Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said in 1993, one month before he retired, “I don’t want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.” Powell is now getting $100,000- 200,000 a speech, and has decided to speak out once again. This
Bill Clinton threw a star-studded fundraising party in England, and the guests, who were charged up to £1,000 for a ticket, hated it. With celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, Joan Collins, supermodel Lily Cole, Princess Beatrice and will.i.am. as bait, Clinton’s party benefiting his
A public elementary school in upper Manhattan is requiring its students to learn Arabic. The reason given for this decision, according to Nicky Kram Rosen, principal of PS 368, is that the school can get International Baccalaureate Standing more easily. In September,
Witnesses who have given evidence that could prove harmful to George Zimmerman, the community watch security guard who shot Trayvon Martin on February 26, apparently changed their stories after the frenzy of media coverage following the event. In a blatant example of
Investigators are starting to inquire whether insiders on Wall Street may have had access to information that warned them to avoid investing in Facebook when the company went public. Morgan Stanley, which was a key player in encouraging the company’s IPO, may
Dr. Shakil Afridi was convicted of treason in Pakistan on Wednesday for helping the United States find Osama Bin Laden. In the kind of double game that has been characteristic of the Obama era, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called
The British-Irish boy band “The Wanted” stiffed a Chicago-area high school by canceling two hours before the event, claiming illness, then playing a concert at a major arena the same evening. Conant High School in Hoffman Estates had scheduled the
A Tennessee couple has been charged with child neglect for encouraging their 15-year-old daughter to have a sexual relationship with a 21-year-old man who moved into their house six months ago. Bryan and Donna Smith face a misdemeanor charge of
Mark Steyn’s column over the weekend discussed Breitbart News’ release of a 1991 booklet from Acton & Dystel, Barack Obama’s literary agency, which contained a bio of Obama labeling him “born in Kenya.” Steyn analyzes the story: When it comes
Trayvon Martin’s real actions prior to being shot are finally being revealed. According to Sanford Police Department reports released today, a witness interviewed 90 minutes after the shooting testified that he saw Martin straddling George Zimmerman on the ground and
The European Union has been asked to intervene in order to stop the Palestinian Authority from executing a man who sold the Bait HaMachpela (House of the Patriarchs) to Jewish families in Hebron. The chairman of the EU Committee for
NPR, the mouthpiece for all liberal causes, is now going the way of Greece. The taxpayer-supported network has a deficit that has reached $2.6 million, and there is concern that it may not survive. NPR president Gary Knell said: “NPR
A billionaire whose family owns the Chicago Cubs is considering a proposal to help fund a strongly provocative campaign against Barack Obama. Joe Ricketts, the founder of the brokerage firm TD Ameritrade, may get behind a group of high-profile Republican
In another sign that the financial crisis in Europe is worsening, Bankia, Spain’s fourth biggest bank, which was formed in 2010 through a merger of seven regional savings institutions, is suffering from a recent run on the bank of l
Sean King, an eight-year-old second grader at Meridian Ranch Elementary School in Colorado Springs was pulled out of class by the principal for painting his face black when he dressed up as Martin Luther King, Jr. for wax museum day.
Remember Steve Martin’s old joke about how to have a million dollars and not pay taxes? First, he said, get a million dollars. Donnell Battie has found a way to do just that. Battie, from Winslow, New Jersey, is suing
Edward Klein’s new book The Amateur apparently mischaracterizes Barack Obama’s record on abortion. In the book, Klein states that Obama twice voted against a law banning late-term partial birth abortions; Jill Stanek points out that the bill Obama actually voted
The commencement speaker this June at the largest Catholic university believes that Christianity is the most dangerous of devotions and that the earth would benefit from the extinction of man. De Paul University, in Chicago, is hosting E.O. Wilson, a
According to the new book, The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, by Edward Klein, Michelle Obama was so angry in 2000 that her husband had run for a House seat and failed miserably that she prepared divorce papers
The Green Party has a candidate running for its presidential slot who embodies the elite, intelligent image the party likes to cultivate – Roseanne Barr. Stop laughing. Roseanne doesn’t want you to laugh. Although punk pioneer and previous Green Oval
Yes, the federal government wants to control everything — including the lunches schoolchildren eat. Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) has proposed legislation titled The SLICE Act (School Lunch Improvements for Children’s Education) that would allow the federal government the power to
College students are being played for suckers by the Democratic Party again. Barack Obama’s 2013 budget indicates that the interest rate on federally backed student loans will jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent in the summer of 2013. This
Ryan Murphy, the co-creator of Fox’s “Glee,” is hosting a $25,000 per person fundraiser for President Barack Obama on June 6 at his home in Beverly Hills. Murphy, who is openly gay and lives with his partner, is also the
In a scene right out of Hollywood, a husband estranged from his wife is seeking to take her political seat away by running against her. Michelle Schimel, a state assemblymen from Great Neck, N.Y., is being challenged by her husband,
Even liberals are getting tired of mindless leftism. In this week’s episode of Family Guy, the show lampooned the Tea Party. And Carter Dotson, writing in TVFanatic.com, wasn’t buying it: “And, really, I think the characterization of Tea Party supporters
