The GOP’s family values conundrum
By Michelle Laque Johnson
If you survey the media landscape these days, you might conclude that things look grim for conservatives and those who adhere to Christian values, or what are now called family values. Among other things, we ...
United Nations threatens children
By Mary Jo Anderson
While at the United Nations in 2000, a European delegate concluded an interview with the comment that America's refusal to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was an "unenlightened diplomatic decision." ...
The end of traditional America
By Steve Malzberg
In my little town of Fair Lawn, New Jersey the threat of rain forced the annual July Fourth fireworks celebration to be pushed to the night of July 5th. But this wasn't the delayed start ...
A third Chechen war?
By Andrei Piontkovsky
Even the best definitions oversimplify living reality. This is no less true of the widely accepted belief that our ruling kleptocracy is divided into a “Big Bucks Party” and a “Party of Blood.” In reality, ...
Iran’s war on women
By Loredana Vuoto
When it comes to democracy and freedom, Iranian women and voters are null and void. This was most clearly seen in Iran’s recent election whereby results were rigged in favor of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. ...
The Federal Reserve gains power
By Joseph Beaudoin
President Barack Obama is using the financial crisis to give the Federal Reserve more power. Crises have often provided unscrupulous governments with opportunities to implement bad policies. And, to paraphrase the White House Chief of ...
Global warming legislation limits freedom
By Kerry W. McCarthy
The cap-and-trade bill, passed in the House of Representatives, will set industrial policy for the nation if it becomes law. In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court, in violation of the separation of powers, ordered the ...
