DENVER — Colorado lawmakers passed legislation on Tuesday to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples, following several years of bitter debate over the issue. Pushed by the Democrat-led legislature and backed by a handful of Republicans, the bill had been widely expected to gain approval this year, after Democrats retook control of the State...
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Last Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul rose on the Senate floor to declare a filibuster and pledge he would not sit down until either he could speak no longer or got an answer to his question about Barack Obama’s war powers. Does the president, Paul demanded to know, in the absence of an imminent threat, have the right to order U.S....
