Religious freedom gives me the constitutional right to violate your constitutional rights. Right? by Ian Reifowitz Is split-ticket voting dying? by Steve Singiser Abortion: good intentions, or bad, and the road to hell, by Susan Grigsby In King v. Burwell, we already know the plaintiffs are wrong. But will SCOTUS care? by Dante Atkins Americans are enslaved by the most dependent of us all, the wealthy, by Egberto Willies Scott Walker's priorities are all wrong, by Mark E. Andersen Five years later, GOP still has no plans for health care or tax reform, by Jon Perr How much do you know about black history? by Denise Oliver Velez Three billion miles to Pluto, by DarkSyde
Despite the drop from the third quarter, analysts are generally upbeat about the economy's prospects over the next 12 months. That's in great part due to strong consumer spending in the fourth quarter (the best in nine years), gains in new job creation, which were more than 200,000 a month for 11 of the 12 months of 2014 and the Federal Reserve's report this week that the economy is growing at a "solid pace."
But there are warning signs, too. Business investment, a weak housing market and a trailing off of exports in the face of economic and political turmoil in Europe could all reduce growth. And the drop in oil prices, with its pluses and minuses, make looking into the future even murkier than usual.
Federal agencies tried to use vehicle license-plate readers to track the travel patterns of Americans on a much wider scale than previously thought, with new documents showing the technology was proposed for use to monitor public meetings. […] The ACLU warned that the buildup of a vehicle surveillance database, the existence of which first surfaced on Monday, stemmed from the DEA’s appetite for asset forfeiture, a controversial practice of seizing possessions at traffic stops and vehicle pullovers if agents suspect they are criminal proceeds.
The ACLU warned that the buildup of a vehicle surveillance database, the existence of which first surfaced on Monday, stemmed from the DEA’s appetite for asset forfeiture, a controversial practice of seizing possessions at traffic stops and vehicle pullovers if agents suspect they are criminal proceeds.
Ten True Facts Guaranteed to Short-Circuit Republican Brains, by Richard Riis The White House's 10 Big Lies To Congress About The TPP, by Tasini American Family Association fires Bryan Fischer, by Steven Payne
The White House's 10 Big Lies To Congress About The TPP, by Tasini
American Family Association fires Bryan Fischer, by Steven Payne
An aggravated assault case against George Zimmerman that was opened when his ex-girlfriend said he threw a wine bottle at her has been dropped because she recanted her story and stopped cooperating with investigators, a prosecutor said Friday.[…] "While it is clear that the officers had probable cause to arrest Mr. Zimmerman ... the subsequent recantation by the victim of her initial statement ... precludes my office from proceeding further," [State Attorney Phil] Archer said in a statement.
"While it is clear that the officers had probable cause to arrest Mr. Zimmerman ... the subsequent recantation by the victim of her initial statement ... precludes my office from proceeding further," [State Attorney Phil] Archer said in a statement.