Opposing Views - Politics

WH Spokesman Robert Gibbs Mocks Sarah Palin, Writes on Hand

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:49:14 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff

In a bow to Sarah Palin, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs went to his hand during a briefing Tuesday to remember points he wanted to make to show...

Obama Makes Surprise Appearance at White House Briefing

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:30:32 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff

President Barack Obama made an appearance at the daily White House briefing Tuesday, joking with reporters about making it there despite the snow clogging Washington. And he says Senate leaders are...

Tom Tancredo Calls for Literacy Test for Voters

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:10:10 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff

Former Colorado Congressman and presidential candidate Tom Tancredo delivered an inflammatory speech at the Tea Party Convention over the weekend. Besides saying those who don't have...

Crazy Continues: Starbucks Still Allowing Guns in Its Stores

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:48:57 -0600

By Brady Campaign

by Surveys show that the presence of more guns in a community does not make people safer, or feel safer; indeed, it has the opposite This is no idle consideration. While most states do not...

Center for Consumer Freedom on its Battle with Humane Society

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:46:44 -0600

By Consumer Freedom

If you're on any of the many e-mail lists maintained by the Humane Society of the United States , you probably saw a desperate plea for money last night from HSUS president Is HSUS's leader...

Did Sarah Palin Get Caught "Cheating" During Tea Party Q&A?

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:49:40 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff

Sarah Palin made a much talked-about speech at the first-ever Tea Party Convention in Nashville over the weekend. She of course used a teleprompter during the address. But during a question and...

Vietnam Vet & Iraq War Critic Rep. John Murtha Dies

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:16:22 -0600

By OpenSecrets

By Dave Levinthal Rep. John Murtha , a veteran Democratic lawmaker as popular with his Pennsylvania constituents as he was polarizing on the national political scene, died this afternoon after...

Iran Announces Plans for Highly Enriched Uranium

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:08:33 -0600

By Heritage Foundation

By threatening to expand its uranium enrichment program by enriching at higher levels, the Iranian regime deliberately flaunts its defiance of five United Nations Security Council...

Good News About Adult Hunters Mentoring Young Shooters

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:51:07 -0600

By National Shooting Sports Foundation

A -- More than 77 percent of active hunters and target shooters indicated they had taken their sons and daughters hunting. Even adults without a child or stepchild got into the act, with 56...

Tea Partiers vs. Ron Paul

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:25:31 -0600

By Reason Foundation

By Tea Party associations aside, many of the challengers’ criticisms echo concerns of Paul’s past opponents: that he is too focused on his national ambitions; that his views are...

Cleansing the world

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:12:00 -0600

By mistirkap

I have been following the news releases for months , concerning Iran's nuclear threat to the world. The west is constantly"sabre rattling" about crippling sanctions, but as of now nothing with...

Obama's Latest Defense: I'm No Different From Bush

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:00 -0600

By Reason Foundation

By Obama evidently Mr. Obama has preserved much of Mr. Bush's counterterrorism strategy. He not only continued drone Obama did officially eschew waterboarding, but so had the Bush...

The New Attack on Sarah Palin? Associate Her with John Edwards

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:24:59 -0600

By FrontPage Magazine

Wednesday, The comparison between the pair is asymmetrical and tendentious. Egan doesn’t consider In the rest of his post—about his deficiencies is not getting the...

Please Don't Execute the Terrorists

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:07:17 -0600

By Jacob M Appel

As The only plausibly convincing argument in favor of executing accused terrorists already in captivity relies upon old-fashioned notions of vengeance and retribution. On a purely emotional...

Brady Campaign Slanders Gun-Owners

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:06:34 -0600

By erik

The The Brady Campaign then announces that it is urging the national chain to “to bar the carrying of firearms in its shops”–still believe they aren’t anti-gun? ...

U.S. Hate Groups, According to the Southern Poverty Law Center

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:45:23 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff

Looking to find a specific hate group in the United States? Courtesy of the Southern Poverty Law Center, this table allows you to sort through the 926 hate groups by name, type of group and state....