According to the Washington Post, the Ford Foundation has given the newspaper some $500,000 to hire four new staff – a lucrative $125,000 per job deal. The goal: to try “new approaches to preserve and advance high-quality journalism.” The four
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), perturbed by the fact that more and more American Jews are turning away from her anti-Israel president, has been relegated to slandering American Jews who don’t toe the Democratic Party line. Pelosi said in
Today, Mitt Romney drew a clear contrast between himself and the Obama administration on the State of Israel. Standing before a backdrop of Jerusalem’s Old City on Judaism’s Ninth of Av – the day designated for mourning the destruction of
Today, Breitbart News spoke with Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office about the upcoming continuing resolution to fund government services. “Leader McConnell will support the longest continuing resolution the Republican-led House can pass and is optimistic we’ll have one for
Today, the Department of Labor proudly announced that it had given away some $260 million in grants to various organizations through its Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP). SCSEP is “a community service and work-based training program for older workers
A new company, cashing in on the spate of successful zombie horror flicks and Americans’ newfound sense of global insecurity, has released a kit to combat the living dead. Optics Planet’s newest product is the Zombie Extermination, Research and Operations
On the Obama campaign website, which is filled with testimonials by the President’s supporters, one particular supporter stands out today: Emily from Ohio. She writes: “Thanks to Obamacare, I can stay on my mom’s health insurance when I graduate from
Alleged mass murderer James Holmes reportedly keeps asking why he’s in prison. “Why am I here?” he says. One jail worker says, “He claims he doesn’t know why he’s in jail … He’s claiming his belly hurts him. He complained
The so-called “hacktivist” group Anonymous has launched a YouTube video celebrating the riots in Anaheim over the shooting of Manuel Diaz, 25, by police. Diaz was unarmed, and police say he was a gang member. The video carried the following
According to Census figures, some 200,000 small businesses disappeared from the rolls between 2008 and 2010. Those businesses were responsible for some three million jobs. The Obama administration claims that they’re moving in the right direction – but the direction
President Obama is about to hit the Big 5-1. And he’s feeling pretty sorry for himself. At least that’s what readers can gather from his latest campaign missive, titled simply “Hey”: Benjamin — My upcoming birthday next week could be
The unemployment rate in the city of Chicago is approximately 9.8 percent, well above the national average. Since Monday night, one 17-year-old boy has been shot and 13 others have been wounded in shootings across the city. And that’s just
Despite the massive popularity of medical marijuana in the city of Los Angeles – and the plethora of marijuana “clinics” dedicated to distributing the stuff – the City Council voted unanimously to ban all clinics in the city. The council
Today, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called Democrats’ bluff on the 2013 tax cliff. Speaking on the Senate floor, McConnell announced that Republicans will allow a 50-vote threshold on Democratic proposals for renewing the Bush tax rates. Democrats have
Last Saturday night, Anaheim police shot and killed unarmed 25-year-old gang member Manuel Angel Diaz. Diaz had been hanging around the neighborhood with a stolen SUV; he ran from police, and was shot. The police union says that Diaz reached
Andrew Kaczynski, following BuzzFeed’s pattern of BenSmithing on behalf of President Obama, tweeted today that Mitt Romney’s attacks on the Obama administration national security leaks are unjustified. Why? Here’s what Kaczynski had to say: Mitt Romney hasn’t always been so
Today, Mitt Romney spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Convention in Reno, Nevada. For one of the first times in the campaign – certainly the first time since his brilliant and straightforward speech at the National Association
Neiman Marcus, the high-end retailer famous worldwide, is shutting down its operation in Minnesota. Thanks to Minnesota’s unstable economic situation, less and less residents are visiting the luxury store; luxury buying is down significantly thanks to the wealthy losing 36
According to a new study by the Consumer Federation of America and the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., some 38 percent of families are now living from paycheck to paycheck. Naturally, those who are responsible financially – people
Get ready, party people: Barack’s partying down, and you’re invited! Well, not really. But you can give him money to pay for his birthday cake. And you never know – you might be selected to join the party for purely
A new Knights of Columbus-Marist poll shows that the American public is more and more frustrated by the tone of our politics. According to the July 2012 survey, 78 percent of Americans say they’re “frustrated” with our politics; 74 percent
According to Maine State Police, Timothy Courtois, 49, was arrested yesterday for speeding. Upon his arrest, he informed police that he his car was chock full of press clippings from the Aurora, Colorado murderous attack, as well as firearms –
The President of Chick-Fil-A, Dan Cathy, is a vocal supporter of traditional marriage. He said that the company was “guilty as charged” when it came to backing “the biblical definition of the family unit.” That was enough to set off
In perhaps the least self-aware review of the politics of “The Dark Knight Rises” yet, Steven Zeitchik of the Los Angeles Times is befuddled at the idea that left-wing thought could ever be portrayed negatively. First, he admits his own
One of president Obama’s aides, former deputy assistant secretary of Defense for the Middle East Colin Kahl, explained to reporters today that President Obama will not travel to Israel during his first term. Only if he’s re-elected will he visit
