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Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is “a well recognized household name of both reverence and spite,” according to his introduction Tuesday at Adams Playhouse. Ashcroft gave a speech entitled “Leadership in Challenging Times.”  Read More »

Maintaining the administration's ongoing theme of removing accountability of the executive branch from government, the White House had the Justice Department remove several federal prosecutors before their terms ended.  Read More »

Video clips of Muslim clerics and crowds calling for jihad and “death to America.” Interviews with Arab children describing how they would like President Bush to die. It may not be as famous as Fahrenheit: 9/11, but a documentary that is spreading across college campuses is just as, if not more, controversial.  Read More »

If the 2008 presidential election were held today, whom would you vote for? Polls say most would pick John McCain or Rudolph Giuliani over Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. But with 21 months left until the general election, anything could happen, and probably will.
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The planned troop surge into Iraq of 21,500 soldiers and Marines may just be what the war needs. Or maybe not. There are a few voices out there supporting the surge, and, reluctantly, I am one of them.  Read More »

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) announced this afternoon that he will be running for president.

The senator dealt out soundbite length campaign promises which were met with cheers from an adoring crowd.

Brownback said he wants affordable healthcare, but not through a government run system.  Read More »