Keystone XL: Drill baby drill
The oil sands of Canada will not solve the energy crisis, but they can act as an important stopgap while we continue the search for valid alternatives to coal and petroleum.
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Five hard truths about “the least untruthful” NSA
Mr. Clapper, in his least untruthful account, had casually neglected to mention that a program code-named PRISM, which happens to be the single largest contributor to intelligence reports
If Obama is tyrannical, then the past eighteen Presidents were too
President Obama’s rate of executive orders per day is the lowest since former-President Grover Cleveland was in office in 1897.
New NSA head: who he is and why he was chosen
The head of the NSA has historically been a military general or admiral because this official also holds the title of Commander of the United States Cyber Command.
Sotomayor peels back the curtain on her life and struggles
The hourlong conversation was full of hope, as the Justice chose not to emphasize the character strengths that helped bring her to the nation’s highest court.
The mustache of justice
Perhaps what will be remembered more than Waxman’s legislative record will be his role as a watchdog of government.
Dzokhar Tsarnaev and the question of capital punishment
If Mr. Tsarnaev receives a sentence of life in prison without parole, justice will still be served without further upsetting those traumatized by the events of that tragic day.
A rocky month in the polls for Chris Christie
What happens when the most electable candidate isn’t electable anymore?