The New York Times is reporting that Time Warner as we know it is soon to be no more, with the corporation letting Time Magazine and its print subsidiaries trek out on their own. With the print industry near collapse
The New York Times‘s extensive exposé on the September 11 Benghazi attacks turned up no ties to Al Qaeda. By highlighting obscure militiamen and ignoring the roles of White House officials, the piece continues an alarming trend of dismissiveness toward
As Colorado and Washington open up their states to legal marijuana sales, their residents face myriad challenges as pioneers in a country that has otherwise outlawed the drug–from smuggling into other states to the federal government’s looming ability to crack
Bill de Blasio’s tenure as mayor of New York City will officially begin on New Year’s Day, before the steps of City Hall, and with President Bill Clinton holding the Bible on which he will be sworn into office. De
With New Jersey’s biggest city in transition as Senator Cory Booker leaves the town to new leaders, his legacy is emerging as, at best, a mixed one. The New York Times reports that violent crime is skyrocketing in Newark– particularly
A shirtless female protester with the words “I am God” painted on her chest took to a German Church during Christmas mass this week and attempted to end the festivities by jumping atop the altar. The woman stormed the altar
Amid the news of massive economic reforms and increased international trade propositions on the part of the People’s Republic of China, The Hill reports exclusively of the White House’s proposals to make trade deals countering the effect of China’s new
A Christmas Day raid on a ranch housing drugs uncovered millions of dollars worth of high-grade crystal methamphetamine in Manila, drugs that national law enforcement have concluded are reaching the Philippines through the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel. The AP reports
More than many in recent memory, 2013 has been a year of pivotal transitions of power from old to new world leaders in states critical to world peace. Below, the five most unexpected, volatile, impacting or otherwise notable transitions of
The Daily Beast was frothing at the mouth Thursday about the sexist attacks on Hillary Clinton. Yes, the sexist attacks against candidate Clinton in 2016 by the Republican Party, which have not happened yet, but will definitely happen because of
The editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle has had enough with the “war on Christmas.” The “war on Christmas that doesn’t exist” is preventing people from rightly celebrating the holiday, writes the board, chiding it as an excuse for
Greeting the 70,000-strong crowd below his balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis issued a wide-ranging call for peace in areas as disparate as Syria and the Central African Republic, and explicitly pled for “nonbelievers to desire peace” along with
During a Christmas season that saw every public figure regardless of authority release a holiday statement, even the terrorist guerrilla Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) got into the spirit of the season, releasing a Christmas message warning that peace negotiations
As the Chinese leadership assembles to commemorate the birthday of Mao Zedong today, the administration of Xi Jinping has “toned down” the celebrations as the country continues to expand economically, according to a Reuters report alleging dissatisfaction among hardcore communists
Riyadh and Beijing are cozying closer to each other this holiday season, as the Gulf Cooperation Council announced this week it has been in talks with China with the purpose of “bolstering friendship and cooperation ties” with the nation. Chinese
The past few years have seen a surging interest in the international scientific movement to “help end human death.” It fears no mechanics and abhors the imperfections of the human body. Transhumanism is snowballing into an international movement aggressively defying
The New York Times just left a shiny lump of coal in Chris Christie’s stocking. In light of accusations that the Governor shut down a bridge to harm a mayor who didn’t endorse him, the paper makes the circumstantial case
Socialist Venezuelan President “Saint” Nicolás Maduro officially declared that Christmas started November 1 and lasted until he said so. Perhaps this made him feel it was excusable to leave his nation on Christmas week proper to spend it with Raúl Castro,
President Evo Morales of Bolivia has taken a firm stand against a bill proposing to ban child labor under the age of 14. Citing his own life experience as a child laborer, he argued that such work builds “social conscience”
The American Studies Association, the largest association of academics dedicated to the study of American culture, stunned the academic world by approving a boycott of Israel over treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. Harvard and Yale joined this week in condemning
Oliver Stone took the occasion of a trip to Venezuela to announce that he is officially working on a biographical film on the life of Hugo Chavez. With Stone working on such a project to praise such a “magnanimous, warm,
An extensive read in the Washington Post this weekend details the extent to which the United States’s help saved Colombia from becoming a failed state in the hands of the left-wing paramilitary FARC. It gave the Colombian government the technology
Dennis Rodman understands that Kim Jong-Un cannot meet with him every time he goes to North Korea. After all, Rodman told the AP, “he has another greater job to do for his country.” What Rodman doesn’t say–and tacitly endorses–is that
Shortly before the launch of HealthCare.gov, the Health and Human Services Department had the choice of compelling the federal government to disclose any security threats to the site. According to John Fund at the National Review, they declined, meaning there
President Raúl Castro announced today that his government will pass laws in March targeted at attracting foreign investment in Cuba, the latest of several similar reforms aimed at opening up Cuba’s market without threatening the authoritative nature of the Castro
