(BostonHerald) – Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is reportedly using the same data-mining techniques as Fortune 500 companies, enabling his fundraising team to hone in on everything from voters’ church attendance to their spending habits. Read the rest of this entry »

I walked into the offices of Backwoods Home Magazine the other day and heard a familiar voice exclaim, “Today, we can go to jail or prison for simply exercising the rights we used to assume were given to us by God. Our founders called them our Natural Rights. They were enumerated in the Constitution. Since childhood we have been taught that our soldiers died on foreign soil to protect these rights. But nowadays exercising them can land you in the clink.” Read the rest of this entry »

(BusinessWeek) – COMMENT: The original headline, ‘Clinton donor list doesn’t say who gave in ‘09′ reflects an earlier lack of reporting; the Foundation has now updated with greater disclosure. As the AP reports, “The foundation released a donor list Friday morning that didn’t identify who gave in 2009, but then updated it to provide that information.” Therefore, Business Week’s headline is no longer up-to-date while the report is still worthwhile. Read the rest of this entry »

(Reuters) – It is the open secret no one wants to talk about, the unwelcome truth that most prefer to hide. In Afghanistan, one of the richest sources of Taliban funding is the foreign assistance coming into the country. Read the rest of this entry »

This conclusion has been made by the United Nations (UN). Read the rest of this entry »