In 1933, H.G. Wells, by then nearing the end of an illustrious career as a novelist, social scientist, and encyclopedist, wroteThe Shape of Things to Come, a counter-factual history of the world from 1933 to the year 2106. Ever the
Britons on Saturday began four days of festivities for Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee, turning out in droves for events around the country in a surge of enthusiasm for the monarchy. Gun salutes across Britain were due to launch celebrations
The $50 billion General Motors (GM) bailout was a Democrat Crony Socialist nightmare. The Obama Administration illegally over-rewarded its union friends and destroyed Republican-enemy auto dealers, to name but two facets of the titanic debacle. We the Taxpayers are still out $30+ billion on the
If you are a woman, you have heard, no doubt by now, that there is a war against you. You have heard that Republicans and conservatives are waging this war against you. You have been told that Republicans, conservatives, and the Catholic
(AP) China TV blames Dalai Lama for Tibet immolationsBy GILLIAN WONG and ISOLDA MORILLOAssociated PressBEIJINGChina has released a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in its most elaborate attempt so far to shape
The beginning of 2013 marks an impending disaster for our nation. The Bush tax cuts expire; we reach our national debt ceiling; and the 2013 appropriations bills may not be passed in time to avoid crippling sequestration budget cuts. This
Each spring, Newsweek magazine publishes a list of America’s “Top 50” rabbis. Most of the names on the list probably won’t be familiar to people outside the Jewish faith, but a few stand out. One of those is Rabbi Shmuley
Sen. Dick Lugar’s defeat in a Republican primary this week has not been attributed, as nearly as we can tell, to his 1979 trip to Moscow with Joe Biden. Then, the two members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee left
(AP) London re-elects Boris Johnson as mayorBy CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and DAVID STRINGERAssociated PressLONDONLondon’s rumpled, comic and outspoken Boris Johnson has won a second term as mayor of the British capital, triumphing in a surprisingly close election that installs the unvarnished
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, briefed Christian supporters of the Jewish state yesterday morning. He told a hushed audience crowded into his Embassy’s Jerusalem Auditorium of a recent visit by U.S. intelligence specialists. They had asked Dr.
Rep Paul Ryan on WLS Radio’s Don Wade and Roma, May 3.2012.
Six Occupy Wall Street members were finally arrested five months after seizing a home in Brooklyn from a single father, moving in, and wrecking the place. Asserting that the home was foreclosed on, they claimed they were going to renovate
This month at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, the faithful met to worship the Almighty and discuss the latest battles for religious liberty in an increasingly secular culture. When the Knights of Columbus’ Supreme Knight Carl Anderson spoke,
Tonight, April 25, coincides with the 5th of Iyar on the Hebrew calendar, marking the 64th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. As celebrations erupt in Israel, the country knows that it faces an urgent danger in
By KIRUBEL TADESSEAssociated PressADDIS ABABA, EthiopiaThe African Union called on Sudan to stop its aerial bombardment of South Sudan and for both countries to cease hostilities as an uneasy calm settled over the south Wednesday with a lull in violence.
The oppressive monster known as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not just killing jobs these days – it is intentionally avoiding transparency that may shed light on the political motivations behind the agency’s actions. Started in 1970 by President
By NASSER KARIMIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran’s ground forces commander warned that should diplomacy fail, the military is ready for action over a disputed Gulf island controlled by Iran but also claimed by the United Arab Emirates, state TV reported Thursday. Gen.
Iran will respond with force to any threats to its territorial integrity, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, adding that it would prefer to cooperate with its Arab neighbours to maintain security in the Gulf. Iran “is ready to protect
In this day and age, with the sorry state of film making, there is nothing like the promise of a new Tarantino flick, and this sounds fantastic. There might be spoilers. I wouldn’t know, I only read the first paragrah.
In an exclusive interview to Breitbart News, Sarah Palin discussed energy policy and her Fox News Special (with Eric Bolling) “Paying at the Pump,” which airs tonight on FNC at 10pm ET. The program will re-air on Saturday and Sunday.
Mali’s coup leader held talks on when he would hand over power to allow the return of democratic rule in the troubled west African nation, now half controlled by Islamists and rebels. The constitutional court was expected to expedite the
America is addicted to chocolate. Foreign chocolate. A majority of us consume chocolate each day. Although the U.S. produces only 6% of the world’s cocoa, we consume more than 20%. The threat is obvious. It’s time for government to step in and promote
Mali’s President Amadou Toumani Toure, who was toppled by a military coup last month, has formally resigned from his post, the international mediator in the crisis announced Sunday. Toure’s resignation opens the way for the departure of the junta that
Radical Islamists tightened their grip on northern Mali on Tuesday, ordering women to wear veils in fabled Timbuktu, as the nation’s junta began to feel the bite of sanctions following its coup. The Islamists who seized control of the fabled
