Nelson Mandela’s illness has brought the South African icon back into the news, and conservatives have begun to debate his legacy. Mandela was a leftist whose African National Congress (ANC) built ties to the Soviet Union during the struggle against
NBC News’s David Gregory asked Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who first covered the NSA leaker Edward Snowden, if he should face criminal prosecution for aiding and abetting the whistleblower. FLASHBACK: Gregory says that the Founding Fathers wouldn’t have stood for
NBC host David Gregory of Meet the Press attacked Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian (UK) on Sunday morning over Greenwald’s reports on Edward Snowden’s National Security Agency surveillance leaks. “To the extent that you have aided and abetted Snowden,” Gregory
In response to The course of evil: Fascinating insights into “Breaking Bad,” John. Something else I find interesting about Walter White is that he is actually closer to a character Bill O’Reilly might be right to worry about (though I
In response to Disagreeing with Bill O’Reilly About Tony Soprano Being Bad for America: Brilliant piece, John. Anti-heroes are all the rage these days. The really good ones are written to inspire the sort of reflection you offered about Tony
During his “Personal Segment” on “The Factor” Thursday night, Bill O’Reilly said that he believed James Gandolfini did too good of a job humanizing Tony Soprano; that this was bad for our country and culture. In O’Reilly’s opinion, the ideal
Chicago police are gearing up for a spike in violent crime, as summer officially arrives. “Police Supt. Garry McCarthy acknowledged, in summer months, both shootings and murders usually spike.” At least six people were shot since yesterday afternoon, two were
WGNO: You know better than to mess with people in Louisiana and our Second Amendment! Governor Bobby Jindal just signed a controversial gun bill that’s getting applause in gun country. The new law will make it a crime for journalists
New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is likely to be arrested in connection with an alleged murder of a 27-year-old Boston man less than a mile away from his home. A Boston.com sports producer said on Thursday he was hearing
By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKJames Gandolfini left behind numerous projects in various states of development, including two films that have already completed production. The 51-year-old actor, who died Wednesday, had been busy, appearing in a flurry of late 2012
Aaron Hernandez, the New England Patriots tight end who investigators reportedly said was “directly linked” to a murder of a 27-year-old man, reportedly was involved in a shooting incident while he attended Florida in 2007. Reports indicate Hernandez was questioned
Although Mayor Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) has apologized for listing Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev as a victim of gun violence at their Concord, NH rally on June 18, it is now apparent that the “list of names” was pregnant with
New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is believed to be “directly tied” to and has reportedly not been ruled out as a suspect in a murder of a 27-year-old man less than a mile from his home. Ted Daniel
As cities across the U.S. face police shortages and violent crime rebounds, some communities have begun to police themselves through other means. One such watch group was created in a neighborhood in Milwaukee, Oregon and calls itself a “Glock Block.”KOIN News reports: “We’re starting
(AP) Serena Williams sorry after rape case commentsBy The Associated PressSerena Williams says she’s reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying “she
In the aftermath of the crime at a Colorado movie theater where 12 people were murdered, the Colorado State legislature quickly moved to adopt stricter gun laws and Senate President John Morse led that effort. But now, after his anti-gun
Scant evidence exists that the favored liberal gun control measures have any impact on crime whatsoever. And, when you think about it, why should they, as the guns liberals want to control are virtually all owned by law-abiding, non-criminal members
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns that the Internal Revenue Service should do more to warn taxpayers that they could have some tax liability over their holdings in Internet-based “virtual currencies” like Linden Dollars or Bitcoins.
(AP) LOS ANGELES–Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren’t life-threatening. Lt. Craig Valenzuela says Bieber’s car collided with the person at 11:45
After a Father’s Day weekend bloodbath in which 46 people were shot and eight were killed, including one by a police officer, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy have little to show for their claims of reduced
British prosecutors are expected to file criminal charges against UBS AG and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes for allegedly attempting to rig the all-important Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate), reports the Wall Street Journal. The Libor is a benchmark interest rate
The current issue of the New York Review of Books carries a column in which David Cole argues that the passage of new gun control is difficult because of pro-gun hyperbole and because Americans inexplicably take terrorism more seriously that gun violence.
As left-of-center voices call for even less border security, a chilling report from U.S. law enforcement reveals an alleged Mexican cartel member claims he killed 30 individuals on U.S. soil. The confessed killer, Jose Manuel Martinez, is originally from Mexico but
(AFP) – Ecuador slashed the private sector’s share of radio and television frequencies Friday and restricted content, the culmination of a battle between the president and media he accuses of undermining him. Leftist President Correa has long had tense relations
Matt Boyle has a video of heartbreaking testimony from a Los Angeles man whose 17-year-old son was murdered on his front lawn by an illegal alien gang member in 2008. The slain youth’s mother was serving in Iraq at the
