On: 09/20/2010 22:41:46 In: Appointments By Rebekah Rast After raping and murdering eight women — six of them teenagers — the “Roadside Strangler” was convicted and sentenced to Death Row. He sat there for nearly two decades until his case caught the eye of a […]
On: 09/20/2010 22:43:06 In: Elections By Robert Romano Republican primary voters have casted a decisive verdict against the Washington establishment in 2010. In ousting incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska Republican primary, and denying Representative Mike Castle the party’s nomination in Delaware for the open Senate seat […]
On: 09/21/2010 19:23:50 In: Conservative Movement By Gary Emineth “The idea that the government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except the sovereign people… is the issue of this election.”—Ronald Reagan, 1983. While the average person may not have had […]
On: 09/21/2010 19:24:36 In: Uncategorized By Rebekah Rast For those who think November 2nd marks the end of this current Congress, think again. Congress faces a laundry list of items it needs to address before it adjourns to prepare for elections. Most likely, Congress will run out of […]
On: 09/21/2010 19:26:18 In: Appointments By Bill Wilson When Congress adjourned for recess in August, Senate rules required unanimous consent to hold over nominations made by Barack Obama, or else the nominations would be returned. For controversial judicial nominees Goodwin Liu and Robert Chatigny, that embarrassingly resulted in […]
On: 09/22/2010 21:02:50 In: Uncategorized ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured column from The Insider , the Goldwater Institute’s Benjamin Barr reminds us why debt limits are a good thing: Why States Have Debt Limits By Benjamin Barr With the westward expansion of the 19th century came canals and railroads—two highly expensive forms […]
On: 09/22/2010 21:03:16 In: Taxes By David Bozeman Do tax cuts really create jobs? According to columnist Froma Harrop, not necessarily. Democrats, of course, find themselves in a tight spot — by not extending the Bush tax cuts, they are effectively raising taxes. But most would […]