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The Land Grabbing Feds

The Land Grabbing Feds

In October 1980, Gerald Chaffin threw gasoline on his wood-frame home and burned it to the ground. He did it at the behest of the federal government. His crime? The BLM controlled the land on which his home had been

Alicia Silverstone Parenting Book: No Vaccinations!

Alicia Silverstone Parenting Book: No Vaccinations!

Hollywood star Alicia Silverstone, most famous for her role in 1995’s Clueless, has now released a parenting book, titled The Kind Mama. In it, she dispenses advice on how to raise children; her own son, Bear, turned 3 years old

11 Sebelius Supporters with Egg on Their Faces Today

11 Sebelius Supporters with Egg on Their Faces Today

On Thursday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius resigned her position. The New York Times reported the resignation as a punishment for failure: Officials said Ms. Sebelius, 65, made the decision to resign and was not forced out.

Why Breitbart News Looks Different

Why Breitbart News Looks Different

Are you visiting Breitbart News and wondering just why our website looks so odd? Here’s the answer: today, Breitbart News has decided to create a visual presentation. This visual presentation is designed to show Americans just what it would mean

5 Reasons to Move to California

5 Reasons to Move to California

California is a mess. Taxes are the highest in the nation. Our roads are awful. Our rush hour traffic resembles nothing so much as the traffic out of Atlanta on the poster for The Walking Dead. Our elected officials are

Google's Discriminatory Leftism

Google's Discriminatory Leftism

On February 6, Google revealed not only its dramatic bias against conservatism, but against reality. How else to explain an email received by WorldNetDaily’s Joseph Farah with regard to the Google AdSense policy? The email announced that AdSense would be

Obama's Post-2014 Plan: Unilateral Amnesty?

Obama's Post-2014 Plan: Unilateral Amnesty?

As the 2014 elections draw near, panic is setting in for President Obama and Democrats across the country. As John Harwood of The New York Times observed on Tuesday, “The very structure of the 21st-century national Democratic coalition makes its

5 Reasons Obama's 7.1 Million Number Is Meaningless

5 Reasons Obama's 7.1 Million Number Is Meaningless

On Tuesday, President Obama triumphantly announced that, with the power of the mainstream media, Hollywood, and the threat of the IRS, the mission had been accomplished: 7.1 million Americans had selected an Obamacare plan.  Obama’s tone was nothing short of

5 Ways Obamacare Is Ruining Lives

5 Ways Obamacare Is Ruining Lives

As the Obamacare enrollment period draws to a tentative close – and you never know when the period will close, given President Obama’s apparent willingness to manipulate the calendar repeatedly – horror stories about the Affordable Care Act mount. Senate

9 Problems with Aronofsky's 'Noah'

9 Problems with Aronofsky's 'Noah'

Much of the hubbub surrounding Darren Aronofsky’s Noah has been, to this point, speculation. Because the movie will only be released in theaters today, Noah‘s defenders have been able to point to ignorance as the rationale for attacks on the

Arrogant, Divisive, Derisive: 9 Countries Obama Has Insulted

Arrogant, Divisive, Derisive: 9 Countries Obama Has Insulted

Shortly after taking office, President Obama visited Europe to explain, “In America, there is a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world…there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.” But lest Americans

10 Possible Hillary 2016 Challengers

10 Possible Hillary 2016 Challengers

With Hillary Clinton already locking up massive amounts of cash for a presumptive 2016 presidential run, members of the hard left may be looking for an alternative. Many Democrats remain uninspired by Clinton’s progressive record – her most leftist period

4 Ways Putin Has Exploited Obama's Words

4 Ways Putin Has Exploited Obama's Words

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dramatically outplayed President Barack Obama in his current invasion of Crimea. That’s largely thanks to Obama’s ideological reluctance to cite American interests as a rationale for opposition to Putin’s imperialism; instead, Obama has variously cited

Putin's Next 4 Targets

Putin's Next 4 Targets

In the aftermath of Vladimir Putin’s Russian annexation of Crimea – and in the wake of the Obama administration’s tepid response, amounting to a slap on the wrist directed at a specific few individuals who seem less than perturbed by

5 Big Wins for Militant Gay Pressure Groups

5 Big Wins for Militant Gay Pressure Groups

On Sunday, the city of New York marked St. Patrick’s Day with its historic parade – but this year, Mayor Bill De Blasio was missing. The reason: parade organizers have banned political messages, including pro-homosexuality messages. The same situation unfolded

2014 Strategy: Obama's Top 5 Distractions

2014 Strategy: Obama's Top 5 Distractions

With Democratic 2014 Senate and House hopes receding faster than the rise of the tides under President Obama, the Obama administration and Democratic Party have decided to resort to their favorite page in the political playbook: distraction and misdirection. Psychologists

9 Odd Facts About Malaysian Flight MH370

9 Odd Facts About Malaysian Flight MH370

With the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the world holds its collective breath. Where is the plane? What happened to its 239 passengers? Was this terrorism? Mechanical failure? Or something else entirely? The flight simply vanished sometime late Friday

5 Reasons Putin Thinks He Can Outplay Obama

5 Reasons Putin Thinks He Can Outplay Obama

As Russian President Vladimir Putin deploys his military forces to Ukraine, the Obama administration continues to wonder just what the benighted dictator is thinking. Understanding that the best strategy for countering military action is undoubtedly faculty lounge-style condescension, the Obama