Some wiseguys at the Economic Freedom Network just released a survey alleging that the United States has fallen from the sixth-freest economy in the world to the 10th-freest.
The late Sen. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota was a man of the hard left—"the Senate's most liberal member," as Mickey Kaus once termed him in the liberal online journal Slate. Wellstone opposed the first Iraq War—and the second one.
Hey look, Bill Clinton is the voice of sanity within the Democratic party these days.
In a story that surprisingly has gotten scant attention from Newsvine or any mainstream news source for that matter, Rand Paul stood up today in the Senate in opposition to the renewal of the USA Patriot Act, in defiance of not only the president and the opposite party, but …
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In the kingdom of Whatsis, on the Island of Ooze, Lived a gaggle of Spendits of two different hues. Each Spendit was feathered, each Spendit was plump, Each walked with a kind of galumpety-lump. They all looked alike, although it is true Some Spendits were Red, and others we …
Tomorrow, Ryan will put forward his most high-profile reform proposal yet.
I must say that in my two and a half years of blogging on Newsvine, I don't think I've ever seen more barbs about fascism and comparisions to Nazis than I have within the past three weeks.
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Interesting video that tells the truth and explains how both sides of the issue view things.
Well well well, the internet is a buzz today over a situation in Wisconsin. Yup, the Wisconsin governor, Governor Scott Walker, in response to state budget issues, has decided to reform the state workers' unions bargaining rights and their benefits plans.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center presents itself as a watchdog monitoring the political extremes, and a large portion of the press takes that pose at face value, despite decades of evidence that the group's real specialties are fundraising and fearmongering.
I have posted this as a comment on a previous article that I have written as well as another, but I think it merits a brief article.
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The only rational reaction to the disturbing news of today's shooting is to be patient while expressing hope for a better ending. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was tragically gunned down along with 10 other people in a horrible act of violence in Tucson.
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The recent case of David Epstein, a Columbia University professor accused of consensual incest with his 24 year old daughter, has raised issues among some as to the exact nature of anti-incest laws.
ON FRIDAY the Wall Street Journal provided a wonderful bit of irony: despite the howls of indignation from the Democrats over private campaign spending, it turns out that the biggest sugar daddy is the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a publi …
It's with great interest that I have been watching the recent developments in the California gubernatorial election.
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This is a rather morbid and personal topic, but I want to determine how the legality of abortion would affect a woman's decision making on the subject. So I'm going to ask the women on the Vine to imagine themselves in the following situations and then answer the poll questions.
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This topic is in the news due to the recent fall of radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who used the N-word 11 times in a conversation with a caller. If you manage to wade through the barrage of racial epithets, you can hear Dr.
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So I'm bored and want to moderate some discussion. But instead of writing some firebrand article on a controversial subject, I'd much rather discuss a less quarrelsome topic. Which leads us to the question.
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I've actually been toying with the idea of writing an article about the Israel-Palestine conflict for a while, but could never quite think of an appropriate topic or idea to work with.
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In recent weeks I have noticed the apperance of a variety of articles that, true to the sage observation of Godwin's Law, heavily invoke the comparisons of today's Tea Party, Republican Party, and conservatives in general to that of the Nazi Party.
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July 4th is celebrated in our nation as being Independence Day, our most celebrated national holiday.
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I know this isn't the most original article, and I apologize if others have touched on a similar subject, but I feel that I couldn't resist asking such a newsworthy question following the recent buzz about the scheduled execution by firing squad of a Utah convict.
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As 2010 is the year of our Census, I find it interesting to relect upon the current state of American society. Americans live in the most ethnically diverse and multicultural society in the world.
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Controversy has recently erupted over news that conservative advocacy group Focus on the Family will air two thirty-second ads during Super Bowl XLIV, prominently featuring Florida Gators quaterback Tim Tebow and his mother Pam.
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According to an article by the Wall Street Journal (link provided in blog) Martha Coaxley, while a district attorney during the 1980's, helped maintain the conviction of a Satanist falsely accused of committing heinous crimes against children.
Anwar al-Awlaki deserves no praise, no honor. But no matter how beneficial to the safety and security of the United States his death is, the circumstances of it leaves us in a much darker place.
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