When Pope John Paul II visited Damascus in May 2001, Bashar used his welcoming speech to denounce the Jews, saying, “They tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.”   read more

The health insurance industry managed to sink to a new low this week when a congressional committee revealed that it is common practice for insurers to pay their employees incentives for canceling the policies of sick patients. Documents obtained ...   read more

After the embarrassing episode last fall when executives of the “Big Three” automakers got blasted for flying private jets to meet with Congress, General Motors tried to use an obscure federal program to block the public from tracking the use of i...   read more

President Barack Obama and many members of Congress oppose the release of photos depicting abuse of detainees at U.S.-run facilities on the grounds that the images would spark a violent backlash by terrorists against American soldiers. “Every phot...   read more

More details have surfaced about last week’s disclosure of banking investments held by senators who played a key role in crafting the federal bailout of Wall Street. In additions to the likes of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had considerable hol...   read more

Jane Oates, President Obama’s choice to head the Employment and Training Administration, was confirmed by the Senate on June 12, 2009. She began her career as a special education teacher, and once helped advise the company behind the controversial...   read more

President Barack Obama’s definition of “transparency” apparently doesn’t include revealing the names of business representatives and other individuals who visit the White House. Despite his pledge to make government more open to the public, the Ob...   read more

Contractors are complaining about a key provision of the Obama administration’s stimulus package requiring materials for new infrastructure projects to be made in the United States. Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) says the “Buy Ame...   read more

Having struggled to maintain enlistment levels in the wake of an unpopular war in Iraq, the U.S. Army has relaxed the enforcement of rules designed to keep neo-Nazis and white supremacists out of the ranks, according to an investigation by Salon.c...   read more

No matter how wrong that motorist was in cutting you off in traffic, or how annoying you think your neighbor is, honking your horn is not a form of free speech, says a federal appeals court in Washington state.   The question of whether the use ...   read more

President Barack Obama has gone too far with his numerous “czar” appointments, which represents a massive power grab, argues Ken Klukowski, a legal analyst in Washington, D.C. By some counts, Obama has created 16 czars, with even more on the way, ...   read more

Every year I write an article for Parade magazine about The World’s Worst Dictators, and every year I rank Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei among the 10 worst. Clearly, I am rooting for the current Iranian regime to fall and be replaced by a democrat...   read more

As Congress takes up the issue of health care reform, the financial interests of the industry are well represented on Capitol Hill, and not just through the employment of hundreds of lobbyists. Many lawmakers have investments in insurance, pharmac...   read more

There are more than 40 coal combustion waste sites in the United States that are considered a hazard, and yet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refuses to disclose their location to the public. Why this is happening is unclear, althou...   read more

Billion-dollar business deals have trumped human rights concerns for some of the largest defense and energy corporations in the United States when it comes to the issue of recognizing the Armenian genocide. According to the Associated Press, six i...   read more

Pursuing attackers of abortion clinics was not a priority of the Justice Department during the Bush administration, concludes an investigation conducted by The Washington Independent. The publication found that enforcement of a federal law making ...   read more

A plan to open up the Federal Reserve to congressional audits received enough support in the House of Representatives this week to guarantee that it will receive a full hearing by lawmakers. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) has been the driving force b...   read more