
You can add one more name to the growing list of Democrats who havespoken out against Obama’s attack ads aimed at Bain Capital. Formergovernor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell told BuzzFeed he found the ads “very disappointing.” This makes at least
by John Sexton22 May 2012, 3:54 PM PST0

Ongoing chaos in Chicago has prompted extremely tight security on trains in the region. CBS Chicago reports that some trains have been cancelled and others are being swept for bombs out of concern for violence related to the Occupy/Anti-NATO protests
by John Sexton21 May 2012, 11:53 PM PST0

Yesterday, Breitbart News reported a storyabout a North Carolina high school teacher who began screaming atstudents who dared to criticize President Obama. Today, the teacher inquestion, Tanya Dixon-Neely, was suspended with pay by the school. The roughly 10-minute video reveals
by John Sexton21 May 2012, 1:01 PM PST0

A thorough new biography of Walter Cronkite by Douglas Brinkleyreveals that he was not the unbiased journalist his supporters havealways claimed him to be. In fact, he was a liberal who used his positionas America’s top anchor to promote the
by John Sexton21 May 2012, 11:34 AM PST0

Editor’s Note: Katrina Trinko, the National Review author who reported the claim first made by this article, has retracted the story that Elizabeth Warren may have plagiarized in her 2006 book All Your Worth: I took down my earlier post
by John Sexton18 May 2012, 5:36 PM PST0

Less than three weeks remain until the June 5th recall election in Wisconsin that will decide whether or not Governor Scott Walker remains in office. Recent polls have been trending in Walker’s direction after showing a dead heat last month.
by John Sexton18 May 2012, 3:13 PM PST0

The first day of trading for shares of Facebook didn’t go well, with the stock struggling to stay above it’s IPO price of $38. Earlier in the week, buzz about the Facebook IPO led the company to increase its target
by John Sexton18 May 2012, 1:42 PM PST0

The $800,000 the General Services Administration blew in Vegas turns out to be a pittance compared to what the agency spends annually on buildings the government doesn’t use. A report by the Washington Examiner finds that GSA pays $13 million
by John Sexton17 May 2012, 4:25 PM PST0

Being the only guy left in the race has its advantages. Figures released today show that Mitt Romney’s campaign raised nearly as much money as the President did in April. Yesterday the Obama campaign announced that it raised $43.6 millionlast
by John Sexton17 May 2012, 4:03 PM PST0

There are several new books out that attempt to analyze politicaldifferences in terms of variations in neurological structure. The one being most widelyembraced by the left is The Republican Brain by Chris Mooney. Here’s how Alternet’s Joshua Holland introduced readers
by John Sexton17 May 2012, 2:32 PM PST0

The beauty of new media is that there are lots of voices out there with all sorts of expertise in things the average person probably doesn’t know much about. We see that again today when blogger Twila Barnes, whose blog
by John Sexton17 May 2012, 4:59 AM PST0

Two years after the worst marine oil spill in history, former WhiteHouse adviser Van Jones now admits that he and other progressives satquietly on the sidelines to avoid making President Obama look bad, as The Blaze notes: You’ve never seen
by John Sexton16 May 2012, 2:20 PM PST0

by John Sexton16 May 2012, 10:11 AM PST0

There is only one issue that unites Democrats this election: class warfare. After the “shellacking” of the 2010 elections, Democrats nationwide have decided to follow the lead of New York Sen. Chuck Schumer this time around and run against the
by John Sexton16 May 2012, 6:21 AM PST0

The number of liberal commencement speakers at America’s top colleges dwarfs the number of conservative speakers. The ratio, 7-1 this year, has never been higher, according to Young America’s Foundation (YAF), which made a list of speakers invited to the
by John Sexton15 May 2012, 1:05 PM PST0

You know things are getting bad in Europe when even NPR is airing concern about the austerity backlash sweeping the continent. That’s what happened yesterday on All Things Considered when one guest compared the EU to the Titanic: Former IMF
by John Sexton15 May 2012, 12:23 PM PST0

Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao has spoken out against President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage. “God’s words first … obey God’s law first before considering the laws of man” Pacquiao told the Examiner‘s Granville Ampong. He went on to add that
by John Sexton14 May 2012, 7:47 PM PST0

The President has recently made a habit of claiming that oil self-sufficiency is impossible because the US has just 2% of the world’s oil reserves. However, congressional testimony given Thursday May 10th reinforces that America is exceedingly rich in natural
by John Sexton14 May 2012, 2:40 PM PST0

Each spring, Newsweek magazine publishes a list of America’s “Top 50” rabbis. Most of the names on the list probably won’t be familiar to people outside the Jewish faith, but a few stand out. One of those is Rabbi Shmuley
by John Sexton14 May 2012, 12:00 PM PST0

Occupy LA turned out to be a lot more costly to the city than originally anticipated. After the park surrounding LA’s City Hall was cleared by the LAPD in November, published estimates suggested the total cost of the two month
by John Sexton12 May 2012, 4:44 PM PST0

A newly revealed document taken from a 1999 Affirmative Action Plan Book published by Harvard University indicates that Elizabeth Warren was officially listed as a Native American by Harvard Law School. Though Warren is not mentioned by name, the report
by John Sexton11 May 2012, 3:05 PM PST0

Breitbart’s own Rebel Pundit captured some video of Van Jones speaking ata Green Festival last weekend. He wrote about Jones’ speech here. But after listening toit, I felt one part of the speech needed additional attention. In the clipbelow, Jones
by John Sexton10 May 2012, 4:50 PM PST0

A newly discovered editorial by Derrick Bell and a response by HarvardLaw School sheds light on the current controversy over Elizabeth Warren’sself-identification as a “Native American.” Pushback on the story hasfocused on the fact that Warren did not need minority
by John Sexton10 May 2012, 12:01 PM PST0

George Soros is a major donor to the Democratic Party and to progressive causes and foundations. This week he announced he will be donating $100 million to support progressive groups this cycle. One of the first million-dollar donations will go
by John Sexton9 May 2012, 4:57 PM PST0

Today the President announced that he has evolved on the issue of gay marriage and that, contrary to what he said in 2004 and 2008, he now supports it. But there’s reason to question whether Obama was ever really against
by John Sexton9 May 2012, 2:31 PM PST0