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Music City Mourns Country Legend George Jones

Music City Mourns Country Legend George Jones

By CHRIS TALBOTTAP Music WriterNASHVILLE, Tenn.For a guy who sang so many sad songs, George Jones left behind a lot of laughs. There was more humor than sadness at Jones’ funeral Thursday at the Grand Ole Opry House as thousands

Holder Threatens Kansas Over New Gun Law

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback received a letter today from Attorney General Eric Holder threatening action against the state should it enforce SB102, the pro 2nd Amendment law Brownback signed into law last month. The new law declares that the federal

Britain: Protests Planned as Benefits Shake-up Kicks Off

Britain: Protests Planned as Benefits Shake-up Kicks Off

A huge shake-up of Britain’s welfare system aimed at streamlining benefits gets under way Monday with jobcentre staff expected to stage angry protests. People living in Ashton-under-Lyne, in Greater Manchester, can apply for the new Universal Credit from today in

Lonely Year for French President at Time of Crisis

Lonely Year for French President at Time of Crisis

By SYLVIE CORBETAssociated PressPARISThe sounds of raucous protest echo in the Presidential Palace, unemployment is rising to levels not seen in over a decade, and his country’s economy has been called a potential time bomb at the heart of Europe.

Being Had for Dinner in Ottawa

Being Had for Dinner in Ottawa

Canadians are on their guard against the growing Islamist threat. After all, the last month alone brought the Boston Marathon bombing and arrests in Canada of suspected Iranian-linked al-Qaeda bomb-plotters targeting Canada-US passenger train routes. Add to that repeated stories

Positive and negative approval

In response to They Get It When It’s the First Amendment: Your contrast between the way liberals view majority rule with respect to the First vs. Second Amendment makes me think about the way Obama has been trying to work

Defusing democracy

David Harsanyi lays out the case against majoritarian rule in the matter of gun control – an issue that just about perfectly illustrates why the Founding Fathers took a dim view of “democracy,” which they correctly interpreted as mob rule:

Obama Lectures Senate For Not Passing Bill

Obama Lectures Senate For Not Passing Bill

President Obama took to the Rose Garden on Wednesday evening to scold Senators for not passing the universal background check legislation he and Newtown families were lobbying for today. The President claimed that the bill had “90% support but did

Gun Maker Leaving Connecticut, Urges Others to Follow

Gun Maker Leaving Connecticut, Urges Others to Follow

On April 10, gun manufacturer PTR Industries announced it is leaving Connecticut and urged other gun companies to follow its example.  The announcement came six days after Democrat Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed 139 pages of new gun control legislation into

Obama's $78 Billion Tax Hike on Low-Income Americans

Obama's $78 Billion Tax Hike on Low-Income Americans

Since the release of President Obama’s budget, there has been a lot of focus on the entitlement reform aspects of it.  One of the less commented-upon aspects of the budget, however, is the nearly $1 per pack federal cigarette tax

GOP's Toomey Breaks with NRA on Gun Control

GOP's Toomey Breaks with NRA on Gun Control

In a surprising display of putting politics over commitment to the Constitution, two previously pro-gun senators have turned on the National Rifle Association regarding gun control legislation. Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) have introduced an amendment to

Biden Mocks 'Black Helicopter' Gun Control Skeptics

Biden Mocks 'Black Helicopter' Gun Control Skeptics

Joe Biden used his standard technique of mocking the opposition on Tuesday as he gave a gun control speech at the White House. Speaking of those who oppose universal background checks for gun buyers and lambasting the National Rifle Association for promoting

Obama Will Have 'Tough Day' if Gun Control Fails

Obama Will Have 'Tough Day' if Gun Control Fails

President Barack Obama said Tuesday the gun control proposals under consideration in the U.S. Senate are not about him, but it would take a toll on him personally if they do not pass. Speaking in Connecticut, the President made a

Alec Baldwin Late Night Bound?

Alec Baldwin Late Night Bound?

Is Carson Daly about to get Fallon’d by Alec Baldwin? The New York Times reports NBC is in preliminary discussions with the 30 Rock actor to host his own late night program. The move would be the latest late night