Poor Max Sanders. The 19-year-old University of Minnesota student faces five years in jail and a $10,000 fine; he is accused of putting his vote in the presidential election up for auction on eBay. He started the bidding at $10. The charge is bribery, treating, and soliciting.
I'm a baby boomer, one brought up on the idea that if something was wrong, you organized to correct the injustice. We tried to pass this habit on to the younger generations who followed us.
The political world has been abuzz over McCain advisor Charlie Black's statement that another terrorist attack on American soil before Election Day would benefit McCain's chances for winning the election.
Most Americans entirely forget the reason for the 2nd Amendment, and they refuse to believe that the U.S. government is capable of using force against its own citizenry. When one speaks of the original intent behind the amendment, one is often met with scoff as so many Americans think it’s just paranoid to regard the government as a potential enemy.
A front-page article in last Saturday’s Washington Post detailed an inside account of how Zimbabwe’s thuggish president Robert Mugabe ensured his victory in the country’s recent presidential run-off election. The account provides a good refresher course on why our American ancestors enshrined the right to keep and bear arms in the Second Amendment — and why they so detested standing military forces within their own country.
George Bush, the US president, has welcomed what he said was "significant progress" on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, despite criticsm that a three-day G8 summit in Japan has failed to set any specific targets or benchmarks for cuts.
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards has test fired a longer range Shahab-3 missile, whose range is sufficient to put Israel within reach, Arabic language state channel Al-Alam reported.
Three Turkish policemen have been killed and two others injured after assailants opened fire in front of the US consulate in Istanbul, the local governor and media reports say.
A controversial plan to sell US nuclear fuel and technology to India is good for both countries, George Bush, the US president, has told India's prime minister.
Brief clashes broke out in the West Bank during a protest to mark four years since the world court called for partial demolition of Israel's separation wall.
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Siemens, the German engineering giant, has announced one of its biggest restructuring plans ever, saying it will cut 16,750 jobs worldwide.
George Bush, the US president, has welcomed what he said was "significant progress" on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, despite criticsm that a three-day G8 summit in Japan has failed to set any specific targets or benchmarks for cuts.
