The hotel industry, desirous of holding back the tide that calls for raising the minimum wage, says it plans to fight state-by-state. The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), which includes hotel chains such as Best Western International, Hilton Worldwide,
A Pew poll conducted January 15-19 indicated that a twenty-two-point differential exists between the majority of respondents who believe that the Democratic Party is more concerned with their needs and the minority who favor Republicans. 54% of those surveyed found
A new Marquette Law School poll conducted between January 20-23 shows incumbent Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker leading his Democratic opponent Mary Burke 47% to 41% among registered voters. Even better news for Walker is the poll’s revelation that 54% of
Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) is determined to counter the Obama Administration’s efforts to sweep the massacre at the U.S. consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya under the rug. Bridenstine announced Monday that his personal guest at Tuesday’s State of the Union
Michelle Obama’s 50th birthday party took place at the White House Saturday night and, as usual, was a star-studded affair. Beyoncé performed for her, and Jennifer Hudson was also scheduled to perform. But the party was quite a secret; as reported, “The
In a rare case of the left criticizing the left, The Huffington Post slammed Saturday Night Live for its apparent racist history, noting the lack of diversity in the show’s staff in a piece titled “SNL’s Unfunny Race Problem.” Above
Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal that the disease endemic to Washington ravaging the country is selfishness. With slightly hyperbolic rhetorical flair, she calls politicians “the locus of selfishness in the modern world.” Noonan states succinctly, “Chris Christie’s
Washington D.C. residents are dissatisfied with their schools and their mayor, Vincent C. Gray. A new Washington Post poll of D.C. residents shows 51% of those polled rate the schools’ performance as “not good” or “fair,” while only 38% believe
On Wednesday, a 31-year-old nun who originally came from El Salvador gave birth to a son in the Italian city of Rieti, and said after she was rushed to the hospital with what she thought were stomach cramps that she
Hiroo Onoda, an Imperial Japanese Army officer who stayed at his post in the Philippines for 29 years after World War II ended because he would not believe the war was over, died at the age of 91 in Tokyo
On MSNBC Wednesday, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, regarded as a rising star by the Democratic Party, compared the status of illegal immigrants in America to that of black slaves before the Civil War. Castro, the keynote speaker at the
The Yale Project on Climate Change Communication has grudgingly acknowledged that a November 2013 poll found that the number of Americans who think global warming is a myth has climbed to 23%, up seven percentage points since April 2013. The
The number of Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) receiving food stamps zoomed from 1.7 million to 3.9 million between Fiscal Year 2007 and Fiscal Year 2010. In that same period, food stamp recipients in total grew from 26 million to nearly
The Obama Administration is under suspicion for allegedly helping to smuggle children of illegal immigrants across the United States border. Fox News reports that Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) wrote a letter to new Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson questioning the policy.
In March, the Latino population in California will overtake the white population, according to a report in Gov. Jerry Brown‘s 2014-15 budget proposal. The date was pushed back from the initial date that was supposed to be seven months before
It’s a heavyweight fight between the Agriculture Department and Congress over a major dietary issue: white potatoes. The Agriculture Department, advised by the Institute of Medicine, wants to prevent participants in the federal Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program from
Hollywood, replete with those whose leftism fuels their anger toward Israel, has honored the Palestinian film Omar with a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination. The director, Hany Abu-Assad, previously helmed Paradise Now. That film, about two would-be suicide bombers, garnered a
The stolid image of the U.S. Postal Service is being tainted by stories of employees’ private misconduct. Last year, the USPS inspector general investigated numerous assault cases within the agency, which the Washington Examiner discovered using the Freedom of Information
Embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is getting strong support from some other GOP governors after he was tarnished by his recent scandal. That scandal erupted after revelations that Christie’s aides and appointees allegedly caused a traffic backup in the
A new NBC News/Marist poll shows that Hillary Clinton has remained essentially stationary in a head-to head battle with Chris Christie since the Christie scandal broke, but Christie has plunged downward. Last month Clinton garnered 48% of voters; this month
According to her family’s attorneys, on December 18 a first-grader in Temecula, California, was prevented from finishing her speech that was part of a class presentation about Christmas because she openly talked about Jesus Christ as the Savior. Brynn Williams
Plymouth Rock, the archetypal symbol of the Pilgrims’ arrival in America, was defaced earlier this week with the word “LIES” spray-painted on it. The perpetrators also wrote an obscene figure, the phrase “For a drug filled world” and what appeared
A 2008 New York Times article contradicts claims from Hillary Clinton’s camp that she does not have an enemies’ list. The Times reported that three Clinton associates and campaign officials claimed that Doug Band, “chief gatekeeper to former President Bill Clinton,” kept a
A new Organizing for Action fundraising release shows how it is fundraising by citing the attacks conservatives have made on the polar-vortex argument for global warming. The release reads: When record-low temperatures swept across the country last week, we heard from
The Russian government has banned David Satter, an American journalist, from Russia. He is the first American journalist banned since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. His expulsion was confirmed on Monday by Radio Free Europe’s president, who said no reason
