There were 36 U.S. military casualties in Afghanistan reported for the month of May, marking the deadliest month for American forces so far in 2012. The American soldiers’ death toll in May brought the total U.S. fatalities since the war started in October 2001 to 1,881, including 124 this year alone. Last month was also […]
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives, which took office in January 2011, has enacted federal spending bills under which the national debt has increased more in less than one term of Congress than in the first 97 Congresses combined. In the fifteen months that the Republican-controlled House of Representatives–led by Speaker John Boehner–has effectively enjoyed a […]
For those hoping for good economic news out of Washington today, they’re in for a terrible disappointment. According to the latest jobs report from the Department of Labor, the economy created only 69,000 jobs in May — well below expectations — while the unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent, and job numbers from March and […]
If the past four years were a first date with Obama, would you agree to a second date? To hear him lately, he sounds like a guy standing on a woman’s steps at the end of what has been a disastrous night. Because the would-be Casanova didn’t take the time to do a little research, […]
The US continues to spend billions of dollars every year on an inept, corrupt, and pathetically anti-American institution. This short but powerful video highlights what’s wrong with the United Nations.
Two years after Target Corp. angered gay marriage supporters with a political donation that benefited a gay-marriage opponent seeking the governor’s office, the retailer is now upsetting same-sex marriage opponents by selling T-shirts to raise money for a group working to defeat a gay marriage ban in Minnesota. The Minneapolis-based retailer is taking heat in […]
Erik Scott was a West Point graduate who went on to serve honorably in the Army, get his MBA from Duke and establish a lucrative career in real estate and as a sales rep for a medical device company. He was 38 years old when he was gunned down in portico of a Las Vegas […]
Ted Stevens may be gone, but his legacy lives on. Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Rep. Donald E. Young (R-Alaska) are the ringleaders behind legislation (S.730 & H.R.1408) that would allow Sealaska Corporation of Juneau to clear-cut the Tongass National Forest. Supporters of the proposed land transfer met last Wednesday with representatives of the […]
Two new polls show Americans remain pessimistic about the economy — by far the key issue heading into the November presidential election. A Washington Post-ABC News poll found that more than 80 percent of respondents still rate the national economy negatively. The survey also found that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has now tied President […]
In a move that some called historic, the county’s oldest African American civil rights group voted Saturday to endorse same-sex marriage. The National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People passed a resolution supporting gay marriage at a meeting of its board of directors in Miami, saying it opposed any policy or legislative initiative that […]