(AP) NJ tribe sues makers of film ‘Out of the Furnace’By SAMANTHA HENRYAssociated PressNEWARK, N.J.Members of the Ramapough Native American tribe have filed a $50 million lawsuit against the makers of a recent Hollywood movie they say depicts their people
Martin Scorsese never stops his new, three-hour film The Wolf of Wall Street to sermonize against the evils of capitalism. The Oscar-winning director is too good a storyteller to stumble into that ideological bear trap. Instead, he lets the life
Alan Turing is remembered for many things. He was a brilliant cryptographer, a genius logician/philosopher, and the father of the modern computer. He was also gay, and in 1952 Turing was convicted in Great Britain for the criminal offense of
Starting at 3:30pm Christmas Day, A&E will broadcast asuper marathon of 25 “Duck Dynasty” episodes. The marathon willrun until 4am. This will be the second “Duck Dynasty” marathon thenetwork has broadcast afterindefinitely suspending Phil Robertson, the series’ star, for the
On Dec. 23, I debated George Washington Law Prof. Jonathan Turley on NPR’s “On Point” regarding his court fight to legalize polygamy. This is a bigger issue for American society than it may seem at first, since it ultimately reflects two different
The Department of Homeland Security raided a Massachusetts strip club that was reportedly peddling counterfeit Red Sox and Patriots apparel for lap dances. According to the Boston Herald, “Employees at the Foxy Lady Brockton were wearing some of the knock-off
Questionably legitimate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro geared up last week to announce an officially plummeting crime rate in the deadly capital of Caracas. Suspiciously, that announcement coincided with a demand for an injunction to prevent a major newspaper from reporting on
(AP) NEW YORK–Paul Rudd has been cast as Ant-Man in Edgar Wright’s superhero film about a scientist who can shrink himself down to the size of an insect. Marvel Studios announced Rudd’s casting in the film “Ant-Man” on Thursday. The
(AP) Obama orders military to review sexual assaultBy NEDRA PICKLERAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is ordering a review of the military’s response to sexual assault in the armed forces. Obama says in a statement provided to The Associated Press that his
(AP) Jury: 2 men guilty of UK soldier murderBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDONA jury on Thursday convicted two British men who considered themselves “soldiers of Allah” of murdering a serviceman who was run down with a car and stabbed to death
American businessman Jacob Ostreicher is, according to reports, back in his native New York City thanks, in part, to an Oscar-winning actor known for embracing far-left politicians. Ostreicher had spent more than two years under arrest in Bolivia under suspicion of
Jeffrey Goldberg has an opinion piece in Bloomberg today which should be required reading for gun control advocates. Goldberg makes five points about why the Newtown tragedy did not become the inflection point that many gun control advocates hoped it
As a corollary to my earlier post about crime in South Africa, it is only proper to point out another element of the South African national character that coexists, both tragically and ironically, alongside this society’s more violent tendencies: extraordinary
NOTICIAS TELEMUNDO: “If somebody is in the United States without sufficient documentation, that is not reason for deportation”, said the House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in an exclusive interview with Telemundo’s Washington correspondent Lori Montenegro…
(AP) Fla. man gets 6 years in NY Facebook share caseBy LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated PressNEW YORKA 71-year-old Florida investment adviser and onetime Oregon gubernatorial candidate cried as he apologized Monday before being sentenced to six years in prison in a $13
(AP) Relative: Mandela signer in group that burned menBy TENDAI MUSIYA and ALAN CLENDENNINGAssociated PressJOHANNESBURGThe bogus sign language interpreter at last week’s Nelson Mandela memorial service was among a group of people who accosted two men found with a stolen
The CBS drama Hawaii Five-0 has often been criticized by this writer for its left-wing writing and “jumping the shark” in its storytelling. But Friday the episode Ho’onani Makuakane (Honor Thy Father) took a 180-degree turn into a great production. Spoilers ahead
Police say the 18-year old who wounded one student, then killed himself at a Colorado high school on December 13th purchased his gun “legally” at “a Denver-area gun store.” According to ABC News, Karl Halverson Pierson walked into Arapahoe High
Whitechapel is on the outskirts of London, but it is an area where Muslims enforce Sharia law without any interference from British officials. On Saturday, they took it a step further and told shop owners in the area they will
Recognizing that Congress has zero interest in passing more gun control, Obama used his weekly radio address to reflect on the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary and encourage communities and community-level gun control activists to rally behind the cause.
In a game-changer for the legal fight over same-sex marriage that gives credence to opponents’ “slippery slope” arguments, a federal judge has now ruled that the legal reasoning for same-sex marriage means that laws against polygamy are likewise unconstitutional. In
While we’re talking about the Arapahoe High School shooting and those who would politicize the crime, isn’t this pretty much the worst-case scenario for gun control extremists? The shooter employed a shotgun, the preferred weapon of Vice President Joe Biden,
A recently released Reason-Rupe Poll shows that mental health treatment, better parenting, and armed guards at schools trumps more gun control with the majority of Americans. Published by Reason.com, the poll asked what could have prevented the crime at Sandy
The editor of the Cape Times, the leading English-language morning paper in the South African coastal city of Cape Town, has been fired after declining to lead last Friday’s coverage with the story of the death of Nelson Mandela, the
On Wednesday, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, angrily telling her that HHS’ attempts to block contractors from giving information to Congress on Obamacare was a violation of
