Democrat Barack Obama said he will push for higher Social Security taxes if elected, viewing it as the best option for improving the retirement program's finances. Obama said taxing more of a person's income was the option he would push for i
Roberta McCain, the mother of Sen. McCain, blames the scandals of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics on Mormons during an interview on "Hardball." Mormons were to blame for the scandal that rocked the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. [Johnny?]
A technical breakthrough has enabled scientists to create for the first time dozens of cloned embryos from adult monkeys, raising the prospect of the same procedure being used to make cloned human embryos. Attempts to clone human embryos for research
Intel Corp. plans to roll out its newest generation of processors Monday, flexing its manufacturing muscle with a sophisticated new process that crams up to 40 percent more transistors onto the company's chips.
WASHINGTON -- As chairman of the House transportation committee, Alaska Congressman Don Young flew at least three times to upstate New York aboard a jet owned by Robert Congel, an ambitious shopping mall developer seeking federal highway money.
Journalism: The debate is over. A consensus has been reached. On global warming? No, on how Democrats are favored on television, radio and in the newspapers.
There I was, in Shasta County, California, on a nice, sunny, Friday morning. I was standing near a fire pit, warming my hands and admiring the view of the small valley to the south.
The University of Delaware subjects students in its residence halls to a shocking program of ideological reeducation that is referred to in the university’s own materials as a “treatment” for students’ incorrect attitude
Details of the Super-SIV Bailout have been finalized. Paulson acknowledged that the proposed backup fund would not rescue troubled SIVs, only lead to a longer and more orderly demise. This is an amazing admission of failure right as the agreement has
Whew! What a week for the stock market. On Wednesday the market took a 360 point nosedive followed, two days later, by a 220 point belly-flop. By the time it was over, the trading pits looked more like a sausage-packing plant than the world’s financi
[I used my discretion to stick this back at the top of the cue, because it is IMHO, a must watch two parter. RP does great and BS does contortions at not being able to trip RP up.--Ed.]
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) is gaining steam in his presidential campaign and the establishment is preparing to stop him at any cost. His fundraising statistics reveal a blossoming, Internet-based movement that is uniting libertarians and other concerned
The Iowa Republican Party put out an advisory Tuesday setting standards for participation in a Dec. 4 debate it is sponsoring with Fox News. The phone has been ringing off the hook ever since. Mary Tiffany (515) 282-8105 x 112 mtiffany@iowagop.org
Federal regulations, which supercede local ordinances, prescribe heavy penalties—even death—for dealers of illegal drugs, including marijuana. The federal penalty for possession of a miniscule amount is punishable by a year in prison and $1,000.
Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people's private communications and financial i
Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a tool that uses clues to automate the analysis of online jihadism. The Dark Web project aims to scour Web sites, forums and chat rooms to find the Internet's most prolific and influential j
He turned the armory into his own private arms bazaar with the seeming approval of some American officials and executives, selling AK-47 assault rifles, Glock pistols and heavy machine guns.
After dropping a money grenade on November 5, 2007 that raised over $4,000,000, Ron Paul supporters are now preparing to drop the bomb in honor of an important date in American history.
Outside the University of Texas football stadium here -- just an hour before kickoff -- is a plane flying with a banner that reads: "Ron Paul for President...Everyone wins."
The interesting premise: Ron Paul's campaign didn't harness the Internet. It was the other way around: Internet users found Ron Paul and took his campaign on a ride.
“A group of 9/11 conspiracy theorists heckled Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani as supporters booed and chanted "Rudy" at a campaign stop in Loveland, Colorado Saturday.
Long live the king, or score one for civility. The King of Spain told Venezuelan strongman, Hugo Chavez, to "shut up" at a conference on Saturday. [w/video]
Rural communities often don't have the same access to (and are less affected by) the internet. Bur rural towns are some of the most conservative, and they are learning of Ron Paul, and responding.
A quick look at the state of the art on suitcase nukes. Hollywood gave up on using Nazis as movie villains a while back. Is the demise of another favorite movie threat far behind?
One of the hottest names in politics, Ron Paul brought his upstart campaign to the region. Saturday's rally proves he may be trailing in the polls but he cannot be ignored. They call it the Ron Paul revolution and on Saturday it came to Philadelp
Over at the Fantasy '08 betting market run by the outstanding RealClearPolitics website, the chances of Ron Paul becoming the GOP presidential nominee have now surpassed those of Fred Thompson and John McCain.
The Pentagon is paying Lockheed Martin to try to predict insurgencies and civil unrest like the weather. It's part of a larger military effort to blend forecasting software with social science. (see where this going?)
American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk.