As the only governor in history to survive a recall effort–one in which he faced $21 million in union funding against him–Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has earned the right to name his new book Unintimidated. Walker sat down for an exclusive interview with
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has walked back a casual dismissal of Common Core school curricula critics after his comments generated a heated response. Last week, Duncan explained away criticism of his proposed Common Core program to school superintendents as “white suburban
Displays of pride on Veterans Day and work dress code clashed this Monday in the suburban New Jersey town of Teaneck, where veteran DPW employees were told they were not allowed to wear their military issue hats on the job
Donald Trump sees tolerance of LGBT people as an “evolving process”–one in which America “obviously” eclipses Russia and a process in which he, too, is participating. This he told MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts on the eve of the Miss Universe
“I can’t remember a gubernatorial election ever called at 8:02,” News 12 NJ’s Walt Kane reported at that exact time, simultaneously citing the early numbers (or lack thereof) and the near certainty that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was poised
Another night, another breathless live account of a lone gunman loose in a highly-populated public area. Unlike the many terrifying episodes of the past couple of years, however, Monday night’s incident at Garden State Plaza doesn’t lend itself to the
The family of late singer Marvin Gaye has upped the stakes against Robin Thicke in a new lawsuit against controversial Canadian pop act, alleging that the lewd summer hit Blurred Lines is not the only song Thicke whose beat was borrowed from
For much of Obamacare’s launch, the media has focused its attention on HealthCare.gov, now a nearly universally-recognized disaster. Falling by the wayside, however, is what the law actually means for Americans in need of insurance, and there the numbers are
As the women of Saudi Arabia organize a Saturday protest against the kingdom’s prohibition on female driving, the government has warned that it will meet violations of the law and “activities disturbing the public peace” with “firmness and force.” While
Pope Francis had some strong words for those who would introduce political rigidity into the worship of Jesus Christ during his Thursday homily, calling Christian ideology an “illness” and impossible to maintain alongside legitimate faith. The Pope warned against interpreting
Booker gives his team a soaring speech on the power of love that would have warmed the heart of anyone who has never heard of Barack Obama. “Hey, you!” A friendly cab driver waved us into his car, smiling. Within
A spokesman for Republican Steve Lonegan’s campaign tells WABC that the campaign is “actively investigating countless reports of voter disenfranchisement” in Wednesday’s New Jersey special Senate election. Lonegan’s campaign solicited information from New Jersey residents unable to vote through the day,
After a hard-fought campaign of several months to replace Senator Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey voters have been hitting the polls today in what reports call “light” to “steady” numbers, while conservative candidate Steve Lonegan hits the media for their liberal
El Bloombito gets no love as he takes his anti-sugar campaign south of the border. Having had his attempt to restrict soda consumption in New York City rebuffed by New York state courts, Mayor Mike Bloomberg is now investing millions
Syria’s dictator good-naturedly ribs himself for killing over a hundred thousand of his own citizens. While the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons claimed the increasingly less prestigious Nobel Peace Prize this past week, beating out a host of
Republican candidate Steve Lonegan told the audience during Wednesday night’s final New Jersey Senate debate against Newark Mayor Cory Booker that Newark’s budget was a “big black hole” and its Passaic River full of murder victims. The Star-Ledger reports that Lonegan, the
Sarah Palin and Mark Levin are hitting the Garden State this weekend in the hopes of buoying Republican Senate candidate Steve Lonegan’s campaign against Cory Booker. In the process, their appearance in the “largest grassroots campaign event in New Jersey history” will
A report by the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense released this week predicts that China will have developed a “wholly sufficient” military presence near the island to invade by 2020. As the United States is obligated by treaty to defend
It’s the second script in as many weeks for Wikileaks. Last week, the organization dropped what it alleges to be the script of an HBO-funded film on Julian Assange and Bradley Manning, one the leaking organization claims received aid from the
A nation wallowing in Breaking Bad withdrawal received some light relief last week when Univisión released the first images of its Colombian remake of the television masterpiece, Metástatsis. Here’s why you, English speaker, should be excited. The latest trailer shows
Not even the Affordable Care Act’s most prominent supporters seem to be able to find kind words for the program’s website. In a Friday morning missive, Washington Post pundits Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas tore into the website as “confusing”
It’s been a whirlwind month for Gov. Jerry Brown–four weeks in which the California chief executive’s desk saw an anti-paparazzi bill and a bill to allow non-physicians to perform abortions, and he himself lofty praise in Rolling Stone. The latest bill
