C. Daniel Beckstedt

GOP rejects Steele

The republican party has finally driven chairman Michael Steele from his post. After the republican made huge gains in the mid-term elections, many in the party, especially those endorsed by the Tea Party, questioned if the results were a...

Cincinnati pension vote ends in tie

The vote on a proposal to address the City of Cincinnati's $1 billion-plus pension deficit split 5-5 yesterday, with one of the Cincinnati Retirement System's trustees absent. This stalls efforts to make sweeping changes...

President Challenges Nation

In a moving tribute to the victims of last Saturday's violence, President Barack Obama challenged Americans to live up to the "expectations of our children". Using 9-year old Christina Taylor Green's untimely death...

Groups push for state sovereignty amendment

State's rights is a term most people are familiar with. In school, we were taught that it was one of the main issues that fueled the Civil War. State sovereignty, on the other hand, is a term...

Cincinnati tea party rallies westsiders

The southwest chapter of the Cincinnati Tea Party held a rally on Cincinnati's westside Saturday morning to garner support for their causes. The group, headed by Nancy Bruneman, set up outside of Western Bowl at 10am, lining...

National intelligence chief resigns amidst terror controversy

National Intelligence chief Dennis Blair tendered his resignation on Thursday, making him the first "head to roll" on the Obama administration's national security team. "It is with deep regret that I informed the president...

Cincinnati Tea Party members read healthcare bill aloud

Blue Ash, OH, May 17, 2010. Several hundred volunteers and supporters of the Cincinnati Tea Party and the Cincinnati 9/12 Project joined together to read the federal-takeover-of-healthcare bill. Readers spent 72 hours reading the bill aloud...

Chicago bank has questionable ties to Obama administration

A failing bank in Chicago has started raising some eyebrows in the conservative media and in congress with its ties to president Obama and several progressive organizations. The bank in question, Shore Bank, received $35 million in stimulus money...

Is Greece a sign of mutual assured economic destruction for rest of world

As Greece goes, so goes the EU. At least, that is what many political pundits are declaring. Predictions are that Spain and Portugal are not too far behind Greece. And, while Greece is reeling from a financial meltdown, the...

Rand Paul shakes up primary race in Kentucky

Tea Party endorsed candidate Rand Paul handily won the Kentucky primary against Trey Grayson, Kentucky's current Secretary of State. The first-time candidate easily took the Kentucky primary, winning 59% of the vote to Grayson's...

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