Hundreds of thousands of people showed up at City Hall Park in New York City Monday for the “Million Big Gulp March” to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposition to ban super-sized sugary drinks. Not. Actually there were only two dozen
After the pressure that was applied to John Roberts of the Supreme Court to vote for Obamacare, is there any doubt that any judge can be intimidated? Here’s a test case. A Scranton, Pennsylvania judge has ordered Scranton to pay
Well, Katie Holmes has gone back to Catholicism — sort of. Having divorced Tom Cruise while leaving Scientology behind, Holmes registered as a parishioner at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in New York City. Returning to Catholicism is certainly
Late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, in Richmond, Virginia, a bus the Romney campaign was using for events had its alternator belt cut. Romney was not on the bus himself. The bus was parked outside a gun show at
In July 2011, Esquire magazine ran a hero-worship article about Barack Obama titled, “How can we not love Obama.” Apparently Esquire and the left are starting to figure out how. A new piece in Esquire attacks Obama for his summary
The worst outbreak of tuberculosis in Florida in 20 years was kept hidden from the public for months. In early February, Duval County Health Department officials were so worried about the surge in the number of cases that they asked the U.S. Centers
Representative Carlos Henriquez of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the son of Sandra B. Henriquez, the assistant secretary for public and Indian housing in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development under Barack Obama, has been arrested for domestic assault and
Benjamin Jealous, the race-baiting head of the NAACP, tried to follow the Obama administration’s lead and cry racism at every opportunity at the NAACP convention, comparing the NAACP’s “fight” against voter ID laws that have been passed in several states to the
The Washington Monument, which has been closed to visitors since the August 23, 2011 5.8 earthquake centered 38 mi northwest of Richmond, Virginia, will require huge scaffolding around it during repairs and may be closed until 2014. The earthquake was the largest to have
According to an Iranian position paper, Iran’s protestations that it doesn’t seek nuclear weapons capability are a lie. The paper, which was used by Iran’s negotiators at Iran’s technical-level talks with the P5+1 powers in Istanbul, clearly indicates Iran’s intentions to
Before I list these painful scores, let me clarify what I mean by “painful.” What I mean is “excruciating.” Bad scores are a dime a dozen, especially since the advent of the pop music score, which quite often replaced an
On Sunday the Knesset in Israel approved a historic measure; it adopted the recommendations of the Plesner report that approved enlisting members of the Haredi community in the army. The vote followed a march by 35,000 Israelis Saturday night in
Google has now decided to put its enormous global presence at the service of the gay community. On July 7, it is launching a worldwide campaign called “Legalize Love” that is aimed at countries that haven’t legalized same-sex marriage. And
Mr. Truth-in-Reporting David Axelrod has now compared Mitt Romney to former President Richard Nixon, claiming: “This is the most secretive candidate since Richard Nixon. What happened after Nixon is we as a country said we need a higher level of
On Friday, Barack Obama signed legislation that kept transportation workers employed by spending more than $100 billion of our money over the next two years. The legislation also kept the 3.4% rate on federal loans instead of letting it double
Who’s the worst outsourcer in today’s presidential race? It isn’t Mitt Romney – it’s Barack Obama. Obama’s second largest fundraiser is John Rogers, the CEO of investment giant Ariel Capital Management. He has raised more than $1.5 million for Obama’s reelection
Yesterday the United Nations called for a tax on billionaires in order to help raise more than $400 billion a year for poor countries. The annual World Economic and Social Survey says cash that has been pledged is drying up
On Thursday in Ohio, Barack Obama told a crowd of automobile manufacturing workers that the health-care debate is over, saying, “The law I passed is here to stay.” Later, at another rally, he asserted that the opposition fighting the bill
Mitt Romney may not have been the candidate that some Republicans wanted, but it doesn’t matter; they are coalescing behind him financially in staggering numbers. Rick Wiley, the Republicans’ national political director, acknowledged that the Romney campaign raised over $100
If there was hope for reconciliation between opposition forces in Syria and the Bashar al-Assad regime, it is fading fast. Major General Manaf Tlas, ostensibly the one person who could have bridged the gap, has fled to Turkey, saying the
Morgan Freeman, Oscar-winning actor, statesman and recipient of the Lincoln Medal of Honor, which is given to honor someone who embodies the values of Abraham Lincoln, has now pontificated that Barack Obama is not America’s first black president because his
Indio, California, which for 13 years has hosted the famous Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival, where The Pixies, Pulp, Rage Against the Machine and Pavement all hosted their reunion shows, may lose the festival because the city asked
How can you tell employers are slowly being weeded out in the Obama economy? Here’s one way: since 2008, fewer and fewer Americans are being insured by their employers. This data was released by a new Gallup poll released today.
We are shocked, shocked that the results of Mexico’s presidential election may have been tainted by corruption. Enrique Peña Nieto, the leader of the iron-fisted Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which was in bed with the drug cartels and ruled Mexico
A wealthy Hispanic executive who makes a fortune dealing with the Hispanic market is on the march to eradicate the term “illegal immigrant.” Charles Patrick Garcia, writing on the CNN website, lauds the U.S. Supreme Court for eschewing the use
