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WNPR Radio: Where We Live: Police Roundtable on Gun Violence

Scott Bates, President of the Center for National Policy, discusses gun control with a panel of current and former police officers on WNPR’s “Where We Live.” Listen to the show here.

How Chavez’s Departure Could Impact Venezuela’s Future

On Thursday, January 10, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was scheduled to be sworn in for his third term in office before Venezuela’s National Assembly. There is only one problem. Chavez has not been seen or heard from in any official capacity since December 11 when he left Venezuela to undergo an undisclosed form of cancer [...]

Supreme Court Upholds Right to Lie (And It’s a Good Thing)

Amid the joy and fury that accompanied last Thursday’s announcement of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling on the Affordable Healthcare Act, little attention was given to another ruling handed down that day. It’s called United States v. Alvarez, in which the court struck down in a 6-3 decision the Stolen Valor Act of 2005. The Stolen Valor [...]

6th Grade Revolutionaries

I received an email from Jessica, Ujashi, Kelsey, An-chi and Jocelyn, 6th graders in Fremont, CA. For a school project, they were asked to create a concept for “Fremont of the Future”. They decided to focus on energy and the debt crisis.  They put it this way: ”As we looked at oil and debt we [...]