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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…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 4th, 2013In February, the Obama Administration boldly declared that the American-led coalition in Afghanistan had successfully employed over 350,000 indigenous military and law enforcement officials…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 1st, 2013In honor of International Workers’ Day – which many in the labor and Occupy movements around the world refer to as ‘May Day’ -…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 30th, 2013The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to “address challenges impeding its ability to ensure chemical safety,” stated a telling report published in March by…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 27th, 2013A leading Constitutional watchdog group recently released a scathing new report which reveals the counter- productive nature of torture and coercion.The American Spark quotes…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 26th, 2013The other day, The American Spark pointed out a truth the Pentagon has known for years: “Prohibited techniques” like torture or brutal interrogations “are…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 20th, 2013“Four Republican lawmakers…strongly urged the Obama Administration Saturday to treat the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings as an enemy combatant,” declared The…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 14th, 2013Pentagon officials may well be engaging in covert actions without a legally required presidential finding andnotification of congressional intelligence committees, according to a recent…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 6th, 2013A Department of land Security (DHS) document released in January provided a laundry list of actions performed by citizens and others which local communities…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 28th, 2013A few weeks ago, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a rather interesting short study entitled Public Access To Data from Federally Funded Research.The…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 25th, 2013It seems that the poster boys for the U.S. neo-conservative movement – oil billionaire magnates Charles and David Koch – may be looking to…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 21st, 2013The Huffington Post apparently has uncovered a little gem “from the depths of the White House’s ‘We the People’ petition website.” On Tuesday, some…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 17th, 2013A U.S. court of appeals on Friday ruled that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) cannot provide a blanket refusal to those who seek information…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 13th, 2013The corporate press has gotten a lot of mileage out of its argument that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has been fighting a lonely battle…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 11th, 2013Are lawmakers serious about cutting wasteful spending? They could stop building wildly expensive courthouses that the country doesn’t need.“Extra space in courthouses costs an…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 9th, 2013A number of American and Iraqi witnesses have connected top U.S. advisers – including former CIA Director General David Petraeus – to human rights…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 6th, 2013“U.S. income distribution appears to be among the most unequal of all major industrialized countries and the United States appears to be among the…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 4th, 2013Stéphane Frédéric Hessel died on February 26th. He was 95 years old. Many U.S. media outlets have ignored his passing.To its credit, The New…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb.28th, 2013Today, The American Spark points its readers to a very informative federal report which examines the possible environmental fallout which may occur if the now…