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'McCarthyism' by the Numbers

'McCarthyism' by the Numbers

The orchestrated attack on Diana West’s important book, American Betrayal, has been brutal and unseemly, but in one respect at least it has served a useful purpose. This lone positive angle–counter-intuitive at first glance–is that her iconoclastic Cold War history

Afghanistan president Karzai ramps up anti-American rhetoric

How does this look for President Obama? Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is the consummate politician and even though he cannot run again for the presidency he looks at his political and personal survival post-presidency. Likely there’s an element of payback

Suicide Car Bomb Attack Kills U.S. Soldier in Southern Afghanistan

Suicide Car Bomb Attack Kills U.S. Soldier in Southern Afghanistan

A U.S. soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan on Monday following a suicide car bomb attack by terrorists.   The U.S./NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reported today that one of its service members “died following a coordinated suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive

The $128 Trillion Rip-Off

The $128 Trillion Rip-Off

The biggest theft in world history is occurring right here, right now–literally, right under our feet. It’s a theft of wealth that measures in the 15-digits–wealth that’s being taken away from its rightful owners, the American people, and being sacrificed, in

Richard Sherman Frightens Erin Andrews

Richard Sherman Frightens Erin Andrews

What do you do for an encore when you single-handedly–was it his right or left hand that tipped Colin Kaepernick’s pass?–send your team to the Super Bowl? If you’re Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, you taunt the losing team’s players

Seahawks to Super Bowl After Rallying Past 49ers

Seahawks to Super Bowl After Rallying Past 49ers

SEATTLE (AP) The Seattle Seahawks are bringing their game-changing defense and the 12th Man to the Big Apple for the Super Bowl. Seattle’s top-ranked defense forced three fourth-quarter turnovers, and Russell Wilson threw a 35-yard touchdown pass on fourth down

10 Things to Look for on Championship Sunday

10 Things to Look for on Championship Sunday

In what may be a Championship Sunday in the NFL that shatters ratings, the four best NFL teams–and four of the league’s most dynamic, best, and marketable quarterbacks–will take the field with a trip to the Super Bowl on the

Bloomberg to Travel to D.C. to Lobby for Amnesty

Bloomberg to Travel to D.C. to Lobby for Amnesty

After devoting most of 2013 to pushing for more gun control, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will start 2014 by lobbying for amnesty when he travels to Washington next Friday. He’s set to pressure House Republicans to ram immigration

Florida Universities Change Policies to Allow Guns on Campus

Florida Universities Change Policies to Allow Guns on Campus

Florida universities have begun complying with the First District Court of Appeals’ ruling that “state universities cannot bar students from storing guns in their cars while on campus.” On December 11th, CBS Miami reported that the 15-member court ruled 12 to 3

Daughter: Ohio Execution Most Awful Moment of Life

Daughter: Ohio Execution Most Awful Moment of Life

(AP) Daughter: Ohio execution most awful moment of lifeBy KANTELE FRANKO and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSAssociated PressDAYTON, OhioThe execution of an Ohio inmate who gasped and took an unusually long time to die was “torture,” the man’s daughter said Friday in announcing

Shot Show: State of The Industry Address (VIDEO)

Remarks by Steve Sanetti, National Shooting Sports  Foundation (NSSF) President and CEO, at the State of the Industry Dinner at SHOT Show on Tuesday, Jan. 14: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. A year ago, we met in the shadow of

Afghanistan IG: Opium 'Crisis' a U.S. 'National Security Concern'

Afghanistan IG: Opium 'Crisis' a U.S. 'National Security Concern'

The U.S. inspector general for spending in Afghanistan told the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control that Afghanistan’s opium “crisis” is a U.S. national security concern because it destabilizes the country’s economy and it nourishes insurgent groups like the Taliban.