In a reversal of greenism, Michael Bloomberg’s New York Metropolitan Transit Agency is giving up on hybrid transportation. Mayor Bloomberg has for years been a champion of every new chic idea that comes down the pike. He’s tried to cajole
Science is always pushing the envelope to see what it can create, but babies with three parents? That is what a recent report out of Britain claims. Soon babies with the DNA of one man and the donor eggs of
In the last week of June, the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) handed down two important decisions, one striking down part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and one striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), leading to
Barack Obama has been reaching out to all sorts of non-government partners in a renewed effort to push his Obamacare law. The President’s latest Obamacare-pushing partner will be the famed women’s magazine, Cosmopolitan. In its fall issues, Cosmo will begin
The Department of Justice has summarily removed federal funding from two Louisiana youth programs because a local official refused to sign a pledge stating he would require the programs to ban mentions of God. Julian Whittington, the sheriff of Bossier
The cover for the July issue of The New Yorker celebrates the end of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the nullification of California’s one-man-one-woman marriage amendment. It is a portrait of Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie in
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently informed the nation that July Fourth isn’t just for fireworks and independence any more. It is also the day we should “celebrate” Obamacare. Sure July Fourth is traditionally celebrated as the day we declared independence
The news departments at the Big Three TV networks have done 92 new stories on the global warming debate recently, but not one of them informed viewers that there has been a decade-long lull in rising temperatures. A new Media
In a June 24 report for NBC’s Rock Center, video for a story was deceptively edited and misleading voice overs added to quotes from an Hasidic Rabbi that made it seem as if the Rabbi was insisting that allegations of
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the Faith & Freedom Coalition released a statement pledging its renewed effort to attempt to get Congress to address the issue on a federal
In a new interview, rapper Kanye West revealed just what made him write “I am God” for his latest album, Yeezus. It was, the singer tells W magazine, a “major diss.” Not one from another rapper, but one from a
Greg Sargent of The Washington Post has decided that any worries over the IRS intimidation tactics are nothing but “fever swamp” nonsense. In his June 21 post at The Plum Line, Sargent has declared the IRS scandal over. In fact,
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-Second Amendment group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, has lost another member, this time the mayor of Rockford, Illinois–the state’s third largest city. At a townhall-styled appearance on June 22 in nearby Loves Park, Illinois, Rockford
Devious Maids, the new TV series produced by and starring actress Eva Longoria, is being criticized as demeaning to Hispanics and for stereotyping Latino women as domestic help. When commercials started playing advertising the new Lifetime Network drama/comedy about five
Former domestic terrorist and liberal educator Bill Ayers may think Obama is a charming and likable but still wants him tried for war crimes. Ayers cited the president’s drone program and military campaigns in Afghanistan and other places. In a
Pew Polling firm has found an interesting change in the way President Obama is being described, with the use of words like “incompetent” and “liar” on the rise. The latest Pew poll finds that one-word impressions of Obama are turning
Politico’s coverage of the Tea Party protesters in Washington, DC Wednesday was not so much about the rally itself but how it affected the “bipartisan approach” to the House investigation into the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups. Author Kesley Snell
Alice Walker is best known for writing The Color Purple, a book on the African-American experience that spawned an award-winning film starring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg. Walker is also well known as a fierce critic of Israel, and in her
Lyndon LaRouche and his followers have never been welcomed into the Tea Party movement but his followers shadow nearly every Washington-based protest that occurs, whether left, center, or right. But in its coverage of Wednesday’s D.C.-based IRS rallies, U.S. News
While covering the immigration rally in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Breitbart News correspondent Matthew Boyle attempted to ask a question of the officials in attendance. However, after announcing himself as a member of the Breitbart staff, the Tea Party crowd
In a new editorial, the folks at National Review came out strongly against the immigration plan being sponsored by the “Gang of Eight,” a group of Senators that includes Marco Rubio (R-FL), calling the bill “Rubio’s Folly.” National Review urges Senator Rubio
CNN’s redoubtable Jake Tapper announced he will make his debut as a soap opera actor on the newly minted webseries All My Children. On the August 19 episode of the soap, the host of CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper will portray
In the aftermath of the crime at a Colorado movie theater where 12 people were murdered, the Colorado State legislature quickly moved to adopt stricter gun laws and Senate President John Morse led that effort. But now, after his anti-gun
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns that the Internal Revenue Service should do more to warn taxpayers that they could have some tax liability over their holdings in Internet-based “virtual currencies” like Linden Dollars or Bitcoins.
