Yesterday, eyewitness Andrew Kitzenberg posted these amazing photographs of the shootout in Watertown with the brothers Tsarnaev. They were taken from an upper floor of his building with an iPhone 5. Follow the link to get the full effect–and to
He helped lead the U.S. to Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad. Ever since, Dr. Shakil Afridi has been held in a remote Pakistani prison, serving a 33-year sentence–ironically–for terrorism, trapped inside a legal system designed to keep him there.
While Secretary of State John Kerry was busy offending Americans and Israelis alike by comparing the Boston Marathon terror victims to the jihadists of the Gaza flotilla in Turkey on Sunday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel made a more favorable
Two senators who have been pushing for comprehensive immigration reform defended their efforts on Sunday, after last week’s Boston Marathon terror saga provoked new challenges for their new bill. Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), both members
President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, is embroiled in a heated new controversy over a school board election in Texas in which the federal government is intervening to protect incumbent school board members from their own
In response to Defusing democracy: There’s a good reason rights are not subject to simple majority rule. The media get that–when it comes to the First Amendment, where they will defend unpopular, obscene, or even dangerous speech (rightly so in
One of the most offensive parts of President Barack Obama’s tantrum at the White House after losing the gun control fight today was also one of the most comical. Venting his righteous anger at his opponents, Obama repeatedly scolded them
President Barack Obama lashed out defiantly and viciously at political opponents who defeated his efforts to expand federal gun regulations today. Standing with families of victims of the Newtown school shooting at the White House, the president claimed that opponents
Yesterday a friend who is a standup comedian posted a message on Facebook, asking friends to advise him: should he cancel his Tuesday night show after Monday’s horrific Boston Marathon terror attack? If he didn’t, how should he acknowledge what
After a brief bomb scare at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, causing delays of up to 45 minutes for outgoing flights, the Port Authority issued an “all clear” and travel returned to normal, with merely ordinary delays. Part of a terminal
Officials from Boston to Washington seemed overwhelmed by the task of managing the aftermath of the shocking terror attack at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday. Though the White House called the two bombings acts of “terror,” President
Thousands of Tea Party activists will gather Monday at rallies across the nation to mark Tax Day, April 15–and to re-ignite a movement that had been written off as dormant by the media and the political classes. After propelling the
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) told host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that supporters of new gun control legislation do not yet have the votes to pass it, despite defeating a Republican-led filibuster attempt last week. Durbin is the Senate Majority
From the Politico: Appearing jointly on “Fox News Sunday,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Minority White John Cornyn (R-Texas) both refused to say if their side had the votes to either pass or derail the bipartisan deal on
“Comprehensive immigration reform” is shaping up to be the next Obamacare. By negotiating in secret, by drafting an enormously complicated bill, and by rushing passage with almost no time for public debate, the Senators who are pushing immigration reform are
Venezuelans head to the polls Sunday in the first presidential election since the death of Hugo Chavez earlier this year. Chavez’s successor, acting President Nicolas Maduro, will defend against a renewed challenge by Henrique Capriles, who lost a relatively close
In response to Gosnell and Media Bias: From Thursday through Friday morning, mainstream media outlets devoted breathless coverage to the trend of anti-abortion legislation in several states. The Washington Post took up the issue, as did National Public Radio (NPR), and
An errant email to parents suggests that the decision to disinvite former presidential candidate Rick Santorum from a visit to Grosse Pointe South High School in Michigan was likely taken at the behest of staff, not for the technical reasons cited
President Barack Obama’s long-overdue budget (National Public Radio obfuscated by calling it “long-awaited”) was greeted with criticism across the political spectrum. The left lamented its minuscule adjustment to Social Security benefits in the form of “chained CPI.” Conservatives noted that Obama’s budget
I’ve noted before that President Barack Obama and much of the left–especially the legal and academic left–envy the new South African Constitution, particularly its Bill of Rights, which includes broad guarantees of equality and socioeconomic rights including “health care, and
In this morning’s hourly news update, National Public Radio (NPR) attempted to tarnish the late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher as a racist by suggesting that she supported apartheid in South Africa. Though Thatcher opposed sanctions against South Africa, and
Raffi Cavoukian, better known to millions of children across two generations simply as “Raffi,” has returned to the U.S. stage for the first time in a decade to perform for a new generation of children–and their parents, who never stopped
On Wednesday, the Journal of Conflict Resolution at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law will bestow an award on former president Jimmy Carter. The award, chosen by the students who run the journal, has stirred intense controversy at the historically
VICE debuted its eponymous TV show on HBO Friday evening, and it’s a promising start. The show begins with a sequence of videos showcasing the Brooklyn-based media group’s wide range of international coverage, and declares that the intention of the
NBC is promoting a story about a 35-year-old man. Joshua Hakken, who is alleged to have kidnapped his young sons from their grandmother’s house and fled with them and his wife Sharyn, possibly by boat. What has elevated this story
