
Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz is headed to New Hampshire to address the inaugural Freedom Summit event being held in Manchester on April 12. The Freedom Summit, an event sponsored by Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Citizens United, aims to
by Warner Todd Huston12 Feb 2014, 2:13 PM PST0

Several U.S. retailers have announced that in 2014 they will be closing stores all across the country, showing that retailers expect continued contraction in the economy instead of growth for the foreseeable future. CNBC recently reported that such retailers as
by Warner Todd Huston11 Feb 2014, 3:12 PM PST0

During Sunday’s Face the Nation, Illinois Democrat Senator Dick Durbin made the wild claim that ten million new Americans have found insurance coverage thanks to Obamacare. He also claimed that Obamacare would lower the deficit. But even The Washington Post
by Warner Todd Huston11 Feb 2014, 7:05 AM PST0

Another in a growing list of New York Times employees has left the paper. Bill Keller, a columnist and one-time editor of the Old Gray Lady, is leaving the paper for The Marshall Project, a non-profit news group focused on
by Warner Todd Huston10 Feb 2014, 4:11 PM PST0

While penning praise of Obama’s White House Chief of Staff, liberal columnist Albert R. Hunt of Bloomberg also took a moment to call the IRS harassment of conservatives a “faux scandal.” Hunt’s op-ed is filled with wide-eyed praise of Obama’s
by Warner Todd Huston10 Feb 2014, 1:48 PM PST0

On February 4, NBC’s Richard Engel issued a shocking report from the Olympics in Sochi, Russia, claiming that all his electronics were “almost immediately hacked” once he got there. However, security experts have called this claim into question, with one
by Warner Todd Huston9 Feb 2014, 1:38 PM PST0

In January, a bill was introduced in the Illinois state legislature that would require schools to teach kids all about the marvels of unions. Senate Bill 2682 was introduced by the 19th District’s Michael E. Hastings, a south suburban Chicago state
by Warner Todd Huston9 Feb 2014, 11:04 AM PST0

In the midst of renewed charges that Woody Allen is a child molester, the famous director agreed with those who say his son with Mia Farrow, Roman Farrow, looks a lot like Frank Sinatra. On February 1, after Allen was
by Warner Todd Huston9 Feb 2014, 9:10 AM PST0

The Weinstein Company has agreed to pay a whopping $7 million for a script about the genius mathematician who led the secret British team that broke the Nazi’s Enigma Code, helping the Allies win World War II. The script is
by Warner Todd Huston9 Feb 2014, 8:49 AM PST0

George Zimmerman’s latest attempt to bring in some cash has failed. A celebrity fight pitting Zimmerman against rapper DMX has been canceled. Zimmerman, famous for killing Florida teen Trayvon Martin during a 2012 altercation but cleared on murder charges, has
by Warner Todd Huston9 Feb 2014, 8:37 AM PST0

This winter has given us the largest Great Lakes freeze the Midwest has seen in nearly 20 years, experts say. The world’s largest group of freshwater lakes, the Great Lakes have nearly an 80 percent freeze rate this winter. By
by Warner Todd Huston9 Feb 2014, 1:41 AM PST0

UPDATE: AOL has reversed its decision and publicly apologized. “The leadership team and I listened to your feedback over the last week,” wrote Armstrong in his e-mail to the company, the paper reports. “We heard you on this topic. And
by Warner Todd Huston9 Feb 2014, 1:37 AM PST0

CNN is still tinkering with its schedule, trying to find the winning formula that will bring it back to ratings prominence. The latest move in that tinkering finds CNN host Anderson Cooper losing his second prime time hour as AC360
by Warner Todd Huston8 Feb 2014, 7:57 PM PST0

Gallup’s three-day rolling average for the President’s approval rating has fallen to 39 percent. The newest Gallup graph begins in February of 2009 when Obama enjoyed an approval rating approaching 70 percent, but by this week, his approval numbers have
by Warner Todd Huston8 Feb 2014, 6:10 PM PST0

Famed film director Woody Allen struck back at renewed accusations that he is a child molester by claiming that ex-wife Mia Farrow implanted false memories in their children, but Dylan Farrow, one of those children, has again attacked Allen’s denials.
by Warner Todd Huston8 Feb 2014, 9:20 AM PST0

ABC’s Nightline threw a gratuitous punch at Sarah Palin in a story that had nothing to do with politics, either left or right. Rather, it was an investigation of violence into kids’ little league sports and the regrettable, all too
by Warner Todd Huston8 Feb 2014, 12:33 AM PST0

The Washington Post recently published a quixotic editorial maintaining that the left has no deep-pocketed financiers like the right does in the much written about and thoroughly maligned Koch brothers. In its editorial, the paper laments that Democrat groups have
by Warner Todd Huston7 Feb 2014, 5:18 PM PST0

Weather blogging is the new trend for sites such as Slate, Mashable, and Nate Silver’s new FiveThirtyEight blog. Now, Gawker is looking to jump on the weather blogwagon by hiring a team of weather bloggers. In the last week of
by Warner Todd Huston6 Feb 2014, 5:47 PM PST0

This week The View featured several conservative women as guest hosts, something show co-host Whoopi Goldberg admitted was an attempt to boost ratings. The very notion that conservative women could generate interest flies in the face of the phony Republican
by Warner Todd Huston6 Feb 2014, 3:29 PM PST0

On February 3 comedian Jerry Seinfeld noted in an interview that comedians shouldn’t craft comedy solely through the lens of race, sexuality, or gender. Funny should be the goal, not agendas. But Gawker.com decided to turn Seinfeld into a racist,
by Warner Todd Huston6 Feb 2014, 12:13 PM PST0

Despite that the single fastest-growing TV audience in the USA is made up of Spanish-speaking viewers, CNN has shuttered CNN Latino, its Spanish-language news division. The Spanish-based news product was launched to great fanfare only about a year ago, with
by Warner Todd Huston5 Feb 2014, 10:24 PM PST0

On February 3, news emerged that the city of Chicago, now run by former Obama right-hand man Rahm Emanuel, is issuing $900 million in bonds, $100 million of which is going directly to pay off plaintiffs of lawsuits against the
by Warner Todd Huston5 Feb 2014, 9:43 PM PST0

The New York Times editorial board has decided that the elimination of 2.5 million full-time jobs due to Obamacare is a great thing for the country. The loss of all those jobs, the editorial board says, “is mostly a good
by Warner Todd Huston5 Feb 2014, 1:58 PM PST0

The Congressional Budget Office just put out a damning report that by some accounts finds that Obamacare will cost the country as many as two million jobs, but many in the mainstream media are looking to downplay the dire warnings.
by Warner Todd Huston5 Feb 2014, 10:17 AM PST0

As Time Inc. prepares to separate its publishing concern from the rest of the company, hundreds of layoffs at all levels of the corporation have been announced. The New York Post has reported that upwards of 500 of its 7,800
by Warner Todd Huston4 Feb 2014, 7:23 PM PST0