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Taxpayers 'sacked' on Super Bowl Sunday
Uncle Sam is an uninvited guest at the Super Bowl, declares Americans for Tax Reform, which has calculated how much government taxes and fees have increased cost of some Super Bowl favorites.
A mere 26 percent of Americans 'trust' the federal government
Do we have national malaise? Yes. It's called "federal government," suggests some new research.
Activists to demand a congressional investigation of Al Gore and Al Jazeera
A call for a congressional investigation of Al Gore's recent business dealings with Al Jazeera looms.
The Senate's "sacred duty" to oppose Hagel confirmation
Opposition to Chuck Hagel is a matter of faith to some.
It's a good thing Abe Lincoln didn't have Twitter
Twitter has become like high school, where the mean kids say something hurtful to boost their self-esteem and to see if others will laugh and join in.
Newtown shootings 'exploited' for political gain
The majority of Americans look askance at officials who use gun rights issues for their own political benefit.
Majority of Americans say God "rewards" faithful athletes
A majority of Americans (53 percent) believe that "God rewards athletes who have faith with good health and success."
A RedState farewell to CNN
"For all those liberals who lost money thinking Keith Olbermann would outlast me at Current TV, well, sorry,"
Al Gore defends Al Jazeera
Al Gore cannot escape questions about the recent sale of Current TV to Al Jazeera
The price of Palin: $15.85 per word at Fox News
Even as pundits continue to bash Sarah Palin as a "has been" or worse, a painstaking university study reveals exactly how much her words were worth as a Fox News commentator.
NRA officials counter "bogus surveys " about the group's membership
Gun control advocates have released data claiming to represent the views of NRA members, despite the fact that none of those surveys had access to the NRA's membership list.
28 percent of Republicans would veto women in direct combat
Nearly three-quarters of Americans say that, given the opportunity, they would vote to allow women to serve in combat roles.
Class seeks to 'heal' teachers infected with racism
Like clockwork, every few months a gaggle of academics come up with a program that could only come from the mind of race-obsessed educators. Now, Fox News reports that The Milwaukee Teacher's Education Association is offering workshops to help "heal" teachers infected with racism.
A 'stinging rebuke' to President Obama
The decision by a federal appeals court declaring President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional is going to hurt.
Pakistan bans 'Zero Dark Thirty,' no Obama U.N. speech planned
It probably won't come as a shocker to most Americans, but "Zero Dark Thirty" is banned in Pakistan. Citizens should remember, though, that after the Sept. 11 Benghazi terror attacks, the State Department spent more than $70,000 on Pakistani television ad buys disavowing a YouTube video almost no one had seen.
