In a major decision addressing interpretation of the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court today overturned the District of Columbia’s handgun ban, declaring the constitutional right to bear arms is not limited to militias as the city had argued. 

CNN’s Lou Dobbs says he has “no faith” in the official Consumer Price Index figures put out by the government, which critics say greatly understates the real inflation rate.

WASHINGTON (AP)—A federal appeals court overturned the District of Columbia’s long-standing handgun ban Friday, rejecting the city’s argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applied only to militias.

Eleven states are working on resolutions that would oppose not only the implementation but the idea of a “North American Union,” or other plans that would lead to the integration of the United States into a larger structure. 

For several years now, I have been researching the American political landscape and writing columns about the current condition of our nation and the election process that pretends to guide our national agenda. And for years, I have been paying close attention to reader mail from across the country and around the globe, from the far left to far right and everywhere in between.

"9th Circuit Endorses Censoring Christians,” ruling declares ‘family values,’ ‘natural family,’ and ‘marriage’ constitutes hate speech. (WorldNetDaily, 3/8/07) - “Walter Cronkite Endorses Campaign to Force Christianity Out of US Public Life,” LifeSiteNews, 2/28/07, Gudrun Schultz)

Overloaded Nations - If you continue reading this series, and you don’t think we’re in trouble-- I seize this opportunity to bring your attention to other specialists who know we’re in trouble.

When it comes to Iraq, our media have been preoccupied with the issue of whether there was adequate intelligence to justify the invasion and if policy-makers made up evidence before the war. But on the matter of global intervention to stop global warming, there seems to be no need for scientific evidence to justify what is shaping up as a global carbon tax of 35 cents a gallon of gas on the American people. 

It is an inevitable fact of life that the integrity of a particular social movement will sooner or later be compromised - or its absurdity exposed - by the unforeseen display of poor judgment on the part of its staunchest defenders. In a recent interview with Canada’s former defense minister Paul Hellyer, the capricious alignment of the universal forces of chance afforded unequivocal confirmation of this thesis.

Contrary to the popular understanding, higher wage rates and higher oil prices do not cause inflation.  They are symptoms of the real danger.

Liberal jurors in Washington, D.C. - a leftist Democrat stronghold - convicted the wrong guy!

With a Democratic Congress for the first time since 1993, it was only a matter of time until some of the Party’s favorite constituents came forward to claim their rewards. Within weeks of her coronation Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) informed the media that one of her first priorities was the passage of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, something that big labor has been wanting for over a decade. The House version of the bill, H.R. 800, passed on March 1, 2007 by a vote of 241-185. If the Senate were to pass it, which is doubtful, the President has stated he would invoke his rarely used veto.

I am generally a forgiving soul. If treated half-decently by my opponents I am prepared to overlook many of their indecencies because I understand they come from a place of self-righteous zeal that often overwhelms their better judgment and inspires them to be nasty and dishonest in their service of their political agendas. After all, they’re saving the world.

If you had to place Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) in a political box back in 2002, you would have been hard-pressed to pigeonhole her as a by-the-book liberal.

I generally do not watch television.  It bores me.  During the baseball off-season, when I watch TV I generally tune into the Fox News Channel, A&E and sometimes PBS if there’s a Monty Python rerun or some 1960’s rock n’ roll retrospective.  I might occasionally indulge in some cheesy reality TV on MTV or VH1 on the weekend.  I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that I am a huge fan of both professional wrestling and South Park.  OK, who am I kidding?  I do watch a lot of television.  However, I generally don’t watch network television - FOX, ABC, NBC, or CBS (with the exception of 60 Minutes).