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Tyranny, Congressman Peter King and the Tucson massacre Pt 1

Examiner.com - 1day 22hrs ago

Casper, Wyoming residents are much like their peers throughout the rural Rocky Mountains: people say what’s on their minds forthrightly, own guns, and hold dear their constitutional freedoms as American Citizens. Normally Casperites see the …

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Ocean acidification: one less thing to worry about

Washington Examiner - 2 days ago

Carbon dioxide has been named as the chief culprit in rampant “ocean acidification” which, according to Environmentalists on the Natural Resources Defense Council, will soon start killing off fish and dissolving Coral Reefs, putting a …

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A Diplomatic Nicety Too Far

National Review Online - 3 days ago

I wish to second a post by Alana Goodman at Contentions, which quotes President Obama: his statement that we Americans “don’t have a stronger friend and stronger ally than Nicolas Sarkozy and the French people.” We have stronger …

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UK To Make It Easier To Hire, Fire Workers

Cato @ Liberty - 3 days ago

In Britain, the Coalition Government of David Cameron hopes to stimulate much-needed hiring by reducing state interference with Private Employers’ right to choose their own workforces. Per the Telegraph, Cameron “hopes that relaxed emp…

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Mosley seeks European ruling on privacy

Washington Examiner - 3 days ago

Former FIA president Max Mosley has appeared at the European Court of Human Rights for a case that he hopes could change the face of British journalism. Mosley won a Privacy case against the News of the World Tabloid, which claimed he engaged in a…

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Socialism Cures Obesity

National Review Online - 4 days ago

The stress of being exposed to economic insecurity may mean people living in countries with so-called “Free Market” economies are more likely to become obese, British researchers said on Friday. In a study in the journal Economics and …

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Panda politics: China sending 2 pandas to Scotland

Washington Examiner - 4 days ago

Call it panda politics. China is sending a pair of Giant Pandas to the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland as the Asian nation's deputy leader visits the U.K. to boost relations. Vice Premier Li Keqiang, in London for trade talks with senior British officia…

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UK makes sure queen's head will grace its stamps

Washington Examiner - 5 days ago

Britain's business minister says he will guarantee that the monarch's head will appear on British postage stamps even if Royal Mail is sold to a foreign buyer. Sculptor Arnold Machin's depiction of a youthful Queen Elizabeth II has appeared on bil…

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