U.S. Secessionists Gather in South Carolina for a Discussion

40 or more individuals, some identified as scholars, gathered in South Carolina at the eighth conference hosted by the Abbeville Institute, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Those gathered had come...

Tea Party Opening Address: Tancredo Laments Lack of Literacy Test

Former Republican Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, who served 10 years in the U.S. Congress, delivered the opening night keynote address on February 4, 2010 at the Tea Party National Convention, held...

List of Scheduled Events at Tennessee National Tea Party Event

The National Tea Party Convention, being hosted in Tennessee, opened on Thursday, February 4, 2010, with registration. The event is scheduled to conclude on Saturday, February 6, 2010."Tea Party...

E Mails Reveal Todd Palin's Influence in Palin Administration

 Over 3,000 e mails that were exchanged between Todd Palin and Alaskan state officials have been released by the state of Alaska to MSNBC and NBC under the state's public records laws. The e mails provide...

Israeli Commander on Gaza: "We Rewrote the Rules of War"

Previously unreleased testimony of an Israeli commander, serving as a commander during the three week winter military campaign known as Operation Cast Lead, which was implemented in December...

Preview Poll Results from Self Identified Republican Responders

Advance numbers from a Research2000 and Dailykos conducted poll, soliciting responses from 2,000 self identified Republicans nationwide, have been released and offered as "...

Suspected Child Trafficking Key to Fate of 10 Idaho Americans

Haitian authorities, upon completion of their investigation, are considering returning the Americans currently being held in relation to an alleged attempt to transport 33 Haitian...

Oscar the Cat Seems to Know When the End is Near for Patients

Oscar, gray and brown on his back and white under his chin and on his belly, lives at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The nursing staff discovered the...

10 Idahoans Arrested for Removing 33 Haitian Children from Haiti

Ten members of an American Idaho-based charity called New Life Children's Refuge were arrested on January 29, 2010 while attempting to remove 33 Haitian children from Haiti. The Idaho based group did not...

New Wave Conservative Activists Arrested & Charged in Louisiana

On January 25, 2010, James O'Keefe, Joe Basel, Stan Dai and Robert Flanagan, the son of the acting U.S. Attorney Bill Flanagan in Shreveport, Louisiana, are alleged to have surreptitously entered the...

Hackers Attack House Members' Sites Posting Anti-Obama Messages

Hackers calling themselves the Red Eye Crew, said to have been connected to an earlier incident in 2008, are claiming responsibility for hacking into 49 websites of House Democrats and...

On Payola: Stevens, Ginsburg, Beyer and Sotomayor Dissent

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, joined by Justices Steven Beyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, wrote the 90 page dissenting opinion for the Supreme Court's ruling on Citizens...

The State of the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like...

Three Bomb Sniffing Dogs in Philly Fail Bomb Sniffing Test

U.S. Representative Robert Brady of Pennsylvania sent a letter on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, to acting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) administrator Gale Rossides urging him to replace...

Alleged Holocaust Museum Shooter Von Brunn Dies in Hospital

James W. von Brunn died Wednesday afternoon, January 6, 2010, in a North Carolina hospital. The 89 year old was alleged to have shot and killed a security guard, Stephen T. Johns, 39, at the...