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(Kudos to Sue Blevins at the Institute for Health Freedom) The requirement for health insurance, endorsed by the AMA and imposed through the federal government, sets up at the top of a slippery slope toward nationalized medical care
The federal government's "no sex without marriage" message isn't just for kids anymore. Now the government is targeting unmarried adults up to age 29 as part of its abstinence-only programs, which include millions of dollars in fed
(Stu Krone warned about this at the 2005 Summit) The Siemens Magnetom Trio at the Univ of Penn is a 10-foot tall, 14-ton "functional magnetic resonance imaging" machine -- fMRI, for short. It promises to be the most formidable lie detecto
The US defence department has set up a new unit to better promote its message 24-hour rolling news outlets, and particularly on the internet. The Pentagon said the move would boost its ability to counter "inaccurate" news stories and expol
A California congresswoman said she was briefly denied access to a United Airlines flight because her name appeared on a ''no fly list." Used Sanchez's birth date to determine she was not the same Loretta Sanchez on the list, and she
With the US death toll in Iraq passing 100 this month and mid-term elections just days away, the Pentagon said the US force in Iraq has grown to 150,000 troops, the biggest it has been since January.
Hossam Shaltout, a former political adviser to Saddam Hussein's son, said that before the US invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, Saddam expressed his intent to yield to all American demands, but that the Bush administration refused his offers
The Pentagon is buttressing its public relations staff and starting an operation akin to a political campaign war room as Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld faces intensifying criticism over the Iraq war.
The US defence department has set up a new unit to better promote its [war] message across 24-hour rolling news outlets, and particularly on the internet.
The U.S.'s new voting systems are only as good as the people who program and use them. Which is why next week could be interesting.
As modern humans spread across Europe tens of thousands of years ago, they may have interbred with Neanderthals, creating hybrids, according to a new study of ancient human bones from Romania.
Bribery of federal and local officials by Mexican smugglers is rising sharply, and with it the fear that a culture of corruption is taking hold along the 2,000-mile border from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego.
The message to the Baghdad morgue was simple - they could do what they liked with the plastic handcuffs, but the metal ones were expensive and needed to be returned. The demand, made by a militia gunman who is a member of the Police Commandos, hardly
A recently revealed pact that calls for Venezuela to help Bolivia build military bases -- and perhaps prop up President Evo Morales in the event of civil unrest -- has prompted alarm among some of Bolivia's neighbors.
Did Israel use a secret new uranium-based weapon in southern Lebanon this summer in the 34-day assault that cost more than 1,300 Lebanese lives, most of them civilians?
Law-enforcement officials were told that terrorists were building a bomb that was eventually used to blow up the World Trade Center, and they planned to thwart the plotters by secretly substituting harmless powder for the explosives, an informer said
After President Bush signed the controversial Military Commissions Act, the Justice Department wasted no time in using its new power to deny due process to the detainees swept up in the “war on terror.” Now countless hours and dollars will be spent
4 weeks ago, Congress enacted and President Bush signed the Iran Freedom Support Act, a resolution very much in the spirit of the 1998 Iraq Liberation Act. It mandates sanctions against any country aiding Iran's nuclear programs, even those to wh
The war in Iraq is now reaching the point where the administration faces a choice: Bush must either escalate or get out. I'd be willing to bet the farm that he'll choose – has already chosen – the former.
We should label President Bush’s Iraq policy or its effects before he and Mr. Rove dream up another demagogic phrase to attempt to hide the policy’s failure. If we’re really ambitious, we could even come up with our own slogan for a viable solution
[just after the election] War games designed to intercept ships carrying weapons of mass destruction will take place for the first time today in the Gulf opposite Iran. [Another Gulf of Tonkin incident?=Oct. Surprise]
Some of the web's more popular "milblogs" -- blogs maintained by present or former active duty military personnel -- are going quiet following a renewed push by US military officials to scan sites for security risks. Ten members of a V
The story seems simple enough. An outside privacy and security advisory committee to the Dept of Homeland Security penned a tough report concluding the government should not use chips that can be read remotely in ID documents. But
An FBI report obtained by NBC News suggests that the ruling family of the remote and mountainous Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan oversaw a vast criminal network that stretched all the way to a series of shell companies in the US
An artificial liver has been grown for the first time from stem cells, it emerged last night. The breakthrough by British scientists is considered the vital first step towards creating a fully artificial liver that could be used to tackle ever-growi
The New York Post endorsed Democratic Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton for re-election on Monday, saying her GOP challenger, John Spencer, "isn't a credible alternative." "Surprised? Well, so are we _ a little,' said the Post editor
The LA Times reported that daily circulation fell 8%, and Sunday dropped 6%. The San Francisco Chronicle was down 5.3% and Sunday fell 7.3%. The New York Times lost 3.5% daily and 3.5% on Sunday, and it's sister publication, the Boston Globe
After a week of early voting, a handful of glitches with electronic voting machines have drawn the ire of voters, reassurances from elections supervisors -- and a caution against the careless casting of ballots. Several South Florida voters
Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who is barred from entering the United States, delivered his acceptance speech for the Letelier-Moffitt International Human Rights Award in a pre-recorded videotape. This is a transcript of his speech
Nearly one of every 25 weapons the military bought for Iraqi security forces is missing, a government audit said Sunday. Many others cannot be repaired because part or technical manuals are lacking. A second report found "significant challenge
