Chicago’s 2nd Amendment challenge before the Supreme Court

MCDONALD V. CHICAGO
This is a story that has failed to catch the attention of a lot of Americans. That is understandable, given the debate over health care reform and the other political news of the day, but it is important, nonetheless. In 2008, the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C. came before the Supreme Court [...]

The trial of Hal Turner

This is one of those stories that has slipped under my radar. I had never heard of Hal Turner until I came across his name on my homepage news portal and after doing a cursory examination of what is going on, found a much more detailed story from The Bergen County Record. From all appearances, [...]

President Obama’s Afghanistan

During his campaign for President in 2007-2008, Barack Obama stated repeatedly that he believed the war in Iraq was a mistake. His reasoning for that belief was that Afghanistan was where we should have focused our attention. While he may have been correct, I am left to wonder at the lack of attention he is [...]

Emanuel discussed Senate seat with Blagojevich aides

FOX News is reporting that President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, began contacting aides to Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich, about the much discussed Senate seat just days after the election on November 4.
Barack Obama had begun thinking about his Senate successor even before the presidential election, and dispatched Rahm Emanuel days after the [...]

Barack Obama and ACORN–The foundation of the subprime mortgage crisis

During the 2nd Presidential debate last night in Nashville, Barack Obama once again started in on President Bush, blaming his economic policies for the economic crisis our country is going through. In doing so, he also tried to place the blame at the feet of John McCain as well. While President Bush has made some [...]

Barack Obama’s attack on the First Amendment

The mantra of Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign is “Change we can believe in”. He also throws hope in for good measure and he has no end of flowing speeches, telling the American people he is the “change we can believe in”. With all due respect, I beg to differ. The kind of change he is [...]

The Supreme Court affirms the 2nd Amendment

The topic of the 2nd Amendment is a very hot topic.  Usually, you are either strongly for or strongly against the rights of individuals to own firearms; it seems as if there is no middle ground on the subject.  The main problem I have with our government trying to remove our right to own a [...]