married same-sex couples. The 2nd
The Second Presidential Debate featured repeated claims by each candidate that the other was not telling the truth–as well as at least one claim of fact by the moderator that turned out to be false. There were even questionable claims
Who says Republicans and Democrats can’t agree? Every four years, politicos and pundits, both left and right, come together in a harmonious hymn of hyperbole: “This is the most important election in history!” they sing. I think hyperbole is responsible
(AP) Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter diesBy PETER JACKSONAssociated PressHARRISBURG, Pa.Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the Republican-turned-Democrat who played a key role in many Supreme Court nominations, has died. He was 82. His son Shanin Specter says
Barack Obama may not like asking for money, but the hundreds of people willing to pay upwards of $40,000 a pop to attend star-studded fundraisers in his honor show there are plenty willing to reach deep into their pockets on
HealthBridge Management and CareOne, related companies that own and operate nursing homes in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and two other states, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the New England Health Care Employers Union, also known as Service Employees International
If you are an elected official in China, would you want President Obama, who seems to apologize for America’s exceptionalism, or Mitt Romney, who just declared the era of American weakness abroad is over, to win the presidential election? That
David Simas, President Barack Obama’s polling director, told Obama volunteers on a Wednesday night webcast to “remind” swing voters about Obamacare, which is opposed by a plurality of Americans. In response to a question submitted online about what volunteers should
Government preferring one racial group over another in college admissions may be about to end, in what would be a historic move by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts said that Supreme Court precedent requires that “there has to
Yesterday, in a case that will determine the fate of affirmative action in higher education, the Supreme Court heard Abigail Fisher’s challenge to race-base admissions at the University of Texas at Austin. With the possible exception of the Fisher case,
Suppose you are a senior who chooses a private health insurance plan or natural methods of treating illness. You should be able to forgo Medicare and pay for your own treatment, shouldn’t you? Not unless you’re prepared to give up
(AP) High court looks at race in college admissionsBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONNine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divisive social issue back
Oct. 7 was Pulpit Freedom Sunday, when thousands of pastors organized by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) discuss the upcoming election and endorse political candidates. Doubtless many of you are thinking to yourself, “That’s illegal–churches can’t endorse candidates.” You are
The emperor wears no clothes. The bloom is off the rose. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Pardon the barrage of stale metaphors, but it’s difficult to put into words the utter pasting Mitt Romney put on Barack
As part of its “benchmark” health care plan to satisfy ObamaCare’s requirement of the establishment of Essential Health Benefits (EHB’s) in each state, the state of New York has requested that annual doctor visit limits be substituted for lifetime and
