Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), who clashed frequently with the Department of Defense throughout the first term of President George W. Bush, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday and backed President Barack Obama’s nomination of former
(AP) Egypt court grants Mubarak appeal, orders retrialBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROA Cairo court on Sunday granted Hosni Mubarak’s appeal of his life sentence, ordering a retrial of the ousted Egyptian president convicted of failing to prevent the killing of hundreds
For the first time in the history of the NFL or AFL, a football game was played today that was tied after five consecutive quarters. The Ravens and Broncos were tied 14-14 after one quarter, 21-21 after the second, 28-28
It is difficult to tell which was the greater key to the 49ers triumph, the outstanding play of San Francisco or the pitiful performance of Green Bay. Colin Kaepernick will be rightly praised tomorrow. He showed poise and skill as
To win and keep their jobs, GMs and NFL Coaches need two things; a Defense that can stop opponents and a Quarterback with a high Total QBR. As great a person and Christian witness as Tim Tebow is, the fact
The two-time defending champion Alabama Crimson Tide lost 3 impact players from the squad to the NFL Draft on Friday (juniors Eddie Lacy, Dee Milliner, and D.J. Fluker). This is on top of the losses of 4 key starters on
On Wednesday, the Montpelier Exempted Village Schools Board of Education voted 5-0 to put guns on campus. Their move will allow custodians to undertake training and carry handguns on the K-12 school grounds in Williams county. It will be a
NFC Divisional Playoff Game Preview: Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers, Jan. 12, 2013 at 8:00pm EST on Fox. Why Watch Colin Kaepernick, of the San Francisco 49ers, and Aaron Rodgers, of the Green Bay Packers, are two quarterbacks
Salon’s Alex Seitz-Wald parses Brown University historian Omer Bartov to attack American gun rights advocates as being ignorant of history when it comes to Hitler and gun control: “Bartov added that this misreading of history is not only intellectually dishonest,
When I appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight to debate gun control on Thursday night, I came armed with a copy of the Constitution of the United States. I did so for a very simple reason: for too long, the left has
In September 2009, then 69-year old Mary Shepard and an 83-year old co-worker were at First Baptist Church in Anna, Illinois when a man broke in. At 6’3″ and 245 lbs, his past was littered with violence and multiple crimes.
After all the big talk about a red line for Syria concerning chemical weapons–talk which came from Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama–it appears the U.S. response to Basher al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons is inaction. More than
Malian government forces on Friday launched an offensive against Islamists who control the north of the country with backing from the French and other foreign military, military and political sources said. The attack was aimed at stemming advances made by
A 2005 Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling that received little attention when handed down, but which is extremely pertinent to today’s gun debate, found that police officers are not constitutionally bound to protect citizens. The case originated in
How bad is Chuck Hagel for the state of Israel? Al Jazeera is rejoicing in his nomination for Secretary of Defense. And who is leading the celebration in a piece written for their website called “Obama Defeats The Israeli Lobby”?
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is threatening a hold on the nomination of Obama Chief Counterterrorism Advisor John Brennan to serve as CIA Director until the administration comes clean on Benghazi. Yet there is another reason that Brennan’s confirmation must not
Top Democratic donor and green energy government loan recipient Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures has hired former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s consulting firm, RiceHadleyGates, to help its startup companies navigate political and regulatory hurdles. In October 2012, Mr.
“You come in here, brandish your little book as if I don’t know what’s in there–” “My little book? That’s the Constitution of the United States. It’s our founding document, Piers.” “I know what’s in your Constitution.” “Do you really?”
After the U.S. official in charge of European affairs said it was in the “American interest” for Britain to remain in the European Union, a British columnist wrote, “British policy on Europe is none of President Obama’s business,” and the
When Gov. Cuomo argued against guns with magazines that hold 10 rounds on Jan. 9, he tried to justify it by saying, “No one hunts with an assault rifle. No one needs 10 rounds to kill a deer.” Problem one:
Reverend Al Sharpton on the Tom Joyner Morning Show discussed the Chuck Hagel nomination…
A quote from former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) regarding the Pentagon is making the rounds as he tries to win converts to his side to support his nomination for Secretary of Defense. Speaking in 2011, Hagel said: The Defense Department,
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Wednesday he intends to oppose the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense. He feels the country “can and should do better” than the former Nebraska senator. In an op-ed in
The United States sought to assure Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday that it would remain committed to his country even as US officials weigh a major withdrawal of American forces. After an elaborate military ceremony for Karzai outside the
In a sign that Chuck Hagel’s nomination as Secretary of Defense may have been long anticipated, several prominent left-wing figures have emerged as supporters of a forthcoming biography of Hagel. The biography, Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward, by University of Nebraska journalism
