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Black Cuban Dissident Slams Congressional Black Caucus

Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera, the head of Cuba’s Rosa Parks Civil Rights Movement aimed at organizing black Cubans against the communist regime of Raúl Castro, had a pointed message for the Congressional Black Caucus during a talk in Washington, D.C., this

Black Cuban Dissident Slams Congressional Black Caucus

NHL Jumps on the Global Warming Bandwagon

America’s National Hockey League has become the latest organisation to claim that global warming threatens its future. Despite the fact that most of its rinks are indoors, it is maintaining that rising temperatures may melt frozen lakes, thus making it

NHL Jumps on the Global Warming Bandwagon

3 Myths of the Highway Fund 'Crisis'

The Obama White House is preparing the ground for a late-summer fight with the GOP over the “highway trust fund” and infrastructure spending. In the next month or so, the federal “highway trust fund,” effectively, will temporarily run out of

3 Myths of the Highway Fund 'Crisis'

Gaza Crisis Illuminates a Grave New World

The eruption of the third Gaza war since 2008 is yet another manifestation of the growing threat posed by Islamist militants within an increasingly unstable Middle East.   In recent years, Al-Qaeda and other Islamist revolutionary groups have made major

Gaza Crisis Illuminates a Grave New World

1914 Without a Safety Net

Less than a month after the 100th anniversary of the single shot that set the world on fire, many scholars are comparing then and now. One of the most cogent assessments comes from Walter Russell Mead. In “Have We Gone From a

1914 Without a Safety Net

Britain's Natural Home is the Commonwealth, Not the EU

A deep divide is growing between Britain and the EU as the latter piles on regulations in the name of the Single Market. Jean-Claude Juncker’s “election” as President of the European Commission is just the latest manifestation of this. With an increasing

Britain's Natural Home is the Commonwealth, Not the EU

Audit the IRS

There is “no evidence of criminal wrongdoing,” the Internal Revenue Service assured Americans during an internal investigation of the agency’s targeting of conservative groups. Few will find comfort in those words, and understandably so.  Last week, while seeking to reassure

Audit the IRS

Medical Marijuana Farmers Market Opening in Los Angeles

This Independence Day weekend, Los Angeles will host the world’s first medical marijuana farmer’s market, a gathering where interested buyers can purchase cannabis directly from the source–the growers themselves.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, the California Heritage Market seeks to foster

Medical Marijuana Farmers Market Opening in Los Angeles

Common Core Critics Speak Out in Texas

DALLAS, Texas–On Friday, June 20, during the two-day Austin-held #CANiSEE The Solutions conference on Fed Led Ed, an impromptu press conference took place. Among the speakers were Dr. Sandra Stotsky and Dr. James Milgram–both were there to recount their experiences on

Common Core Critics Speak Out in Texas

Stephanie Kwolek, Kevlar Inventor, Dies at 90

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police Lt. David Spicer took four .45-caliber slugs to the chest and arms at point-blank range and lived to tell about it. Like thousands of other police officers and soldiers shot in the line of duty,

Stephanie Kwolek, Kevlar Inventor, Dies at 90

New York Magazine: Dana Milbank Heritage Smear Fake But Accurate

New York Magazine’s “Science of Us” vertical admits that Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank’s Tuesday attack against the Heritage Foundation is riddled with inaccuracies but still insist he was right.  In a post titled “Real-Life Muslims Like Saba Ahmed Pose an Existential

New York Magazine: Dana Milbank Heritage Smear Fake But Accurate

The Benghazi bubble

In response to It Took 645 Days to Arrest Benghazi Terrorist, 16 Days to Arrest Filmmaker: Funny you should mention that business where Khattala was hanging out with reporters and sipping frappes, because it’s one of the things mentioned by

Dana Milbank Blows It Again

Yesterday Dana Milbank wrote a column claiming a Heritage panel on Benghazi had devolved into “ugly taunting of a woman in the room who wore an Islamic head covering.” This being Dana Milbank it was inevitable there would be serious

Bowe Bergdahl Is Obama's People

As the discussion about President Obama’s swap of five top Taliban commanders for AWOL U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl continues to play out, many are beginning to wonder why. Why did Obama liberate sworn enemies of the U.S. to bring

Bowe Bergdahl Is Obama's People

Op-Ed: Woodshed Moments for the Texas GOP Establishment

The Texas Liberty Movement’s corrective “woodshed moments” for the Austin political class began with the May 2012 GOP Primary Election when a dozen new constitutional conservative Texas House candidates and five Texas Senate candidates defeated moneyed special interests–and moved the

Op-Ed: Woodshed Moments for the Texas GOP Establishment

China's fake Sphinx to be demolished: state media

A replica of Egypt’s iconic Sphinx built in northern China will be dismantled after an Egyptian ministry complained about the structure, state media said Sunday. A massive replica of the ancient statue was built in Hebei province, the official Xinhua