Major General Michael Carey, who oversaw three nuclear wings of the Air Force, was fired this weekend for behavior involving “hot women” that was “unbecoming of an officer and a gentlemen” while on a business trip in Moscow. According to
With the White House adding a “hardship exception” to the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, the Wall Street Journal argues they are admitting their law is a hardship itself. This puts Democrats in the unenviable position of disowning their own
President Obama’s advisory panel on how to improve the National Security Agency in light of surveillance programs revealed by Edward Snowden revealed their recommendations this week. The President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, a group of close White
After immigration reform supporters in New Jersey accused him of breaking his campaign promise, Governor Chris Christie signed his state’s version of the DREAM Act today. “Shame on all of you who accused me and others of playing politics with
Questionably legitimate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro geared up last week to announce an officially plummeting crime rate in the deadly capital of Caracas. Suspiciously, that announcement coincided with a demand for an injunction to prevent a major newspaper from reporting on
Some 25,000 people in New Jersey who think HealthCare.gov successfully submitted a Medicaid application to the state on their behalf have “no idea” their applications are “unusable.” A stunning report from the Bergen Record uncovers glitches that destroyed applications and broke
Mike Bloomberg is getting in his last hurrah before leaving office at the end of the year: the New York City Council passed his long sought-after ban on foam food containers, though with an environmental caveat. Bloomberg made it a
Oliver Stone’s documentary The Untold History of the United States is hitting the very sympathetic market of socialist Venezuela this week, and the director took the opportunity to confirm to President Nicolás Maduro that he is planning a film on
Julian Assange has become an unlikely inspiration for rap artists across the globe, most famously Sri Lanka’s M.I.A. and Puerto Rico’s Calle 13. Now, thanks to the latter and Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine, Assange is a bona
A new report out this week finds that Chinese immigrants comprise the second-highest immigrant population in New York City after Dominicans from the Dominican Republic and, should numbers hold, will be the biggest immigrant population in the most populous city
Some in the West may see Christianity as an archaic religious construct in constant danger of extinction, but the religion is rapidly building strongholds in lands as foreign to Christian churches as Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Warnings of the
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin found a way to give Sen. Marco Rubio a lump of coal for Christmas and not have it be an insult. Rubio, who began the year giving cable news fodder for his demise by drinking
Governor Chris Christie’s deals to assure the pensions of public workers have put New Jersey’s economy in such danger of overspending that Moody’s Investor Service lowered the state’s economic outlook to “negative” this week. The foreboding report suggested that New
American businessman Jacob Ostreicher is, according to reports, back in his native New York City thanks, in part, to an Oscar-winning actor known for embracing far-left politicians. Ostreicher had spent more than two years under arrest in Bolivia under suspicion of
North Korea is going the full Winston Smith on former #2 and now executed traitor Jang Song Thaek, erasing any trace of the man from state media. The execution and disappearance of their biggest ally within the North Korean regime
Finally, someone has stepped up to treat the Santa Claus race controversy with the seriousness it deserves. CNN anchor Don Lemon interviewed four Santa Clauses of different races last night to declare once and for all who was the real
A Brooklyn federal judge has granted a permanent injunction to several New York Catholic groups, preventing the Obamacare birth control mandate from taking effect on them this January. According to the New York Post, this is the first such federal
Just a week before young adults return home for the end of year holidays, Organizing for America is debuting a video imploring parents to interrupt their time with their children to promote the benefits of Obamacare in a last-ditch attempt
In direct response to China’s surprise declaration of an Air Defense Identification Zone over islands belonging to Japan, the latter country announced it will increase military spending by 2.6% in the next five years–a plan calling for more drones, submarines,
Your tax dollars, to the tune of $914,000, are going to the serious study of romance novels, James Bond, and “Call Me Maybe.” It’s true. According to a report in this year’s Wastebook–a compilation of the most unnecessary and ridiculous federal
President Obama and the First Lady have planned an Oval Office event Wednesday promoting signing up for Obamacare explicitly targeting mothers in an attempt to have them convince their adult children to buy insurance through HealthCare.gov. According to The Hill,
Prominent American painter and philanthropist George W. Bush–the post-aughts iteration of the former United States President–has managed a resurgence as a beloved personality and even online “hipster icon.” So warns Vanity Fair, asking with dread how a man so “uncool”
The UK is tightening up its already rigorous work benefits test, requiring immigrants to detail what they have done to find work outside of the UK and whether they have been hurt by their own inability to speak English. The
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem filed a legal opinion last week confirming that the state does not recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages, allowing a man married to another man to come to North Dakota and marry a woman without divorcing
The country’s top problem, according to Americans, is the U.S. government, the latest Gallup poll shows, in which “dissatisfaction with government” topped even health care and the economy as the top problem facing the nation today. Gallup asked Americans to name the
