It’s Past Time to Expand Domestic Refining Capacity
Joe Pitts and Phil English
With the price of gas well over $4 a gallon nationwide, with no end to the high prices in sight, what is Congress doing? Voting on legislation to regulate the import, export, transport, and sale of "nonhuman primates." This is not a joke, though it must seem like one to the American public. Instead of voting on a single bill to increase American made energy this week, Congress instead voted on H.R. 2964, the Captive Primate Safety Act.

New Technologies Deliver New Cleaner Energy
John Boehner
Usually when you hear the word "nuclear" it means that Iran is in the news again. But I think that we need to view "nuclear" in another light, as in safely and cleanly delivering on our energy needs and helping us achieve our goal of energy independence. While the price of gas has been slowly creeping upward in the years since President Clinton vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have opened up parts of a desolate plain in Alaska for oil exploration, the true consequences of President Clinton’s ill-advised decision have only recently become fully apparent.

Commentary: Elections Talk Sheds Light On Russia’s Political Culture
Robert Coalson
Tatarstan's president, Mintimer Shaimiyev, set Russia's chattering classes off on June 15 by telling a congress of journalists the country should return to the direct election of regional heads. Those elections, it will be recalled, were eliminated by then-President Vladimir Putin in 2004, supposedly as part of his overall plan to combat terrorism.

Party of Defeat
Jon Kyl
As the President’s term comes to an end, his critics are out to define his legacy in their terms, particularly with regard to Iraq. Of late, their efforts to rebuke the war effort in Iraq seem to have intensified, and no doubt they will continue in the months ahead. President Bush and his administration distorted the facts and in doing so initiated the war in Iraq on "false pretenses." The charges have no empirical support, but it seems critics hope that, with enough repetition, their attempt to rewrite history will one day be accepted as the truth.

Iraq or the Economy?
Ron Paul
What is the importance of the war in Iraq relative to other current issues? This is a question I am often asked, especially as Americans continue to become increasingly aware that something is very wrong with the economy. The difficulty with the way the question is often asked relates to the perception that we are somehow able to divide such issues, or to isolate the cost of war into arbitrarily defined areas such as national security or international relations.

Sounding the Alarm
Gary Cooperberg
Once again I am preparing to fly to the USA to speak to both Jewish and Christian Zionist audiences about Israel. It is the role of the Jewish People to wake up the whole world to recognize that we all have but One Creator. I am very grateful that G-d has enabled me to play my part in that eternal role. It is nothing less than a miracle which enables me to personally travel all over the USA, sound my Shofar and try to open up eyes to the coming Redemption.

Analysis: The Irish Twist In The EU’s Political DNA
By Ahto Lobjakas
The recent defeat of the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum in Ireland has pushed the European Union into yet another crisis. This crisis pits two fundamental principles in the EU's political makeup against each other -- those of national sovereignty and a common European identity -- and may yet force the union back to the constitutional drawing board.