Liberals, the mainstream media, and establishment Republicans often reveal which conservatives they fear by their level of disdain and vitriol. This week, they put their crosshairs on freshman Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a Tea Party conservative of Hispanic descent
On Friday, prosecutors formally charged former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) with illegally spending campaign funds, making false statements, and wire frauds. Jackson reportedly has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors that would result in less than five years of
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said he would strive to be like Lyndon Johnson, the Democrat famous for expanding the U.S. welfare state through the “Great Society,” if he were elected president. According to the Miami Herald, Bush made those
Boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio does not want to fight in the United States anymore after President Barack Obama and Congress decided to raise the top income tax rate to 39.6% in a deal to temporarily avert the so-called fiscal cliff.
Democrats in Congress introduced a bill that would award grants to programs that do not “promote gender stereotypes” in ways that would be “insensitive” to gay people. According to The Hill, the bill “requires programs to emphasize emotional skills and the
President Barack Obama continues to recycle failed ideas — on taxes, spending, climate change, green energy “investments” and stimulus spending on “infrastructure” — and he packages them with re-used rhetoric. So says Cal Thomas, who notes Obama “recycled the idea of spending
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), who was caught tweeting a 24-year-old bikini model during the State of the Union address, admitted on Thursday that he was in fact tweeting his long-lost daughter. Cohen discovered the woman was his daughter just three
The White House has endorsed a plan Senate Democrats proposed to offset the sequester with more tax revenues, insisting House Republicans adopt it as well. On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said President Barack Obama just wants “more stimulus spending
On Thursday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said she plans to bring a comprehensive climate change bill to the Senate floor by this summer. “We’re going to go in earnest to this topic and this bill,” Boxer said of the bill
On Thursday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she was against cutting congressional pay because it would undermine the dignity of her job. “I don’t think we should do it; I think we should respect the work we do,”
Butch Harmon, the golf instructor who has taught Tiger Woods and now coaches Phil Mickelson, will give President Barack Obama golf lessons this weekend. “He’s a left-handed player, I’ve seen film of his swing before,”Harmon said. “It’ll be fun getting
On Friday, Oscar Pistorius’s agent said the sprinter who was formally charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend, model Reeva Skeenkamp, will dispute the charge in the “strongest possible terms.” South African prosector Gerrie Nel charged Pistorius on Friday
On Friday, prosecutors in South Africa charged Olympian Oscar Pistorius with premeditated murder and Chief Magistrate Desmond Nasir postponed his bond hearing until Tuesday. Pistorius, if convicted, faces life in prison. Pistorius reportedly shot and killed his girlfriend, model Reeva
Patrick Pexton, the Washington Post‘s ombudsman, admitted in a Tuesday phone call to a Post reader that the news story in which a Post writer relied on information from a satirical website to report Sarah Palin had signed on as a “contributor
Iconic and legendary Lakers owner Jerry Buss, considered one of the greatest owners in the history of sports, is reportedly dying of cancer at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and has summoned close friends and family to his side.
Public records show Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who is known for being stingy with concealed-weapons permits in an anti-gun jurisdiction, may be giving out permits disproportionately to his friends and political supporters and donors. L.A. Weekly obtained public records for all of
Reeva Steenkamp, whom South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murdering Thursday at his Pretoria home, had been dating Pristorius for just over two months and was passionate about speaking out against domestic violence. She was a 29-year-old law
After South African Olympian – and double below-the-knee amputee – Oscar Pistorius was charged with murdering his girlfriend, Nike pulled down Pistorius’s “I am the bullet in the chamber” ad campaign from the sprinter’s website. The ad showed Pistorius coming
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is the first Republican supporter of a bill that would allow U.S. citizens to bring their foreign same-sex partners to the country for legal residency. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Collins (R-Maine) will
South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius, who made history in 2012 by becoming the first double below-the-knee amputee to compete in the Summer Olympics, reportedly shot and killed his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, on Thursday. According to multiple reports, Pistorius allegedly shot Steenkamp
Last Wednesday, Camarillo High School administrators ordered students Austin Medeiros, Stefan Valenzuela, and their two friends to remove their American flag bandanas and suspended them after they led fellow students at a basketball game in “USA, USA” chants. Camarillo school
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin wrote Wednesday that America is a nation being bankrupt by a federal government led by “venal politicians” in her response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address. “What is the true state of
Next college football season, an NCAA player who targets the head of a defenseless player could be ejected from the game. On Wednesday, the NCAA Football Rules Committee
The Carolina Panthers want at least $200 million in public funds to renovate Bank of America Stadium, which is where President Barack Obama was scheduled to give his acceptance speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Panthers President Danny Morrison said the
Topps baseball cards has omitted the name of Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hit king, from its baseball cards, even when referencing how many hits a current player is from Rose’s record. As Rob Harris, of “ChicagoSideSports,” discovered, Rose’s name is
