Stories involving a Catholic, a Protestant and a Jew typically end with a punch line. We wish that were the case here, but what brings us together is no laughing matter: the threat now posed by government policy to that basic human freedom, religious liberty. – WSJ
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February 10, 2012 06:14
Rough Sledding Ahead For 2012 As Global Economy Drags
The U.S. will not be immune to the downward pressures. In the weakening global environment, exports will drop. Consumers have increased spending by reducing their savings rate as wages continue to stagnate.
February 10, 2012 05:36
On the Church, the Military, and the Descent into Tyranny
Let’s be clear: the concern on the part of radical secularists attacking the Church and the military is not the danger of insurrection. The true goal is the replacement of the current spiritual ethos of the American military and even the Church with a radically secular ethos. It is the subjection of conscience to the boot of the state. – American Thinker
February 9, 2012 06:55
Rush: Santorum is last real conservative still standing
Rush contends that Santorum is winning now because he is the last real conservative still standing and that if the establishment were right, Romney would be winning everything and the race would already be over. – RightScoop video
February 9, 2012 06:06
30,000 spy drones in US skies soon
Privacy advocates say the measure will lead to widespread use of drones for electronic surveillance by police agencies across the country and eventually by private companies as well. – Washington Times
February 8, 2012 08:46
Former Tucson DEA head: Holder either knew of gun-walking, or was willfully unaware
[W]ith the widespread knowledge of gun-walking among federal officials in Arizona, Coulson said there’s “no way” people in Washington, D.C., at ATF headquarters and in the Department of Justice didn’t know what was going on. – Daily Caller
February 8, 2012 08:08
Bernanke Points to ‘Increased Possibility of a Sudden Fiscal Crisis’
Bernanke said that the current trajectory of the federal budget – marked by large annual deficits – was “clearly unsustainable” and that “serious economic consequences” could result. – CNSNews.com
February 8, 2012 06:35
The Catholic Church Has Launched A Fight Against Obama That’s Unprecedented In American History
The government will force the Church’s institutions (hospitals, schools, charities) to act in a way Catholics consider sinful: to directly buy insurance for birth control, sterilization, and drugs that act as abortifacients. No, the government isn’t forcing employees to use those insured services. But forcing Catholic institutions to pay for those services makes the Church complicit in those acts. – Business Insider
February 8, 2012 06:17
Record Cold in Germany Freezes Rivers
Freezing weather is continuing across Europe. In Germany, the cold is so severe that many rivers and canals have frozen solid. BBC’s Steve Evans reports from Berlin. – Video
February 7, 2012 07:17
Fewer Nonfarm Employees Now Than December 2000; Unemployment Rate: Some Things Still Don’t Add Up; Obamanomics?
At a very modest labor force growth to 157 million (a mere 90,800 a month since the recession ended), the unemployment rate would be 9.8%. Using Bernanke’s estimate of 125,000 jobs a month, the labor force would be 158,480,000 and the unemployment rate would be 10.6%. Growing at the trend, the unemployment rate would be 11.5%. – Mish Shedlock
