Each year the Supreme Court grants fewer and fewer petitions for "cert," or review, and now hears only about half the cases it heard 25 years ago. This means that many lower federal court decisions are final. Because lower-court federal … [Read more...] about Look Out For Supremacist Judges on Lower Federal Courts
Laughing At Restraining Orders
Borrowing the title of a famous George Gershwin ditty, "they all laughed" when a Santa Fe, New Mexico family court judge granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) against TV talk show host David Letterman to protect a woman he had never … [Read more...] about Laughing At Restraining Orders
Education Reporter — September 2006
Is America For Sale?
Conservatives believe that private industry does a better job than government; right? Conservatives are for divesting some government functions so private industry can run them more efficiently; right? Many state and local governments take this idea … [Read more...] about Is America For Sale?
Pursuing the ‘North American’ Agenda — September 2006
Pursuing the 'North American' Agenda The hottest issue at the grassroots is illegal immigration and what our government is not doing to stop it. The question most frequently heard is, Why doesn't the Bush Administration get it? Maybe the … [Read more...] about Pursuing the ‘North American’ Agenda — September 2006
Patrick Buchanan’s Challenge to Americans
What is the United States of America? Is it merely an accident of geography, or a job market for the world, or a multiethnic, multilingual lot of people who agreed (more or less, and probably temporarily) to live under a Constitution? Those aren't … [Read more...] about Patrick Buchanan’s Challenge to Americans
The NAFTA Super Highway
It's not just American ports that are fast slipping into foreign ownership; it's highways, too. A Spanish company, Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A., has bought the right to operate a tollroad through Texas and … [Read more...] about The NAFTA Super Highway
Criticism Of Evolution Can’t Be Silenced
The liberal press is gloating that the seesaw battle for control of the Kansas Board of Education just teetered back to pro-evolutionists for the second time in five years. But to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the death of the movement to allow … [Read more...] about Criticism Of Evolution Can’t Be Silenced
What’s Up To Date In Kansas City?
Grassroots Americans of all parties and economic classes rose up out of their political apathy a few months ago and forced President Bush to reverse his administration's decision to allow a Middle East government to own America's major ports. … [Read more...] about What’s Up To Date In Kansas City?
Education Reporter — August 2006
