Last week, the New York Times reported the following:  “More people in the United States are infected each year with the AIDS virus than previously thought, according to federal health officials. … New estimates showed infection rates were 50 percent higher than previously believed, with 58,000 to 63,000 infected in the most recent 12-month period. 

Former Border Patrol agent Gary Brugman has begun a new life as the owner of a new MATCO Tools franchise, following a 24-month sentence in federal prison for a minor scuffle with an illegal alien at the U.S. border in January 2001, an offense for which he was prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton.

With their legal options running out, two agents for the U.S. Border Patrol serving jail sentences in connection with the shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler are appealing their convictions today in federal court.

There was a mechanic who was so successful he had to hire someone to answer the phone and schedule appointments.  His business prospered and his accountant recommended that he incorporate his business, which he did.  Then came hard times.  The board of directors, eager to cut costs, fired the mechanic who built the business.  The business died.

A truck used by a pro-life ministry to publicize its campaign against abortion soon will be back on the road, with its photographs of aborted babies, after being impounded by police in Georgia, officials say.

The appellant briefs filed on behalf of convicted Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean argue the case was “overzealously prosecuted by the government,” thereby sending “a message to every law enforcement agent that if you shoot in the line of duty and cannot prove that you were justified in using deadly force – regardless of whether you were mistaken in your belief – you will be prosecuted and receive at least 10 years incarceration under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c), stacked on top of other sentences.”

JERUSALEM - At the request of the Palestinians, the U.S. has been holding back from Israel reports critical of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ purported attempts to fight terrorism in the West Bank, according to diplomatic sources familiar with the reports. 

I remember fondly a bumper sticker from a few years ago which read, “The Constitution is the Contract with America.” And as we approach this year’s Bill of Rights Day, there are actually some hopeful signs that America’s contract is making a comeback.

Lee Harvey Oswald, Dallas and Nov. 22, 1963, would never have become etched into the minds of millions of Americans if a plot – revealed by an ex-Secret Service agent – to kill President John F. Kennedy in Chicago three weeks earlier had been successful.

Upward pressure on oil prices intensifies.

The fields of DNA and gene manipulation research are incredibly exciting for the good that it can offer mankind. Imagine a day when the results of such research can assist mankind to treat previously untreatable diseases, maybe even prevent them? Wouldn’t it be tremendous to be able to alter the DNA of an unborn fetus to prevent its developing spina bifida or Down’s syndrome? Wouldn’t it be a Godsend if we could manipulate our genes in order to shut off the cancer cells that ravage us or rebuild broken spinal chords? Who would stand against such worthwhile gains in health, medicine and science? Of course, no caring human could oppose such work.

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” --Ben Franklin

The food supply in the United States is, without a doubt, the safest in the world.  But when 21-million pounds of ground beef - inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture - is recalled because it contains E. COLI O157:H7, the question must be asked: is the meat you buy safe enough?

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 17 (UPI)—Certain sections of New Orleans are not adequately protected from possible future flooding due to a miscalculation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

As Iran proudly announces its increased nuclear enrichment - enrichment that has traditionally signaled the development of nuclear weaponry - the US government continues to refuse to build our southern border fence; even though it was required by its own Congressional legislation to do so.  The funding for the Secure Border Fence Act of 2006, passed by Congress, instructed that 854 miles of double-layer fencing is to be built to protect the US’ southern border.  Since the border fence’s funding in 2006, only 5 miles of fence have been erected.