(AP) MOSCOW–Footage of feminist rockers Pussy Riot’s irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s main cathedral last year has been banned in Russia and must be removed from the country’s Internet. Moscow City Court on Wednesday rejected band member
Australia on Friday joined three European nations in urging its citizens to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi due to a “specific, imminent threat to Westerners” linked to French action in Mali. The advice followed similar warnings from governments in
Jon Stewart’s continued mockery of Paul Krugman and the trillion-dollar coin has been the focus of much-deserved attention, but there was another part of yesterday’s Daily Show that was even more revealing: Stewart’s interview with Pink Floyd bass guitarist Roger
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syria’s Assad promises new violence in public speech Brookings Institute freaks out over ‘extremism’ and fiscal cliff India and Pakistan armies clash in Kashmir Syria’s Assad promises new violence in public speech Bashar al-Assad
Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post is supposed to be that outlet’s in-house conservative. But like David Brooks of the New York Times, she’s actually a liberal Republican posing as a conservative. After spending the better part of two years
Islamist Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan is planning to visit the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip next week, Turkey’s Today’s Zaman reports. According to Erdogan, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal invited him to visit. He’s always wanted to go, but in the
Once again, Sherrod Brown (D-OH) supporters intimidated a Josh Mandel (R-OH) supporter attempting to attend a Brown event, this time at the USW Union Hall in Findlay, OH. On Tuesday of this week, an Army veteran endured verbal abuse for
Over the last several years, the presence of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) operatives working inside the federal government advising our senior leaders has been definitively documented (see articles here , here and here). This penetration of our system is shocking and constitutes
While the story of Sean Kedzie, the son of Wisconsin State Senator Neal Kedzie, who was brutally beaten by thugs shouting support for President Obama, is spreading nationally, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel does not seem to think the story is
Though Mitt Romney adopted a more subdued style during the final debate in Florida, he was readily victorious over an incumbent president with a rather fragile ego who wouldn’t know clarity if it hit him over the head. How many
A California man arrested on child pornography charges has been linked to the foiled plot by a young Bangladeshi to blow up the New York Federal Reserve, the New York Times reported Friday. The Times said Howard Willie Carter II
Andrew Breitbart was never shy about his support of the Tea Party, speaking at numerous events and defending them from mainstream media allegations of racism and homophobia. In his book Righteous Indignation, he described them as “all sorts of people,
(AP) France boosts security at synagoguesBy ANGELA CHARLTONAssociated PressPARISFrance is boosting security at Jewish religious sites after blank bullets were fired on a synagogue west of Paris, and amid renewed concerns about anti-Semitism around the country. French President Francois Hollande
In what may be the first time a Muslim religious figure was removed from a campus position by a university administration, Boston’s Northeastern University told Imam Abdullah Faaruuq that his services as chaplain for Muslim students were “no longer needed.”
Speaking at a conference on the subject of international religious freedom, Cardinal Timothy Dolan described a “sense of urgency” in the world in light of recent events in Libya and Egypt that led to the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens
Today at noon, President Obama welcomed nine ambassadors from foreign nations to the Oval Office for a formal credentialing ceremony. At that ceremony, Obama accepted the credentials of ambassadors, granting them full ambassadorial rights in the United States. Among those
Few people are more qualified to talk about free speech than author Salman Rushdie. The release of his 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses” generated a fatwa for his death, forcing him to hire security and lead a protected existence for
A demonstrator was killed and 25 people hurt in clashes with police on Friday after an angry crowd of Islamists set fire to a KFC restaurant in northern Lebanon, a security source said. The crowd of some 300 people were
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi insinuated this week that Republicans want to restrict access to contraception just as they want to restrict the practice of abortion. “It’s really important to point out the extremism of Republicans,” Pelosi said. “They may have
When it comes to abortion, the corrupt media can’t stop talking about how the Republican Party platform is “extreme” on this issue. This was one of the narrative threads Obama’s Media Palace Guards were intent on keeping alive throughout last
President Clinton believed abortion should be “safe, rare; and legal.” But Clinton also believed in a work requirement in his welfare reform bill. President Obama apparently disagrees on both counts. After unilaterally allowing states to waive the central pillar of
If you care about Israel and you live in Ohio, the choice for Senator is clear. On the one hand there is Josh Mandel, the descendant of Holocaust survivors, who served two tours in Iraq (the second when he volunteered
It has been noted that Salon.com has been treading an increasingly anti-Israeli path and its recent announcement of a partnership with the controversial news site Mondoweiss.net seems another step down that road. On July 16, Mondoweiss announced on its website
When a bill outlawing sex-selection abortion was brought up in theHouse last week, ABC’s Jake Tapper asked White House spokesman JayCarney if the President had a position on the issue. Carney didn’t havean immediate answer but later a deputy press
The media insists on describing recent election results in Europe as a blow to “austerity,” when in fact Europe’s recent policies are anything but. Government spending has continued to rise across much of Europe, and even those countries that have
