If this influences the conventional wisdom, Hagel just might not be confirmed. Brit Hume notes: It’s probably dawning on Sens. who didn’t serve w/Hagel that he’s just not very bright. Exchange w/McCain unresponsive & bumbling. Democrats can defend lies, anti-semitism,
In the aftermath of Martin Bashir’s hoax, NBC promised to review the controversy and determine if one of its key employees had, yet again, deliberately falsified audio or video to make for a splashy, sensationalistic story for its partisan liberal
By STACEY PLAISANCEAssociated PressNEW ORLEANSThe entertainment leading up to the Super Bowl is so A-list, Beyonce may not even have the most anticipated performance surrounding the big game. Justin Timberlake is due to give his first major musical performance in
(AP) Weekly US jobless aid applications rise to 368KBy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONThe number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose sharply last week but remained at a level consistent with moderate hiring. Weekly applications for unemployment benefits leapt 38,000
Human Rights Watch on Thursday condemned the Russian authorities under President Vladimir Putin for unleashing the toughest crackdown against civil society since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. After returning to the Kremlin for a third term despite
By LORI HINNANTAssociated PressPARISThe French are all for sex and all for family _ so long as you’re having sex to create one. Anything dealing with assisted reproduction makes a sizable portion of them uncomfortable, as the president’s plans to
By ELENA BECATOROSAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceGreek doctors, port workers and public transport staff in the country’s capital walked off the job Thursday in strikes against deeply unpopular austerity measures that have seen incomes slashed as the country struggles to emerge from
A British man has been offered 50,000 euros for a strange-smelling rock his dog found on a beach, which is likely a rare form of whale vomit used in perfumes, the BBC reported Thursday. Ken Wilman was walking his dog
(AFP) Arnold Schwarzenegger called Thursday for an end to “doom and gloom” environmentalism as he hosted the first conference of his new green movement fostering action by local governments and individuals. “If we want to inspire the world, it is
Syria’s main opposition group was to meet Thursday in Cairo, a day after a surprise statement from its chief that he was willing to hold talks with regime officials, a Syrian National Coalition member said. The original agenda was to
Israel must immediately stop all settlement activity and start to withdraw its settlers from the Palestinian territories, a United Nations report said on Thursday. Because of the settlements, Palestinians’ human rights “are being violated consistently and on a daily basis,”
By KEN RITTERAssociated PressLAS VEGASA former pro and minor league hockey player apologized in a Las Vegas courtroom Wednesday before he was handcuffed and taken to prison for four to 15 years for sexually assaulting a girl over a four-year
Given that CNN’s signature star (I use the term advisedly) is Gloria Vanderbilt’s very preppy son, I’m not shocked they looked at Occupy Wall Street and saw themselves. CNN’s changing its slogan, by the way. It will now be called
Walmart, one of the nation’s leading sites for ammunition and gun sales, has caved in to pressure from the leftist media, limiting ammunition sales per customer. According to a Walmart spokesperson, customers will be restricted to purchasing three boxes per
(AP) LOS ANGELES–CBS says the big reveal is coming for “How I Met Your Mother.” The network said Wednesday the sitcom will air its ninth and final season next fall. And CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler promised that TV’s “most
By BOB THOMASAssociated Press WriterLOS ANGELESPatty Andrews, the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters trio whose hits such as the rollicking “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B” and the poignant “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” captured the
David Frum just castigated Michelle Malkin for failing to note the difference between that which is conservative and that which is “sociopathic.” In his typical You-a Culpa piece, which I will not link as he’s a grotesque toad croaking for
My Kleagle friend also said she demonstrated “only the most superficial acquaintance with Critical Race Theory, particularly in confusing the elementary concepts of Racial Privilege and Racial Hegemony.“ Just telling you what he said. I don’t keep up with the
Arguments in NFL concussion suits slated for April PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal court in Philadelphia will hear arguments this spring on motions to dismiss lawsuits filed by thousands of former National Football League players about concussions. Oral arguments are
No new trial for Jerry Sandusky By MARK SCOLFOROAssociated PressHARRISBURG, Pa. Jerry Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Wednesday when a judge rejected his argument that his lawyers were not given enough time to prepare for the three-week
This is CNN: viewership of “Early Start” and “Starting Point” was “too ethnic,” basedon the high concentration of minority viewers. This common complaintworked itself up through the company, to CNN’s Diversity Committee, andto other staffers, who were mortified that a
…has that frisson of naturalness and reality that the covers of college guidebooks have, you know, where there’s four people sitting* on the steps of The Quad, all laughing joyously at something just wonderful in a textbook, and the four
Quick, get one of me “Action Dialing.” Let me put on a solemn face, first: Patriots stiffed, Patriots stiffed, Patriots stiffed. Okay, I’ve found my center. And… scene!
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – A Bahraini princess who works as a police officer is on trial for torturing two doctors while they were in detention during political unrest in the Gulf Arab kingdom in 2011, according to a senior official
(AP) – Germans are emptying fewer beer steins these days. Consumption of the national beverage fell by 1.8 percent last year to the lowest level since West and East Germany reunified in 1990. The German government statistics agency reported Wednesday
