Against the patriotic backdrop of the Washington Monument, some tourists were uncomfortable with Amnesty International’s GITMO replica.
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Gay Activists Ascendant
Anticipating unprecedented victories in the United States, gay rights groups in America are raising their profile at home and abroad.
Bread and Rosy Scenarios
Kel Kelly takes on New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, setting out to discredit Krugman’s four main causal arguments for the current food shortage.
Anti-Civil Liberties Union
In reality, the ACLU bears a closer resemblance to the insulated plutocrats it inveighs against than it does to any underdog that you can think of.
Border Security Blues
Illegal or legal, Mark Krikorian fears the effects drastic immigration rates are having, both on legal citizens and the immigrants themselves.
Modified Media Mea Culpa
Studies on the astounding degree of neglect for essential reportorial practices remains valid. I could see this trend with a vengeance as an intern in the Senate press gallery a quarter century ago.
Borderline Insecurity
Besides threatening jobs, Krikorian argues that illegals are not assimilating into the American culture, because technology connects today’s immigrants to their old cultures.
Regulating Trucks
Stephen Owings founded Road Safe America, a non-profit organization working to implement a national rule that would limit trucks to 68 miles an hour.
Another National Security Threat
One expert argues that more foreigners than U.S. students are graduating with degrees in technology from U.S. colleges, and this could endanger our competitiveness worldwide.
Days of Silence
Same-sex marriage isn’t the only pro-gay policy making waves in California. Now school districts with bullying problems are forming alliances with gay rights organizations, often at the behest of the American Civil Liberties Union.