POLITICS

Lawyers are supposed to act as advocates, defending the individual rights of their clients before the law. In any controversy, be it civil or criminal, the case must revolve around the parties, not their counsel. Yet that is no longer a guiding principle for many...

Historians have always been fascinated by the falls of great civilizations such as ancient Greece and Rome. But no fall contains more important lessons for mankind than the fall of the United States of America, which ended the Age of Invisible Virtue and plunged the...

For those few of us in the mainstream media who openly support Second Amendment rights, research scholar John Lott has been -- or rather, had been -- an absolute godsend. Armed with top-notch credentials (including stints at Stanford, Rice, UCLA, Wharton, Cornell, the...

Last week, the leaders of Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Denmark and the Czech Republic publicly declared their support for America against Iraq. Joining together in a letter published in the Wall Street Journal, The Times of London and other...

While the nation's pundits are praising the President for his State of the Union speech, conservatives are falling all over themselves lauding Bush for explaining why the weakest state sponsor of terrorism -- Iraq -- ought to be attacked. Pundits, conservatives and...

On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Commander Rick Husband, pilot William "Willy" McCool, flight engineer Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist Michael Anderson, medical officer and flight surgeon Laurel Clark, mission specialist David Brown, and Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon...

America's foremost ally, Tony Blair's Britain, has asked the United States for more time to convince the members of the United Nations Security Council of the need for war against Iraq. Blair is worried because his supporters in the Labour Party do not support a war...

IRVINE, CA--An alleged conspiracy between journalists and terrorists to promote the Palestinian cause should be thoroughly investigated, said Dr. Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. The director of Israel's Government Press Office, Daniel...

Editor's note: This is a parody, similar in style to the Onion.Rep. Charlie Rangel (D- NY) took his "fairness in the military" proposal a step further this month. The congressman is now calling for what he calls "affirmative casualties" in war, a move he says will...

This weekend, the Duke and University of Connecticut's women's basketball teams will square-off in a nationally televised #1-vs.-#2 contest. Coincidentally, this matchup comes the same week that a Bush administration advisory panel completes its recommendations for...

President Bush is very vocal about his religious beliefs; he likes to preach publicly about "the power of faith" and "the vital place of faith in the life of our nation." This does not bother most Americans, who believe that while the President personally wants to...

Webster's dictionary defines bankruptcy as a state of financial ruin-the inability to pay one's debts. That sure sounds like what is going on in California where Governor Gray Davis and the Democrats have saddled taxpayers with a massive 35 billion dollar...

The cloning debate resumed late last December with the announcement--still unconfirmed--that a cloned baby was born to an American woman. This report essentially mocked the consensus that emerged in Congress over the past year, which agreed that reproductive cloning...

In terms of domestic affirms, the President presented a contradictory message on health care. On the one hand, he praised the "skill and innovation" of America's medical system. But he also said that the role of the federal government was to ensure "high quality,...

Fifty percent of marriages in America today are said to end in divorce. "Joe Millionaire," the popular "reality" TV show, provides an example as to why romance too often dies. The show is allegedly a test of "true love." That test, however, starts with a lie: Evan...

President Bush's critics wasted no time denouncing his latest economic plan. "An irresponsible, ineffective, ideologically driven wish list," Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., put it. "Too steeped in conservative ideology," The Washington Post said. The president is...

This Monday the U.S. Justice Department crossed the line when they decided the First Amendment no longer applied where antitrust issues are concerned. According to today's New York Times, the DOJ will announce a "consent decree" today with Village Voice Media and New...