Blacklist (n):  a list of persons who are disapproved of or are to be punished or boycotted.

Washington, DC – The definition above, from an old Webster’s dictionary, was common parlance in the late 1940s and early 1950s as the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigated subversive activity, Soviet espionage and pro-communist propaganda. The committee unearthed spies and traitors – Alger Hiss among them. But when the HUAC turned its attention to Hollywood writers, directors and actors, civil libertarians cried foul. The American Civil Liberties Union and others insist those on the “Hollywood blacklist” were unfairly persecuted for exercising their constitutionally protected rights to freedom of assembly and speech.

Chick Fil-A and Freedom Alliance are teaming for a Valentine's Day “Gifts from Home” care package drive for service members overseas.

The 2011 Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic (SUBLANT) Senior and Junior Sailors of the Year were announced today. The winners were recognized by Vice Adm. John Richardson, Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic, during a luncheon held at the Vista Point Center at the Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia. 

Washington, DC – It’s an unwritten law of modern America that a political campaign speech should last no more than 30 minutes. The lecture candidate Obama delivered on the evening of January 24 in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol came in at just over one hour and six minutes. It was full of rhetoric we should expect to hear reiterated from now until November 6. The president’s supporters declared his economic message to be “populist.” That’s liberal-speak for class warfare.