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Our goal is to positively influence our readers by presenting accurate, reliable information regarding the formative stages of our country as well as current national events. About Lux Libertas...
By Publius Huldah. You can not responsibly support a proposed Amendment to Our Constitution unless you have read and understand the proposal and how it would change our Constitution. You must look behind the nice sounding name! Will the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) really “reign in” the federal government? Will it really “show them” [...]
“The Library of Congress” Debuts July 18, 2011 **A C-SPAN Original Feature Documentary** Behind the Scenes at the World’s Largest Library (Washington, DC; July 11, 2011) – A new 90-minute C-SPAN feature documentary, “The Library of Congress,” will debut on the public affairs cable network on Monday, July 18th at 8pm and 11pm ET. Created [...]
BY ADAM ENTOUS The U.S. and Pakistan are engaged in a billing dispute of sizable proportions, sparring behind closed doors over billions of dollars Washington pays Islamabad to fight al Qaeda and other militants along the Afghanistan border. Washington, increasingly dubious of what it sees as Islamabad’s mixed record against militants, has been quietly rejecting [...]
By Damian Paletta With all the doom-and-gloom warnings from the White House about the debt ceiling, it was probably only a matter of time before the cemetery images were invoked. But what were the chances that the White House would use the same idiom Speaker of the House John Boehner (R., Ohio) used 24 hours [...]
International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was ordered held without bail Monday after Manhattan prosecutors charged him with seven counts stemming from allegations he sexually assaulted a hotel housekeeper—a decision that sends one of the towering figures of international finance and French politics to a jail cell on New York’s Rikers Island. Mr. Strauss-Kahn appeared [...]
American casino mogul Steve Wynn said Tuesday that his US-based gaming firm has become a “Chinese company” as it held its first annual meeting in Macau, now the world’s biggest gaming hub. Wynn Resorts Ltd. was splitting its headquarters between Las Vegas and Macau, the billionaire executive said, with the company’s revenue increasingly tied to [...]
May 16, 8:28 PM (ET) LOLITA C. BALDOR and DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration laid out plans Monday to work aggressively with other nations to make the Internet more secure, enable law enforcement to work closely on cybercrime and ensure that citizens everywhere have the freedom to express themselves online. And in [...]
May 16, 9:58 PM (ET) By DARLENE SUPERVILLE (AP) President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic National Committee event, Monday, May 16, 2011,… Full Image Google sponsored links Is Obama a Socialist? – Yes or No? Share your opinion now! www.SpringboardAmerica.com Repeal Obamacare Now – Should Congress Repeal Obama’s Policies. Vote Here Now news1.newsmax.com WASHINGTON [...]
Of the 204 new Obamacare waivers President Barack Obama’s administration approved in April, 38 are for fancy eateries, hip nightclubs and decadent hotels in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s Northern California district. That’s in addition to the 27 new waivers for health care or drug companies and the 31 new union waivers Obama’s Department of [...]

