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By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 19th, 2013More than five years after the start of the Great Recession, a recent U.S. congressional report on the economy has stated that “a number…

By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 9th, 2013“The National Security Agency [NSA] now says that some of its analysts knowingly and deliberately exceededits surveillance authority on occasion over the past decade,”…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 18th, 2013Many people, in this country and around the world, are deeply concerned about the Obama Administration’s drive to punish U.S. government whistleblowers. We at…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 6th, 2013The last week has revealed quite a bit about the Obama Administration.The ruling in the Bradley Manning case has shown that even U.S. military…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 29th, 2013A Yemeni journalist whom the Obama Administration lobbied to keep behind bars recently was released fromjail by the country’s president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.The…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 23, 2013The Congressional Research Service recently released a very informative, short study on such unconventional gas and oil production methods as hydraulic fracturing and directional…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 17th, 2013“You can’t go away when you’re under arrest.” “That’s how it seems,” said K. “And why am I under arrest?” he then asked. “That’s…

By Cliff Montgomery – July 10th, 2013Global warming has created a series of conditions in the Arctic which could make the area a national securityconcern, quietly acknowledges a recent congressional…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 30th, 2013 The Obama Administration has created quite a spectacle in its drive to punish all those who leak secrets to the media – or,…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 27th, 2013A very short, four-page study outlining the real value of the U.S. minimum wage – or, to be precise, its breathtaking loss of value…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 27th, 2013A very short, four-page study outlining the real value of the U.S. minimum wage – or, to be precise, its breathtaking loss of value…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 23rd, 2013The U.S. needs to invest at least $3.6 trillion in its infrastructure by 2020 if the country is to avoid an inevitable and dangerous…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 18th, 2013“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 11th, 2013The London Guardian perfectly stated the matter last week.“Under the Obama administration the communication records of millions of US citizens are being collected indiscriminately…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 4th, 2013In January, John Kiriakou – a former CIA officer – was sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison for violating the Intelligence Identities…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 31st, 2013Lawmakers from all sides say that America is in a fiscal crunch. They tell children there is not enough federal money for schools. They…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 28th, 2013Computer hackers in China have accessed the designs for a large number of America’s most sensitive weapons systems, The Washington Post declared yesterday.“Among more…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 23rd, 2013“A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources and methods that are…

The Obama Administration appears more concerned with controlling what people think than just about anything else these days.By Cliff Montgomery – May 21st, 2013The U.S. Defense Department has released to…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 15th, 2013The top official of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has quit after reports revealed that numerous members of his staff had targeted conservative organizations…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 13th, 2013Is the U.S. suffering from a shortage of ‘home-grown’ scientists and engineers? That was the focus of a federalstudy released last week.It’s a very…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 10th, 2013U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has named Michael Mosman, Judge for the District ofOregon, as the most recent appointee to the United…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 6th, 2013The issue of mountaintop mining – a method of coal mining in which a mountain’s top is sheared off to obtainaccess to coal seams…