Category: politics

Highly Political "Report" from US to UN Council on Human Rights

August 31, 2010 by ZacKester

The Obama administration recently submitted a 29-page report [pdf] to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on human rights in America for the UNHRC's “Universal Periodic Review,” in which countries grade their own human rights records. "The report reads like a term paper by a very earnest and very politically correct college freshman. . . Read more »

"GOP chances of winning House are rising as midterm election nears"

August 31, 2010 by ZacKester

Great analysis.

"Big News," or Not

August 27, 2010 by ZacKester

[T]he most important Supreme Court decision in 1935 was not Schechter Poultry, which is what most experts on this period say, but the Gold Clause Cases.

Will the Religious Right Return to the Polls?

June 3, 2010 by ZacKester

David Eldridge of the Washington Times aptly explains that the Religious Right may actually stay home, even though they are furious with abortion funding and runaway spending . . .  Read more »

What is Wrong with this Picture?

March 11, 2010 by ZacKester

A recent report [p. 11, pdf] shows comparative issues of importance to Progressive Activists compared to those of Conservative Activists. Conservatives care most about abortion, progressives about poverty. Why do Christians, who claim to be pro-life, not care that "[e]very day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes---one child every 5 seconds"? Read more »