Arizona’s Voter ID Law Voided by 7-2 Supreme Court Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court threw out an Arizona law requiring evidence of citizenship when people register to vote, in a victory for minority-rights advocates and the Obama administration.
Entries by Joe Miller
Source: Boehner Will Not Bring Amnesty Bill to Floor Unless Majority of House GOP Support it
House Speaker John Boehner appears to have put to rest rumors that he may break what is informally called the “Hastert Rule,” an unwritten guideline that a majority of the majority party should be needed to bring a bill to the House floor.
Is Scott Walker the GOP’s Sleeper Presidential Candidate?
He’s a popular blue-state governor with tea party appeal. Why Wisconsin’s governor could win over Republicans in 2016.
U.S. Spends $228K to Find Out Why Gay Kenyans Avoid Free HIV Treatment
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has authorized a three-year study to find out why some HIV-positive homosexual men in Kenya do not seek the free treatment that American taxpayers already are funding.
CDC Says 50% of Americans Will be Mentally Ill; No Wonder Gun Control Advocates Want Mental Illness Ban
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention says that at any given moment about a quarter of American adults are mentally ill and that over the course of their lifetimes about half of all Americans will develop at least one mental illness.
Alaska Makes Obama an Offer He Should, But Won’t Take
When Reagan recommended in 1987 that Congress should reopen a small sliver of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to oil and gas exploration, it started an epic battle between those who believe more U.S. energy supplies make us more energetic and those who argue that we should not use or produce any more oil.
Court Watchers: Justice Roberts, Others, Likely to Decide Homosexual Marriage Case Based Upon Public Opinion
The dramatic shift in public opinion on same-sex marriage is likely to affect the Supreme Court’s historic rulings on the issue later this month, say legal scholars.
Cheney: Snowden a Traitor; Palin: Snowden not the Problem (+videos)
As RINO’s continue to express outrage over Snowden leaks, with some like Cheney calling him a “traitor,” Palin makes it clear that Snowden is not the problem.
Expert Warns Terrorists May be Setting Wildfires Across American West
Colorado’s Black Forest fire is barely contained and has killed at least two people while consuming hundreds of homes and other structures and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands. And it isn’t the only fire burning.
NYU Evicts Chinese Dissident Reportedly Due to Pressure from the Communist Party of China
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng was candid with his speculation about the reasons for his ouster. “NYU is actually receiving a lot of pressure from the [Communist Party of China], and I think that they do fear this kind of pressure.”