Koch Industries recently published a response to the work of UK Independent journalist Steve Connor, whose work, Koch says, “misled readers.” The two articles accused Koch Industries of secretly funding attacks on climate change. The articles written by Connor “got
(AP) Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costsBy PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion
Lawmakers voted in favour of controversial legislation allowing gay marriage despite fierce opposition from members of Prime Minister David Cameron’s own party. The move puts Britain on track to join the 10 countries that allow same-sex couples to marry, but
Despite doom and gloom predictions that never came to pass, overpopulation alarmists continue to make their case that society must restrict the procreation of human beings. In 1968, Paul Ehrlich’s book Population Bomb said that hundreds of millions of people
At a time when big government, big labor and big business seem cozier than ever before, it will be interesting to see whether the Supreme Court decides to reconsider previous precedent on the issue of eminent domain. If the court
President Francois Hollande arrived in Mali on Saturday as French-led troops worked to secure the last Islamist stronghold in the north after a lightning offensive against the extremists. Hollande, whose surprise decision to intervene in Mali three weeks ago has
NBA union chief Billy Hunter was placed on an indefinite leave of absence on Friday in what is likely the first step to get him permanently removed from his position. The NBA Players Association said Ron Klempner will be appointed acting
New York Post: “If you are caught out in the open and cannot conceal yourself or take cover, you might consider trying to overpower the shooter with whatever means are available,” says the narrator in the video, which shows an
Israel must immediately stop all settlement activity and start to withdraw its settlers from the Palestinian territories, a United Nations report said on Thursday. Because of the settlements, Palestinians’ human rights “are being violated consistently and on a daily basis,”
In a just world, former Vice President Al Gore would be reduced to a public laughingstock. The guru of global warming lives life as if he’s trying to wield the biggest carbon footprint possible. His doomsday predictions behind “An Inconvenient
LAUER: You sold Current TV, the network that you cofounded to Al-Jazeera for an estimated 500 million. According to the reports I’ve seen, your take on that was about 100 million pre-tax. Was that always just an investment to you?
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Iran announces a new finger-amputating machine for thieves Greek statistics official charged with colluding with EU and IMF Smog smothers Greece as homeowners burn wood to stay warm Egyptian protesters defy president Morsi’s ‘state
Israel’s foreign ministry said it was “surprised” by Argentina’s agreement with Iran to create an independent commission to investigate the 1994 attack on a Buenos Aires Jewish centre. Argentine President Cristina Kirchner on Sunday said that her country and Iran
Mark Gaston Pearce, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued a statement on Friday in response to the decision of a federal Appeals Court that held that President Obama’s three appointments to the NLRB, while the Senate was
(AP) WASHINGTONThe hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide. The FBI is investigating. The website of the commission, an independent agency of
Standard & Poor’s has announced that it is downgrading the debt rating of the state of Illinois to A-. The downgrade is the result of the state’s failure to deal with pension liabilities. The state was also given a negative outlook
In my research for the film I made on Governor Palin, The Undefeated, I was constantly amazed at the anti-establishment stands she took at every step in her rise to power. Moves that a conventional politician would run from, she
A top lawyer for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the State Department’s foreign aid agency, is under investigation for allegedly rigging a bid to ensure that it would be “won by the agency’s retiring chief financial officer.” According to
Junior Seau’s family sued the NFL and helmet manufacturer Riddell on Wednesday in a California Superior Court in San Diego. According to the Associated Press, the wrongful death lawsuit against the NFL claims Seau developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) from
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated PressHOUSTONA shooting on a Texas community college campus wounded three people Tuesday and sent students fleeing for safety as officials placed the campus on lockdown, officials said. Harris County Sheriff’s Maj. Armando Tello
FrackNation has yet to make its nationwide debut on Mark Cuban’s AXS TV, but it’s already a model of New Media success. The documentary, which takes a positive look at how the process of fracking can be of enormous benefit
NBA union chief Billy Hunter has been accused of negligently misusing union funds and receiving a $1.3 million payout for allegedly “unused vacation time” that totaled 146 days. According to an independent investigation, Hunter received this payment with an independent
Anti-fracking celebrities are routinely in the press talking about the dangers of digging into shale to potentially make America more energy independent. Stars like Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon and Yoko Ono can get attention–and headlines–simply by calling a news conference
The Malian army has retaken the central town of Konna which fell to Islamist rebels advancing from the north and sparked French military intervention, the military and a regional security source said Friday. A regional security source and local residents
No good deed goes unpunished in New York: the state has abruptly cut off a contract with the independent auditor who found that the state had been wasting federal money meant to be spent on Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. Thomas
