The threat of “private nukes” is non-existent, and would be so even in the absence of laws forbidding them. The existing nuclear threat isn’t the threat of “private nukes.” It’s the threat of stolen “public nukes.”
By augmenting a low-cost phone with GPS and a battery of applications, the goal is to help immigrants complete safe border crossings without being sent back by the Border Patrol or getting shot in the face by American “patriots.”
Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the $700 billion US financial-industry bailout, said the program will "almost certainly" result in a loss to taxpayers. (Well, DUH. Taxpayers weren't the primary beneficiaries) "We need to temper or
Former Representative William J. Jefferson, a New Orleans Democrat whose political career once seemed to hold high promise, was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for using his office to try to enrich himself and his relatives.
High-altitude partying is a deeply carved tradition in ski country, where alcohol in the open and illicit drugs in the shadows have been intertwined for years. Even before last week’s town vote here that decriminalized the possession of small amounts
Many of the nation's top public universities accepted nonresident students in greater numbers this year, hoping to increase -- or at least sustain -- a pool of incoming freshmen who pay two or three times the tuition charged to locals. At some school
When he met Russian President Medvedev, President Obama sought an important new supply corridor for Afghanistan by flying American troops and weapons through Russian airspace. As many as 4,500 flights a year, in a “substantial contribution” to the wa
A U.S. District judge's lax oversight of more than $30 million tied to the late Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos is ''curious,'' a federal appeals court said. A 3 -judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that a new judge gi
Mostly American conservatives support free markets but not so much civil libertarianism. On that score the American Left is more like the libertarians, although mainly for opportunistic reasons.
The theme of Michael Moore's latest movie "Capitalism: A Love Story" is that the free market is evil. But unlike most on the extreme left, Moore attempts to justify his views based on his Christian Catholic religion.
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The last couple of years has seen two interesting convergences in Arizona politics. First, the constantly expanding control grid, consisting of cameras and other measures for the regulation of movement, has finally burst into
A victim of an attempted armed robbery by three UT football players told 6 News Thursday he thinks they should stay on the team. "I think they should still be able to play football, regardless," he said. "Tennessee is my place. It's my football team.
A truly novel idea for our time: mandatory gun ownership. If the government is so intent on ordering citizens around, how about ordering them to protect themselves?
The Campaign for Liberty has stepped to the plate big time in Virginia, getting out ahead of the feds and finding a sponsor for the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act, to be introduced in 2010.
Which 10 states are in the deepest financial trouble? They got that way through mismanagement, high taxes and irresponsible spending. Hint: NY is not among them, even though NY has said it will go broke within the next 30 days.
It would involve people being issued with a unique number which they would hand over when purchasing products that contribute to their carbon footprint, such as fuel, airline tickets and electricity.
But one trial participant says he does know. He left Daytop after receiving all three shots and immediately started injecting megahits of cocaine with a lady friend over the course of a weekend—to no avail. This report is, of course, what scientists
Craig fell into disfavor with other top officials over his handling of Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. The announcement, made in a written statement, came just hours after the president arrived in Japan for a weeklong trip to Asia.