For Republicans, there are both benefits and drawbacks to including either of the Pauls on the list of convention speakers. Generating enthusiasm among a vocal base of activists is an argument in favor of promoting them. Without that base, Romney will lose in November.
Based on a study by the Urban Institute, there is a surprise for couples who started collecting their Social Security in 2011 and 2012: They won’t be getting all their money back. In fact, under the assumptions by the think tank, they won’t even come close.
After they failed to stop a voucher program, an educational union is now threatening to sue any private schools that accept them.
The age of the drones has arrived. It’s not possible to uninvent these Orwellian devices, but we can — and must — restrain their use.
Alaska Nanooks rifle alumnus Matt Emmons overcame misfires in his two previous Olympic apperances to capture his first Olympic medal in the men’s 50-meter three position shooting event on Monday.
GOP chair Reince Priebus called Sen. Harry Reid a “dirty liar” on ABC’s “This Week.” Watch the video and find out why here.
The Republican National Committee has finally released its first list of convention speakers and Palin isn’t on it. Read this story to see who was chosen.
Effective later this week, you may now decide what sex you are on an Alaskan driver’s license. The insanity continues . . .
Obama’s illegal circumvention of immigration law moves forward. Read about the plan here and the GOP’s concern that Obama’s actions will exacerbate an already exceptionally high US unemployment rate.
China’s state-run media ramped up condemnation of the United States on Monday over tensions in the South China Sea, with the Communist Party’s top newspaper telling Washington to “Shut up” and charging it with “fanning flames” of division in the region.