Mike Bloomberg only has two weeks left in his tenure as New York City Mayor, but he is trying to make them count. According to a New York Times report, Bloomberg has approved real estate projects priced at more than
A Utah district court ruled in favor of a polygamous family this past Friday. Oddly, the ruling relied heavily on arguing that a reason the United States outlawed bigamy was a distaste for practices of Eastern cultures–despite the Mormon Church being native
The American Geophysical Union–a group of scientists among whom are many of the most respected names in global warming studies–held their annual fall meeting in San Francisco this week. The weather that greeted them had little warmth to boast, however:
Mike Bloomberg is not shying away from the spotlight in his post-mayoral career. The now-former New York City mayor appeared on Fusion to discuss, among other things, immigration reform with host Jorge Ramos, whom he told that anything less than
Senator Marco Rubio responded to Rep. Paul Ryan’s criticism of his stance on the widely-panned budget deal establishment Republicans agreed to last week, noting that not only had he read the deal, but he knew “full well” the details he
Lest one begin to think the battles seen here in America over the use of nonspecific religious symbolism are unique to us, the Polish court system heard a case against its Parliament using a crucifix to decorate its halls. The
Just in time to make a dent in the 2014 midterms and build something sustainable into 2016, RNC Chair Reince Priebus and Sen. Rand Paul have announced this week the GOP will be opening an office in Detroit. After years
Though with kind words for Nelson Mandela and for the speeches given at his tribute, the Daily Mail’s David Jones reports from the scene that the event was “a shambles” and embarrassing for the late leader. In a scathing column for the Mail,
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced this week that he would hold his second inauguration party on Ellis Island. The island is a unique landmark, but it is also part of the state of New York–and makes for great national
Describing him as both a “Teddy Roosevelt” and a “rock star,” Time has chosen Pope Francis as its Person of the Year. The Pope, now in his ninth month of papacy, has made waves for everything from his attitude toward enforcing
President Obama’s warm greeting to Cuban dictator Raúl Castro at Tuesday’s memorial for Nelson Mandela rightfully sparked the ire of those with a passion for human rights. In greeting Castro, Obama discredits the work of dissidents Castro routinely arrests and
Gawker’s latest attack on Fox News over a private employee dismissal is a reminder of the website’s lush history of lies, half-truths, and assorted personal attacks on public and private individuals they personally dislike. The website prides itself on “gossip”
Another week, another flimsy attack in Gawker’s years-long crusade against Fox News and its CEO, Roger Ailes. This time, Gawker excited liberal mass media with a scandalized report on legal minutiae related to a settlement between Fox News and a
Jim Kessler, co-founder of think tank Third Way, helped pen an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal urging Democrats to shy away from the far-left populists making headlines this year. He subsequently admitted that Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s statements on Social
German President Joachim Gauck told Der Spiegel this week that he will not be attending the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in reaction to the nation’s oppression of political opposition. With talk of boycotts and protests surrounding the Games,
In 2013, the TSA confirmed a 30% increase in the number of guns showing up at airport security stops, but this recent one is raising a few eyebrows. The tiny monkey sock puppet “Rooster Monkburn” found himself unable to board
The Asbury Park Press, a southern New Jersey newspaper, reported on Friday that the paper has been requesting information from Chris Christie’s administration for months on where federal funding for Hurricane Sandy victims is going–requests that, so far, have yielded
The latest blockbuster Edward Snowden leak, that the NSA tracks 5 billion cell phone records a day, comes with a rebuttal from an “intelligence lawyer”: that the searches don’t fall under the Fourth Amendment umbrella. This is yet another claim of
The passing of widely beloved South African icon Nelson Mandela has triggered an outpouring of grief and admiration from millions who benefited from his determination to end a corrupt system. But for the victims of Fidel Castro’s autocracy, which Mandela
Having baffled and irritated most of the country with his over-the-top monologues and inconsistent commentary on President Obama, Kanye West has now stoked the ire of the Anti-Defamation League with his quip that Obama isn’t as well-connected as “oil money”
Having nationalized a large number of domestic and international businesses, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has moved on to nationalizing Christmas. The socialist government of Venezuela released an official Youtube Christmas carol this week urging businesses to lower the prices of
Sarah Palin hopes that Martin Bashir’s vulgar outburst against her does not deter anyone with something to contribute from hopping into the political arena. The former Alaska governor reacted to the news of Bashir’s resignation on Fox & Friends Thursday
A recent report in the UK Telegraph puts the number of British citizens traveling to Syria to fight alongside jihadist groups in the hundreds–the largest for all Europeans–and highlights an alarming trend of Europeans flocking to the war zone to further
Mayor-elect Bill De Blasio garnered honors at a fundraiser for New York Communities for Change (NYCC) where calls for “revolution” and declarations of a “progressive moment” abounded. De Blasio appeared at the fundraiser as a headliner to support the group, formerly a branch of
One of Congress’s few members not belonging to a major party is reportedly mulling over a 2016 campaign for the presidency. Self-described “democratic socialist” Senator Bernie Sanders told his hometown Vermont newspaper this week that he was “very much in
