Russia Expands Treason Law, Critics Fear Crackdown
Putin’s Russia cracks down on outside influence and stifles free speech. Many fear return to an unbridled police state.
Entries by Joe Miller
Gingrich Calls Out Rove and NRSC For Getting Rid of “Trouble-Maker” Akin
Gingrich hammers Karl Rove for his attack on Akin as well as his own gaffe that he wasn’t held accountable. “If you applied the Todd Akin rule to Joe Biden, he’d be resigning the vice presidency once a week,” Gingrich said in Akin’s defense.
Revelation: Obama Reportedly Signed Secret Cyber Directive in October
Lawmakers have struggled over the past several years to find the right balance between protecting privacy rights and addressing perceived and real cyber threats.
Reporter Details Journalists’ Private Anti-Mormon Bigotry
Journalist reveals how members of the press secretly joked and made fun of Romney’s faith. Ironic, given the media’s assumption of Evangelical bigotry.
Obama ‘Grand Bargain’ More Gimmick Than Grand
The president is looking more and more like a one-trick pony. Until he puts something new on the table, it appears like there’s no dice.
Video: Police Tase Man While Putting Out Neighbor’s Fire to Keep Him From “Hurting Himself”
In an alleged police brutality case, a man who was trying to put out a neighbor’s fire while trying to keep it spreading to his own home, was tased by police in front of his own children. Police say they were trying to keep him from hurting himself.
Holocaust Survivor Returns US Flag to Family of Soldier Who Rescued Him
A Holocaust survivor returned an American flag to the family of a soldier who had given him the gift, the sole memento from his war-torn childhood that he kept for 67 years.
Murkowski Named One of Most Likely GOP Senators to Vote With Democrats in 2013
If Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell continues to wield the filibuster as routinely as he did in President Obama’s first term, Majority Leader Harry Reid will need to pick off at least five Republican senators to advance initiatives. Read here for his five most likely targets.
The Case for Educational Pluralism: Alternatives to the State-funded Educational Monopoly
America is one of the world’s only liberal democracies that does not provide state-funded educational diversity, in some fashion, for its families.
Florida Sends Auditors to Investigate Voting Irregularities; Rep. West Holds Out Hope (+video)
One of the country’s closest Congressional races is apparently still up for grabs. Will the Tea Party favorite pull it out?