Articles by John Pierce

Jordanians: Working From Iraq, Al Qaeda Planned WMD Attack

Leader of al Qaeda's cell in Jordan: "When Afghanistan fell, I again met up with al-Zarqawi in Iraq."...

Colin Powell: The Iraq-Zarqawi Connection

Powell detailed the relationship between the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein and terrorist Abu Musab a...

Chairman Specter?

The most appalling thing about Specter’s narrow victory April 27 is that, if the GOP keeps Senate con...

House Passes Huge, Pork-Laden Highway Bill

Here's a six-year, $275 billion highway bill for federal highways, highway safety and research progra...

McDermott Repeats Himself on Getting God Out of the Pledge:

Rep. Jim McDermott (D.-Wash.) recently led the Pledge of Allegiance in the House of Representatives. ...

Sierra Club’s Bucks:

The Sierra Club has been a long time supporter of campaign finance reform and demanding full disclosu...

Will the U.N. Raise American Taxes?

The American Conservative Union (ACU) has been alerting the country to the current status of the Law ...

Access to Dems’ Top Dogs for Only $25K:

The Hill is reporting that Senate Democrats are invigorated by the prospect of regaining control of t...

Political I.Q. — Week of April 26

Test your knowledge of politics....

Under God? Not McDermott:

Liberal Rep. Jim McDermott (D.-Wash) yesterday caused a stir in the U.S. House Chamber. While leading...

Top Five Outrages on College Campuses

This year's recipients of the annual "Polly Awards" for extraordinarily absurd campus programs....

The Right Ear — Week of April 26

Unlimited Ninnys; Bake Sale Bandits; Christian Wins Lawsuit; Cheney at NRTL; and Munich Film...

No Takers:

Pennsylvania local talk-show host Bob Durgin (WHP 580AM) issued a challenge to his listeners: he need...

Toomey Campaign Gaining Confidence:

Rep. Pat Toomey this afternoon – after seeing the activities at the polls – said about his fight to u...

Iraq War Spending — Too Much?

According to the Kiplinger Letter: “Spending on Iraq totals about 1% of annual GDP, about the same as...

Early Bad News for Specter:

A Philadelphia source tells HUMAN EVENTS that voter turnout so far today in the GOP senate primary el...

President Bush Said To:

A Toomey campaigner in western Pennsylvania tells HUMAN EVENTS that over the last 24 hours the restle...

After Negroponte?

As soon as John Negroponte was named to be ambassador to Iraq, speculation began flying over who woul...

Daschle Gets a Break:

Tim Giago, an Indian activist in South Dakota, decided after a meeting with Sen. Tom Daschle (D.-S.D....

Hillary Watch — Week of April 26

Hillary Meets Nixon; Hard Time; Hillary Handles Holy War; HRC and JFK(erry)...

Kill Internet Taxation:

This week, the Senate may take up S 150, the permanent Internet tax moratorium, which has already pas...

Holding the Line:

President Bush is not backing down from his threat to veto the highway bill if Congress passes a fina...

‘The Family Owns It’:

The odd thing is not that John Kerry owns an SUV, but that he refers to his “family” as if it were so...

Not Quite All:

Last Sunday, Sen. John Kerry (D.-Mass.) told NBC’s Tim Russert that he would release all of his milit...