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

Raymond E. Mabus is a former governor of Mississippi and one-time ambassador to Saudi Arabia who signed onto the Obama campaign in 2007.   Born October 11, 1948, in Starkville, Mississippi, Ray Mabus grew up in Ackerman, the only child of Raymon...   read more

In the ongoing controversy about the CIA’s destruction of 92 videotapes of potentially illegal interrogations, including 12 that depicted use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” (torture), the CIA disclosed that it has 3,000 documents relating ...   read more

On Wednesday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted 3-1 to classify depleted uranium a low-level Class A waste, meaning that it is only hazardous for up to 100 years. Depleted uranium is a byproduct of uranium enrichment for nuclear power ...   read more

Campaigning in 2007, Barack Obama declared that “when I am president, [lobbyists] won’t find a job in my White House. Easier said than done. National Journal Magazine checked the names of 267 Obama senior appointees and nominees against the list o...   read more

Americans might like to take a cue from their British cousins in urging their government to replace technically correct government phraseology with words that normal people can understand. The Local Government Association (LGA) is a group that lob...   read more

Writing for Wired, David Kravets takes note of a little-noticed surveillance-related case with wide implications for cell phone users. Following the lead of the Bush administration, the Obama administration is claiming that the Fourth Amendment pr...   read more

The Obama administration reversed the policy of the Bush administration by endorsing a French-sponsored non-binding United Nations declaration calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality. Homosexuality is currently outlawed in more than 85 ...   read more

Annoyed by the useless junk mail that arrives at your home? You’re not alone. About 44% of junk mail ends up in landfills without even being opened. It is hard to convince the senders of junk mail to stop because, although it may be bad for the en...   read more

StimulusWatch.org presents “shovel-ready” projects around the United States and allows web visitors to vote on which ones are worth funding. The list was compiled by The United States Conference of Mayors, but anyone can vote. According to site us...   read more

One winner in the economic downturn is the military, which has finally seen a five-year recruiting crisis come to an end. In February, all branches of the military met their recruiting goals, and the Army, which has been under the most stress,...   read more

President Obama has reversed another policy of George W. Bush by asking the American Bar Association (ABA) to resume reviewing potential judicial nominees and to rate their qualifications. Beginning in 1953, the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Fed...   read more

Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg is a highly regarded expert in community health and bio-defense, who earned high marks for her work as health commissioner of New York City from 1991 to 1997. While serving as NYC’s top health official, Hamburg managed...   read more

Tampa-based Sykes Enterprises, which provides customer support for corporations, opened a call center in Minot, North Dakota in 1996. Sykes hoped to expand the center this year from 200 employees to 450, but was unable to find takers for the new p...   read more

The Federal Reserve reported Monday that in February the operating rate of U.S. factories dropped to 67.4% of capacity, the lowest level since 1948. Why is this a 61-year record? Because 1948 was the year the government started keeping records. Th...   read more

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon dismissed a lawsuit brought by naval police officers who had tried to stop the Navy form shooting pepper spray directly into the eyes of recruits. The plaintiffs had suggested that the Navy use less dangerous...   read more

When he was a candidate for president, Barack Obama spoke forcefully in favor of granting habeas corpus rights to terror suspects. But now that he is president, he is taking a less-principled approach. In a brief filed Thursday, Justice Department...   read more