In an otherwise excellent piece for the Trending Central website, my good friend and colleague Alex Wickham states that had the UK Conservative Party “swallowed their pride” in 2012 and allowed for democratic reforms of Britain’s upper chamber to pass,
Executives at Coca Cola thought it was a good idea to run a 60 second Super Bowl ad featuring children singing “America the Beautiful” – a deeply Christian patriotic anthem whose theme is unity – in several foreign languages. The
A small pro-life group in Waco, Texas, that plans to boycott Girl Scout cookies to protest the girls’ organization’s ties to Planned Parenthood and abortion has been joined by other national pro-life groups. John Pisciotta, head of Pro-Life Waco, has
During the morning before the 2014 State of the Union address, White House Counselor John Podesta fired up the Democrat faithful with visions of a passionate President Obama about to declare rule by executive orders to vanquish his obstructionist Republican
MILWAUKEE (AP)–A 300-year-old “priceless” Stradivarius violin was stolen from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster during an armed robbery after a performance at a local Lutheran college, police said Tuesday. The rare violin was on loan to concertmaster Frank Almond. The
With President Obama vowing to make 2014 a “year of action” by executive fiat, top conservatives are sounding the alarm. Obama “has acted like the playground bully who when he can’t have everything he wants, he decides to take his
As National School Choice Week (NSCW) gets underway, supporters of education freedom for parents and their children are facing opposition from both the Obama administration and the new Common Core State Standards that could eventually force all students in America
The Founding Fathers built this country with the Roman Republic’s model in mind and were even more concerned about what caused its fall than how it rose to prominence. Rob Goodman, author of a new Cato the Younger biography, Rome’s
Women’s Health Rapid Response Fund accused Republicans of embracing a “revolting anti-choice agenda” for supporting pro-life candidates and organizations. The media and fundraising apparatus of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is making the most of the 41st anniversary of “Roe
An older fellow named Alan Keck attended Wednesday’s March for Life in Atlanta, equipped with a Confederate flag, a pro-secession sign, and some impressive facial hair. Judging by the Associated Press’s images from that event, this guy was a bigger
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina–At the South Carolina Tea Party Convention here on Sunday morning, leading Tea Party conservative Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) said foundational changes to D.C. politics will be needed to achieve a conservative agenda. “We must change the incentive structure
Chloe Kim would be one of the USA’s best medal hopes in Sochi if it wasn’t for one problem — at 13 she is not eligible to compete in the Winter Olympics. With just weeks to go before the Sochi
The number of Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) receiving food stamps zoomed from 1.7 million to 3.9 million between Fiscal Year 2007 and Fiscal Year 2010. In that same period, food stamp recipients in total grew from 26 million to nearly
Local and national Tea Party groups joined Heritage Action and the Club for Growth on Tuesday in blasting the bipartisan $1.1 trillion Omnibus budget deal that was introduced in the House of Representatives late Monday night and could be scheduled for
The much-hyped bipartisan Ryan-Murray budget “deal” struck late last year increases the national debt $6.4 trillion over the next ten years. It does nothing to change the trajectory of our growing debt at a time when it is among the
The omnibus spending bill that completes the budget deal Congress passed late last year has not a sliver of cuts for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) or the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Heritage Foundation reports.
NEMO firearms debuted their first .300 Win Mag AR–the Omen–at the 2013 SHOT Show. This year they debuted the followup–a .300 Win Mag AR with a 24 inch barrel, aptly called the Watchman. Breitbart News spoke with NEMO C.O.O. Kirk
On Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), in a speech at the Heritage Foundation said that “It might be the biggest lie of the century to say ‘if you like your doctor, you can keep him or her.” President Obama made this
The late Andrew Breitbart called Evan Sayet’s original Heritage Foundation talk on the Unified Field Theory of Liberalism “one of the five most important conservative speeches ever given.” That is hearty praise for someone most people consider a comedian and a comedy writer.
(AP) ND to buy band leader Lawrence Welk’s boyhood homeBy JAMES MacPHERSONAssociated PressBISMARCK, N.D.Pop the cork and start the bubble machine: North Dakota has agreed to buy the boyhood home of Lawrence Welk, the maestro of “champagne music” and one
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she would like to see two women candidates battle for the presidency in 2016. “Having two women duke it out for leadership of the free world, that sounds pretty good to me,” Palin told
The Girl Scouts want you to know that nothing has happened to Josh Ackley. Last month, Breitbart News reported that Ackley–the main media spokesman for the Scouts–was also the lead singer of a “homopunk” band, The Dead Betties, who made
My sister was a Girl Scout. Countless friends belonged to troops as well. Full disclosure, I’ve had my share of Girl Scout cookies over the years. But things have changed drastically. The once all-American organization continues to slip deeper into
Happy New Year! President Barack Obama’s Twitter feed sent a message out moments before the new year rolled in: When the clock strikes midnight, our nation turns a corner on health care–and we’re not going back. #HappyNewYear — Barack Obama
Ann Arbor, Michigan more than doubled in population on New Year’s Day as the NHL took over Michigan Stadium in its sixth Winter Classic. In doing so, the Big House set an all-time hockey attendance record. The estimated crowd of
