It’s been a long wait for opponents of the so-called Affordable Care Act, which has helped to keep many employees on part-time status so their employers don’t have to cover their insurance. House Republicans plan to have a vote to repeal ObamaCare as February begins. It remains to be seen whether this will be a genuine effort or just something Republican Congressmen can brag to their constituents about back home.
Gun control activists claim legal ownership of guns results in more murders. The only problem with that argument is statistics show the opposite trend.
It all started when feces was discovered on the gym floor of Gustine Elementary School in Texas. Someone decided to make all the students drop their pants, in separate groups of boys and girls. The principal now admits that was wrong. And people who probably never would have heard of the small town of Gustine, population 457, may now remember it forever.
New York City Police had no idea that the suspect they were roughhousing was a Department of Corrections chaplain. Christopher Graham dresses informally and has dreadlocks. Not only that, but the charges did not hold up in court. The attack cost Graham significant medical expenses.
Seattle started the new year by issuing red citation tags to people who fail to sort food out of their garbage. Beginning in July violators can be fined up to $50. The city is trying to promote composting.
How would you like it if the government suddenly seized control of your car, leaving you as helpless as a rider on a runaway roller coaster? That’s a plan just announced in the United Kingdom. It’s supposed to help reduce congestion and so-called global warming.
There’s a reason why Barack Obama and Benjamen Netanyahu aren’t very chummy. It’s hard to be friends with someone who is trying to undermine you. It turns out a consulting firm almost entirely composed of former staffers of Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has been hired to run an election effort in Israel aimed at defeating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
What was once a conspiracy theory is now established fact. Thanks to whistle blower Edward Snowden, the Administration has been forced to admit it spies on citizens without bothering to get a warrant. Much of this is taking place at the NSA Data Center in Utah. Call it a David and Goliath story if you like, but state representative Mark Roberts is hoping to hit the Center where it hurts.
If you’ve never heard of the Trans Pacific Partnership, you are not alone. Yet if you listened carefully to the State of the Union Address, you would have heard a reference to it when Obama said he was asking Congress for trade promotion authority. Knowledgeable conservatives, along with some liberals, oppose the measure which threatens national sovereignty, religious freedom and the US economy.
Call it ironic. The Newsboys sang the theme song for last year’s movie “God’s Not Dead.” But co-founder George Perdikis, who left the group in 1990, now identifies as an atheist.