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Americans Reject Eminent Domain Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to grant a local government unprecedented power to seize its citize...

Will Bush Recycle SCOTUS Short List?

President Bush, according to the New York Times, interviewed four other candidates for the Supreme Co...

Pataki Out — And Up?

To the surprise of few, New York Republican Gov. George Pataki announced week that he would not seek ...

Why Can’t We Defend Ourselves?

Much ado in our country and Europe has been made about alleged mistreatment and torture of suspected ...

Priorities: Orphans or Air Conditioning

KATIMA MULILO, Namibia – Nestled under a grove of shade trees along the Zambezi River here is the Chi...

Beware of Strange Men with Rocket Launchers

This week, New Jersey Transit officials joined the New York Police Department in performing hapless r...

U.S. Falling Behind Across the Board

Recenty, I reported that the United States, formerly a superpower until afflicted with "new economy" ...

Will ‘Solving’ the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute End Islamic Fanaticism?

The prime minister’s statement angered Israelis and comforted Palestinians. What caused all the rucku...

Confirming the Other John Roberts

Unquestionably, the weirdest moment of news coverage of the newest Supreme Court nomination came on C...

Power Politics of Abortion

Having finished a new book on the late Justice Harry Blackmun, and eyeing the run-up to the John Robe...

Bolton Recess Appointment:

The White House signaled for the first time this week that President Bush might well install John Bol...

Don??¢â???¬â???¢t Nuke Mecca

Why not nuke Mecca? Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has brought the issue to the table. The Council o...

Fool Me Eight Times, Shame on Me

“He’s a scholarly man; he has a good education; he has been recommended by legal authorities; he has ...

Pence: Protecting the Public??¢â???¬â???¢s Right to Know

Conservative leader tells HE about his media shield bill...