The legalisation of gay marriage is poised for approval by MPs on Tuesday after David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion. The opposition Labour Party helped him see off a “wrecking amendment” which had threatened his gay marriage bill. Tory
For a decade that started in the mid-1950s, a movement known as “Free Cinema” didn’t exactly sweep England, but it coincide, borrow from, and influence what became known in France as cinéma vérité — a movement that profoundly affected a
Prime Minister David Cameron could face a fresh Conservative rebellion over Europe on Wednesday if a parliamentary motion over an EU referendum is debated. Eurosceptic MP John Baron has introduced a non-binding motion expressing “regret” that last week’s Queen’s Speech,
Bangladesh, which went to war with Pakistan in 1971 to gain its independence, is going to war against the same Islamists who opposed Bangladeshi independence. On Sunday, the government arrested AKM Yusuf, the leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami Party, on charges
It has become a popular mantra of progressives to claim that conservatives are unable to contribute in any meaningful way to art or entertainment in America. Having heard this diatribe for most of the last decade in response to my
The Democratic Party continues to espouse its new Mexican-sovereignty narrative that is only meant wedge a divide among Americans, and pander for Hispanic votes, , in lieu of the ongoing immigration reform debate. On the heels of President Obama’s remarks
Hundreds of thousands of hardline Islamists demanding a new blasphemy law on Sunday blocked highways and fought running battles with police, leaving four people dead and hundreds injured in the Bangladeshi capital. Chanting “Allahu Akbar!” (“God is greatest!”) and “One
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) surges in local elections U.S. shows Israel new bunker buster bomb for use in Iran Israeli warplanes strike targets inside Syria California law will fund seizure of legally purchased
Elizabeth Colbert Busch has based her campaign appeal on being a “fiscally conservative” businesswoman. It is a good profile in the Republican-leaning district. It isn’t how most voters would describe an employee of a public university, however, which Colbert Busch
AP: A flag-covered spire has been hoisted to the roof of Lower Manhattan’s One World Trade Center, where it will eventually be raised and make the building soar to a symbolic 1,776 feet. As construction workers and onlookers applauded, the
In Hong Kong, the 17th century British tradition of lawyers wearing wigs has become a battle between barristers, who wear wigs and have unlimited rights in court, and solicitors, who want to wear the wigs but only have limited rights
By CHRIS TALBOTTAP Music WriterNASHVILLE, Tenn.America loves its outlaws, and few are as admired and lionized as Willie Nelson. As the enduring American icon’s 80th birthday has approached, he’s been honored with lifetime achievement awards, serenaded at special performances and
Sci-fi fan website io9 has an interesting article about a meeting of anthropologists, held every year for the last 25 years, in which the best methods for communicating with extraterrestrial life are discussed. Clearly, the appearance of flying saucers in
According to Politico, President Barack Obama has never “said the word ‘Chechnya’ publicly.” The publication points out that other past presidents have remained relatively quiet about Chechnya due to the Russian leadership’s sensitivity over the subject: “President Barack Obama and
True the Vote, the Houston-based voter integrity nonprofit group, is set to begin their 3rd annual National Summit Friday. Breitbart News has learned that True the Vote is introducing a Voters’ Bill Of Rights at the summit and that Texas
Senator Rand Paul is certainly making noise in the Republican Party. When I heard he would be giving a Liberty and Civil Rights speech at the historically Black Howard University, my first instinct was to pray for him. (REALLY) Second I
A reporter from FOX News could go to jail if she refuses to name the confidential sources cited in an article she authored about Colorado movie theater shooter, James Holmes. Last July, as news outlets across the country were reporting
Solar energy production at the utility scale still needs anotherdecade or more to become competitive with relatively cheap gas producedby fracking, according to an analysis by Citigroup. Even as solarbecomes competitive, the US will need gas produced by fracking as
AFP: Hundreds of thousands of Islamists rallied in Dhaka after an overnight “long march” to the Bangladeshi capital, demanding the execution of atheist bloggers for defaming Islam. It is the latest protest to rack Bangladesh, deepening tensions between secularists and
(AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of Islamists rallied in Dhaka after an overnight “long march” to the Bangladeshi capital, demanding the execution of atheist bloggers for defaming Islam. It is the latest protest to rack Bangladesh, deepening tensions between secularists
In response to Consent of the Governed?: Ah, you’ve brought forth one of my favorite hobby horses, among the most unique treasures of the Revolution, and one of the towering achievements of moral imagination: the consent of the governed. The
This year, March 31 is Easter Day, the day that American Christians celebrate Jesus Christ having risen from the tomb to join his Father in Heaven. But instead of hosting a doodle celebrating that sacred holiday, this March 31, Google
In response to Jerome: It’s all so anti-Enlightenment in other ways. It flies not just the blackletter of equality and amity of all men, but against the understructure of the Enlightenment, which was reason and independence from tribe. Toure’s cant
(AP) – A contentious bid by a pro-China businessman and three associates to acquire Taiwan’s largest newspaper and an influential investigative journal has fallen through after protests that the deal threatened press freedom on the democratic island. Mark Simon, spokesman
The most telling line in President Barack Obama’s speech Thursday to students in Jerusalem was his plea for Palestinian statehood on the basis of “fairness”: “It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of
