
According to the Los Angeles Times, California is the stingiest state in the country when it comes to food stamps. Only half of those who could be eligible actually take advantage of the program. This also means that the state
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2013, 8:00 AM PST0

Saudi Arabia is now openly backing the Egyptian military which runs the government, promising to make up whatever aid has been canceled from the West. The Saudis are joining other contributors who have pledged $12 billion to help the current Egyptian
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2013, 7:18 AM PST0

While some wish to deny that America is a predominantly Christian country, Buzzfeed’s religious map of the House of Representatives suggests otherwise. Of the 435 members of the House, there are 22 Jews, 2 Muslims, 2 Buddhists, 1 Hindu, (Tulsi Gabbard
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2013, 6:05 AM PST0

In an uncompromising and brilliant defense of American Judeo-Christian values, Rabbi Aryeh Spero’s book Push Back is a timely and powerful guide to the kind of force required to send the American pendulum back toward traditional American values. Spero, who
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2013, 5:56 AM PST0

While Egypt is burning, Syria is in chaos, and unemployment is rising in more than half of America’s states, the White House is joyfully reporting that Joe Biden will join Barack Obama for a “fun and informative” bus tour on
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2013, 5:34 AM PST0

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim member of the House of Representatives, said on Sunday he wants aid cut off to Egypt. He said: I would cut off aid but engage in intense diplomacy in Egypt and in the region
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2013, 5:30 AM PST0

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said on Monday that there is no bias against Israel in the United Nations. Last week in Jerusalem, Ban said, “Unfortunately because of the conflict, Israel has been weighed down by criticism and suffered from bias
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2013, 2:39 AM PST0

According to Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D-VT), the head of the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, the United States has covertly cut off direct military aid, delivery of weapons and some economic aid to the present Egyptian government in the
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2013, 2:38 AM PST0

To show the declining power of newspapers and the exponential power growth of the Internet, you only have to say “Craigslist.” A new study conducted by Robert Seamans, assistant professor of management and organizations at NYU, and Feng Zhu, of
by William Bigelow19 Aug 2013, 2:03 PM PST0

Forever 21 is taking some hits from customers after a leaked memo from the company to its employees detailed cuts in employee hours seemingly in response to Obamacare. In the memo, Carla Macias, associate director of human resources at the company,
by William Bigelow18 Aug 2013, 7:14 PM PST0

On Sunday’s Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer, acting as if America ought to view Al Qaeda and the Egyptian military as coequal, asked Sen. Lindsay Graham if the Egyptian military’s arrest of the brother of Al Qaeda leader Mohammed Al-Zawahiri would
by William Bigelow18 Aug 2013, 3:20 PM PST0

On CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) endorsed Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s new directives regarding sexual harassment in the military. Graham defended the proposals against charges that Hagel has not gone far enough, saying to host Bob Schieffer:
by William Bigelow18 Aug 2013, 12:10 PM PST0

According to a new Pew research poll, three times as many Americans think abortion is morally wrong as those who think it is morally acceptable. Of the 4,006 adults polled, 49% said abortion was immoral, while only 15% thought it
by William Bigelow16 Aug 2013, 7:15 AM PST0

A new film, Blue Caprice, details the 2002 Washington, D.C. area killing spree of Beltway snipers Lee Boyd Malvo, AKA John Lee Malvo, and his father figure John Allen Muhammad which killed ten people. The film, directed by first-time director
by William Bigelow16 Aug 2013, 5:22 AM PST0

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the next incarnation of a GOP frontrunning presidential candidate who is anything but hard-line on principle, told activists and GOP operatives at a Republican National Committee luncheon on Thursday that his “job was to win.” Christie
by William Bigelow15 Aug 2013, 6:45 PM PST0

Samuel Goldwyn Films now owns the rights to the documentary Anita, directed by Freida Mock, which documents the furor that erupted during the confirmation hearings for the nomination of Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court. It revolves around Anita Hill, who
by William Bigelow15 Aug 2013, 1:58 PM PST0

ABC is going to air an eight-hour miniseries that documents the history of homosexual political activism, written by a well-known gay activist. Dustin Lance Black, the writer and director of The Journey of Jared Price (2000) a same-sex romance, and Something
by William Bigelow15 Aug 2013, 10:36 AM PST0

In the summer of 2012, Oprah Winfrey, noting that her new television network was struggling, pulled back from her work as she realized she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Winfrey’s realization came when she was interviewing Jason
by William Bigelow15 Aug 2013, 10:23 AM PST0

The White House sensitivity program to educate the public not to make fun of the president continues. White House spokesman Josh Earnest, who hails from Missouri, commented on the recent incident in Missouri of a rodeo clown wearing a Barack
by William Bigelow15 Aug 2013, 8:17 AM PST0

Terrence Howard, one of the stars of Lee Daniels’ The Butler, has a history of violence toward women dating back more than a decade. Only this month his ex-wife Michelle Ghent filed a second restraining order against him. She alleges
by William Bigelow14 Aug 2013, 3:08 PM PST0

Ha’aretz, Israel’s leftist daily newspaper, is so desperate for attention that it decided to promote its new website with a racy video showing a couple in many different sexual positions while the male complains that things are getting boring. This
by William Bigelow14 Aug 2013, 3:25 AM PST0

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the Coptic Christian filmmaker whose film The Innocence of Muslims was falsely blamed by the Obama Administration as the catalyst for the 9/11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, told CNN’s Jake Tapper that the Obama Administration had acted
by William Bigelow14 Aug 2013, 3:13 AM PST0

A petition that called for politicians to live in the same gun-free zones that schoolchildren do was filed on the formal White House petitions website and received a classic Obama Administration turndown. It seemed reasonable to ask politicians if they
by William Bigelow14 Aug 2013, 3:03 AM PST0

The Obama Administration is constricting Israel by denying its legitimacy and endangering Israel’s security by allegedly losing missiles that could possibly wind up in the hands of Islamic terrorists. They are also cheering on Israel’s release of prisoners who have
by William Bigelow13 Aug 2013, 5:29 PM PST0

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has hired Mohamad (“Mo”) Elleithee, a prominent Hillary Clinton strategist, as its new communications director. In 2008, Elleithee was Clinton’s traveling campaign press secretary. DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz released a statement praising the move,
by William Bigelow13 Aug 2013, 4:06 PM PST0