The House on Wednesday voted to raise a cap on administrative costs for a government coupon program that helps consumers make the transition to digital television broadcasting.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration had sought help from Congress with administrative costs, which were capped by law at $160 million. Congress approved an additional $20 million as […]
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a package to extend $18 billion in tax credits for using renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal and also provide incentives to cut energy consumption.
The move, which alternative energy companies had been lobbying for all year, sent shares of solar power companies higher in after-hours trade. The […]
The United Nations urged on Thursday East Timor not to let those responsible for bloodshed surrounding Dili’s 1999 independence vote from Indonesia off the hook, pledging to provide support to prosecute perpetrators.
Leaders in East Timor and Indonesia said last month that the case was closed after expressing regret at the findings […]
A Mexican convicted of murder in Texas has appealed to the US Supreme Court to stay his execution set for Tuesday so lawmakers can enforce an International Court of Justice order to halt his and other Mexicans’ executions.
Jose Ernesto Medellin, convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of a teenager, is among 51 Mexicans on […]
1. Absolutely!!
2. No. The President needs to be intelligent and powerful enough not to be a puppet.
3. Nope.
4. Oh my god no. She is the freakiest person I ever heard of. She makes absolutely no sense when she talks. She speaks in that government speak and does not make any sense. Have I mentioned she […]
Liberty is the essential heart of freedom. Liberty means being able to choose one’s own actions, without intrusion by government. Every law that restricts your movement, your actions or your words is one that restricts your liberty.
Privacy is the notion that the government will not intrude upon actions that you intend to be private. For […]
Perhaps the major issue here is defining public interest and the form that the presentation thereof takes. People’s opinions on what defines relevant news varies, and objective presentation, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Hyperbole is maligned by some, praised by others. It’s less a matter of what is objective than it […]
Attorneys choose jurors by using a system known as voir dire. This is where each side of a case has the opportunity to ask questions of the jurors to determine who would not be suited to serve on this case due to underlying biases. This is where the differences between federal and state court arise. […]
1. The World Trade Organization is the product of the latest round of the General
Agreement on Trade and Tariff’s. The U.S. back in the 1940’s was one of the initiators of
this agreement and has been a major player in each of the revisions since the initial
agreement.
The reason that the U.S. pushed GATT in the first […]