Don't get me wrong, I blame George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin.  But I also blame the NRA and the politicians who do their bidding for putting the gun in his hands. George Zimmerman had an arrest record and a history of violence.  Yet he was allowed to carry a loaded, hidden handgun in the state of Florida.  This was the way the NRA wanted it, and this was the policy that the Florida State l ...

SAN DIEGO -- A federal judge denied a request Friday to block military discharge proceedings against a Camp Pendleton Marine who called President Barack Obama an enemy on Facebook. U.S. District Judge Marilyn Huff ruled the military has the right to respond to Sgt. Gary Stein's online comments in a case that has called into question the Pentagon's policies regarding social media and the limits regarding the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said Friday she is asking federal officials not to allow a southeastern New Mexico company to open the nation's first slaughterhouse for horses since 2007. Martinez plans to send a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking it deny a Roswell meat company's request for inspections that would allow it to operate. "Despite the federal governme ...

Sometimes it's not a good idea to use certain symbols to represent things, especially when the subtext involved, well, makes you look stupid. Take Paul Ryan's Roadmap for America's Future. On the website there's a picture of a cherubic Paul Ryan wearing a greenish sport coat (too long at the sleeves), a blue button down shirt and what appears to be a burgundy and white diagonally stripped tie. To borrow a l ...

He's at it again. Last spring, Donald Trump used his television and pop culture celebrity to push a dead issue on whether the President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, was indeed a U.S. citizen. That campaign ended with the release of the President's long form birth certificate and Mr. Trump announcing how "very proud of himself" he was. The campaign, although doomed to fail from the start, raised Mr ...

For the next few weeks, Washington will be abuzz with theories of who will be picked to be Governor Romney's running mate. Rubio brings a critical voting bloc, Ryan budget hawkishness, and Portman a valuable swing state. While that choice is being made, even more important discussions are debated on what a future Romney presidency would look like. The pre-election transition begins early, but largely in sec ...

ST. LOUIS -- Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum says no group has done a better job of promoting American freedom than the National Rifle Association. Santorum told the NRA convention Friday in St. Louis that the gun-rights group has been a vital beacon for individual liberties. He praised GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney and said conservatives must back Republican candidates even if t ...

Former Sen. Bob Kerrey's (D-Neb.) campaign announced Friday that he raised more than $900,000 since entering the race on Feb. 29. to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) "It’s a clear sign that Nebraskans are tired of ‘politics as usual’ and want to elect a leader who will tell the truth and cross party lines to address the serious problems we face as a nation," Paul Johnson, Kerrey's ca ...

BREAKING NEWS GUYS: It is "arguable" that one of the single worst financial decisions a woman can make in this country is to become a mother. Regardless of whether she gets paid for work that she does. And one of the most disastrous economic growth policies governments can pursue is to impede women's ability to plan their families and be paid fairly for their participation in the labor force. And yet this i ...

* Obama had put the pipeline on hold * Republicans say pipeline would generate jobs By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will revive efforts to quickly advance the stalled Keystone XL crude oil pipeline and insist that approval for the project be part of a long-term deal to fund highways and other infrastructure. Earlier this year, President Ba ...