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Democrats outraising Republicans as election nears

10/16/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Despite outrage from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats about billionaires like the Koch brothers donating to the GOP, statistics show Democrats are outraising Republicans this election season. Sheila Krumholz of the Center for Responsive Politics estimated, “the…

Automatically re-enrolling in ObamaCare could pose dangers, analysts warn

09/27/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
After the rocky rollout last fall of the ObamaCare website, the administration wants to re-enroll those already in the system in hopes of avoiding another technological embarrassment. But analysts warn that just blindly re-enrolling could mean trouble for consumers. “This…

Ancient grains making a modern-day comeback

09/05/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Ancient grains like farro are part of a growing industry for alternative foods. (iStock) Man first cultivated grain roughly 10,000 years ago, letting him diversify his Quest for Fire diet of animal parts, seeds and berries. Now those selfsame “ancient…

Keystone showdown: Battle over pipeline lands before Nebraska high court

Published on Foxnews.com
Feb 3, 2014: Demonstrators protest against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline in San Francisco, California. (Reuters) The national debate on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will concentrate on Lincoln, Neb., Friday as that state’s Supreme Court hears arguments in…

IRS lawyer: Lois Lerner’s BlackBerry deliberately destroyed after start of congressional probe

08/27/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Lois Lerner’s BlackBerry was intentionally destroyed after Congress had begun its probe into IRS targeting of conservative groups, a senior IRS lawyer acknowledged in a sworn declaration. Thomas Kane, Deputy Assistant Chief Counsel for the IRS, wrote in the declaration,…

Marine Held in Mexico: If Congress can’t get Obama’s attention to free Tahmooressi, We the People must

07/18/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
When justifying the release of five vicious Taliban terrorists detained at “Gitmo” in exchange for U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, the president said, “We don’t leave our people behind.” He was subsequently accused of violating a law requiring him to notify…

Obama Flubs Iraq

06/19/2014 Published on Forbes.com
It has been a rough week in Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, has stormed into Fallujah, Mosul, and Tikrit in Iraq’s Sunni north, and is eager to strike at Baghdad. In a historic move, Kurdish…

Health And Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Resigns

04/10/2014 Published on Forbes.com
After holding tight to her position as Health and Human Services Secretary for five years, Kathleen Sebelius resigned earlier this evening. Sebelius became a household name in the fall for her role supervising the troubled rollout of the Healthcare.gov website…

NSA spying: What if secrecy trumps the Constitution?

04/03/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
The United States Constitution. (ARCHIVES.GOV) What if the National Security Agency (NSA) knows it is violating the Constitution by spying on all Americans without showing a judge probable cause of wrongdoing or identifying the persons it wishes to spy upon,…

NSA still wants to collect records without probable cause

03/27/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Except for the definition and mechanism of proving treason, no area of the Constitution addressing the rights of all persons when the government is pursuing them is more specific than the Fourth Amendment. The linchpin of that specificity is the…