In the Mail on Sunday, former British PM Tony Blair responded to the Woolwich attack on Drummer Lee Rigby by writing: “There is a problem within Islam…and we have to put it on the table and be honest about it.” As
Alec Baldwin turned his Twitter rage at the director of FrackNation over the weekend. Baldwin, who alternately rages against his perceived enemies on social media and quits the service only to later return, is now targeting filmmaker Phelim McAleer and
(AP) Egypt: Court rules legislature illegally electedBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROEgypt’s highest court ruled on Sunday that the nation’s Islamist-dominated legislature and constitutional panel were illegally elected, dealing a serious blow to the legal basis of the Islamists’ hold on power.
Protesters from all sides of the political spectrum protested President Obama on Wednesday evening outside a fundraiser he attended for the DCCC in Chicago. Not only is the president wildly unpopular with the right, he also seems to be losing
(AP) – Independent Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is joining the Democratic Party ahead of his bid for a second term, two Democratic officials said Wednesday, confirming a move that Chafee has been talking about for months. Chafee served in
The fictional Bluth family got some good–and bad–news this week. How typical of a TV clan known for its absurdly comic highs and lows. Netflix’s fourth season debut of Arrested Development, the cult comedy hit which struggled through three seasons
Some of Hollywood’s most glamorous women are being considered to bring Hillary Clinton–the early years–to life. The film, an apparent mash note designed to hit theaters in time for a possible Clinton presidential run, is considering either Reese Witherspoon, Amanda
Over the decades rich nations have poured trillions of dollars into African development projects, but the global economic meltdown and Africa’s booming growth are turning off that tap. In 2012 western aid to sub-Saharan Africa quite literally decimated. Rich countries
A Sunday report from the UK Independent says that Michael Adebolajo, one of the men suspected of beheading British soldier Lee Rigby last week in Woolwich, had been known to anti-terror forces for at least three years before the attack.
According to the British newspaper The Independent, Cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed believes the attempt to behead a British soldier in London can be justified “under certain interpretations of Islam.” Bakri Mohammed, who was banned from Britain for “extremist activities,” is
According to Rasmussen Reports, although Barack Obama’s approval ratings are remaining steady, the scandals around the White House are beginning to shift the American public’s attitude toward the Obama Administration. Obama’s personal approval is at 47%, roughly the same as
According to USA Today, the two suspects photographed and videotaped butchering a British solder were “part of an early security services investigation” into their possible ties to terror. The BBC named one of the suspects as 28-year-old Muslim convert Michael
Texas lawmakers announced Monday that CSCOPE, a controversial online curriculum system used in 78 percent of school districts in the state, will be removed from the state’s education system. The curriculum program has been lambasted by parents, faculty, and conservative
Former Oakland A’s baseball player and “bash brother” Jose Canseco bizarrely tweeted on Wednesday that he was being accused of raping a woman, hours before Las Vegas police confirmed that he was being investigated for sexual assault and was a
Jose Canseco, who is a person of interest in a sexual assault case and may have tweeted out the identify of his possible accuser, is still scheduled to play in a baseball game on Thursday in Texas. On Twitter, Canseco
The Israeli Government has released a comprehensive report into the infamous Al-Dura incident of Sep. 30, 2000, declaring that the 12-year-old Palestinian boy was not killed by Israeli soldiers and that journalists had perpetrated a “misleading and mendacious” hoax that
An investigation by Cincinnati Fox 19 reporter Ben Swann finds that Obama Administration claims that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting of conservative groups was the work of two “rogue” low-level employees in Cincinnati, Ohio, strain credulity and are “falling
Virginia Republicans nominated Mark Obenshain, a state senator and respected lawyer, for Attorney General on Saturday in the same Richmond building where his late father, Richard Obenshain, received the Party’s U.S. Senate nomination 35 years ago shortly before tragically passing
An independent investigation by a special counsel is tailor made for the Internal Revenue Service targeting scandal. In instances like this, national leaders like the President and Attorney General of the United States must transcend politics and make restoring trust
When you get right down to it, the political targeting and stalling of tax-exempt applications by the IRS was an effort to defund the Tea Party. Rick Santelli, one of the Tea Party founders and my CNBC colleague, was the
The week after Republicans’ historic 2010 midterm election landslide, President Barack Obama appointed the union president that represents “tens of thousands in the IRS,” Colleen Kelley, to a key Administration post. Two years later, that union, the National Treasury Employees
The current Cannes Film Festival lineup features one female director competing for the coveted Palme d’Or, but that’s an improvement from last year when no women directors had such a chance. Meanwhile, roles for women in Hollywood are drying up,
On Thursday, President Barack Obama held a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and answered one reporter’s questions about the widening scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of nearly 500 conservative groups over the
