According to the New York Post, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg went crazy last Thursday, hurling invective at the owner of a taxi fleet who approached him the day after a court ruled against Bloomberg’s plan to replace city cabs
Progressive Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank joined the chorus of journalistic outrage over the Obama Administration’s decision to spy on Fox News reporter James Rosen and to seize and comb Associated Press reporters’ phone records, writing that “the administration’s actions shatter
Jihad in America: The Grand Deception, a new film by Investigative Project on Terrorism Executive Director Steven Emerson, was honored this week as the best documentary at the 2013 International Beverly Hills Film Festival. A jury of entertainment industry professionals selected the film, which
Google and Verizon Wireless reportedly gave government officials reporters’ private email and phone records as part of the Department of Justice’s seizure of journalists’ communications. According to the New York Times, two reporters’ personal cellphone records “were provided to the
Internet companies are forcing a biased Palestinian narrative onto users. First, Yahoo artificially divided Jerusalem into Israeli and Palestinian sections. Then Google made headlines by creating a Palestinian state. Now Facebook is promoting “East Jerusalem.” The term “East Jerusalem” often
When asked on Friday to give details on an upcoming peace summit, State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki awkwardly tried to dodge announcing the location of the international meeting. Psaki was informed by members of the press that President Obama and
Yahoo Japan Corp. has said it suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its Yahoo! Japan portal. The information did not include passwords and the kind
(AP) Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of TumblrNEW YORKYahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition under CEO Marissa Mayer, as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the Internet company’s website. The technology news
This weekend, the NCAA Lacrosse Championship Tournament heats up with the quarterfinals at University of Maryland’s Byrd Field and Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Owing to the growth and dynamism of the sport, we’re now seeing a trending parity amongst
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 5/16: Infamous LulzSec Hackers Get Jail Time, viral video star ‘Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker’ arrested in connection with NJ killing, trolls attack Angelina Jolie over mastectomy, social media nabs prostitute
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 5/15: British LulzSec hackers await sentencing this week, police in China pursue blogger for White House petition, publisher threatens to sue blogger for $1billion, latest coach-student sexting scandal, ZPanel official
A White House press pool reporter challenged Spokesman Jay Carney on Tuesday about President Obama’s unprecedented prosecutions of leaks in his administration. The reporter asserted that the President has prosecuted double the number of leakers to the press than all
The pro-choice crowds have the microphones and the current administration, but Gallop’s annual Value and Belief poll proves once again the majority of Americans are pro-life. Gallup asked voters if they think abortion should be legal under any circumstances, legal
YouTube already stands alone as the web’s most famous distributor of video content. The site specializes in free clips supplemented by a modest lineup of pay-per-view material. Now, the site is getting deeper into the pay arena, launching a series
Breitbart News has learned of a broad-ranging, long-term property seizure scheme in Texas’ Tarrant County Regional Water District, in which District employees have abused eminent domain privileges, forced homeowners and businesses off their properties, and awarded no-bid contacts via secret
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT): “I mean, let’s look at the context of nullification. Nullification was last used by southern states to try to eviscerate Civil Rights legislation, to try to prevent states from basically enforcing desegregation — and I think
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A senior Israeli official accused Google on Monday of setting back Middle East peace hopes by putting the name “Palestine” under the banner of its search page for the Palestinian territories. (www.google.ps) Palestinians hailed Google’s move as
The U.S. government used the Pigford class action lawsuit to dole out billions of taxpayer dollars in settlements to aggrieved minority and women “farmers” who claimed “discrimination,” but farmers from one minority group–Asian Americans–have conspicuously not alleged “discrimination” in order to
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political advocacy group, Fwd.us, has enlisted heavyweights like Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Al Gore’s business partner, John Doerr, to help push for immigration reforms that will benefit the tech industry’s heavy reliance on foreign
In response to You Can Blog on It, Right?: Yes, absolutely. About half of everything I write these days is done on the Chromebook. It’s had no problem loading WordPress or any other blogging back-end I’ve encountered. It also handles
Since we’ve gotten a bit computer-geeky with a videogame trailer this afternoon, I thought I’d throw in a little review of the Chromebook, which I’ve had since March. It’s one of the best tools a writer could ask for. A
On Monday, USA Today reported that today’s college graduates are utterly incapable of performing basic interviews. They glance at their phones, they take text messages, or even pick up calls. They curse, they dress oddly – and worst of all,
While the left is frequently up in arms about the about the Koch brother’s money funding political and campaign projects, there is no shortage of big leftist corporate and foundation money floating around hot political issues. Both the Joyce Foundation
Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls legend and Charlotte Bobcats owner, got married this weekend in Jupiter, Florida for the second time to 35-year-old Yvette Prieto. The only usher Jordan saw during the NBA playoffs this weekend was Usher himself, who
