Barack Obama may be the Republicans’ best friend when it comes to educating 18-33-year olds of the Millennial Generation about the downside of voting for the Democrats’ economic policies. According to a report from the Pew Research Center for Social
Democrat operatives are openly touting a medical marijuana ballot initiative in Florida as a means of helping Democrats win elections in 2014, saying the move, which will likely help bring young voters to the poll, is necessary for the greater
Former United State Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined the board of the high tech cloud storage company Dropbox–and despite left-wing outrage, she will retain the position, unlike recently-ousted Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich. The announcement ignited controversy because of Rice’s
A Tory MP has warned that Britain’s navy is now so small that it may not be able to protect key shipping lanes. James Arbuthnot, outgoing chairman of the Commons Defence Committee, condemned the government’s defence policy, which has seen
In a nation of over three hundred million people, it’s easy enough to overlook the fact that approximately 35,000 of our bravest and most honorable citizens are still very much engaged in a war; living, breathing, and dying far away
The Conservatives are the most popular party with Britain’s students, according to a new survey. The research by the Tab says that 33 percent of students support the Conservatives, three points ahead of the Labour Party. The results will surprise
Paul Krugman published a blog post yesterday titled “Asymmetric Stupidity” which argues that it’s primarily conservatives who suffer from epistemic closure. Here’s the core of Krugman’s thin argument: Here’s the thing: the lived experience is that this effect is not,
Errol Morris’ 2003 documentary The Fog of War allowed former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to show some remorse for his actions regarding the Vietnam War. Film critics were likely eager to see similar contrition from another Secretary of Defense
FORT HOOD, TEXAS–Officials at Fort Hood announced plans for an April 9 memorial service for the soldiers killed in the April 2 shooting rampage. The invitation-only event will be held at the III Corps Headquarters Building on Fort Hood beginning
Dissident Irish republican terrorists are adopting tactics inspired by Al Qaeda, using information from the Islamist group to build bombs and rockets. The link came to light after republican terrorists fired a mortar bomb at police in Belfast last month.
Saturday night Mickey Rooney was very much on my mind. Sunday he died of natural causes at his home in Hollywood. Saturday night I was watching “The Set-Up” (1949), one of the great all-time boxing films. What knocked me out
In a “management alert” released publicly April 3rd, State Department Inspector General (IG) Steve Linick said that the “lack of internal control at the department” has led to the loss of $6 billion in the last six years. The Fiscal Times reports,
The soldier who shot and killed three other individuals, then himself, and wounded 16 others at the Fort Hood military base, was an Army specialist who was being treated for mental illness, specifically for depression and anxiety. According to a
With the Veterans Administration (VA) about to face hearings on Capitol Hill regarding preventable deaths in their system, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) released a report exposing the VA ha secretly paid $200 million to settle nearly 1,000 wrongful
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The soldier who killed three people before committing suicide in an attack on the same Texas military base where more than a dozen people were slain in 2009 had shown no recent risks of violence,
The shooter who killed three people and injured 16 before killing himself at Fort Hood Wednesday apparently shared his love for the band Slipknot on his Facebook page. ABC News found a page under the name Ivan Slipknot–the shooter’s real
There have now been 4 people confirmed dead after the second shooting at Fort Hood in five years. Pentagon sources tell CBS News that the Fort Hood shooter is a soldier — identified as 34-year-old Ivan Lopez — and that
On her Wednesday radio show, conservative talker Laura Ingraham compared President Barack Obama’s press conference announcing 7.1 million Americans had signed up for health insurance using the Afrotable Care Act exchanges as a major victory to President George W. Bush’s
Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan overwhelmingly consider President George W. Bush a better commander in chief than President Barack Obama, according to a survey conducted by the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation. In the survey, full
On March 20, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) staged a military parade through downtown Fallujah, fuelling speculation that the al-Qaeda splinter group now has total control over the city. On the face of it, this confirms Iraqi
A Syrian terrorist group have published a video showing them executing a suspected thief by shooting him in the head before stringing his lifeless body up on a cross. The man is accused of “purposefully killing a Muslim to take
UK hate preacher Anjem Choudary has claimed via his Twitter page, that the tragic Washington, Oso mudslide that occurred on March 22nd was the work of Allah (God). Choudary – who is known for his incendiary and extremist rhetoric, as
Fundraiser: “I hope you will consider giving money to the Republican Party.” Mogul: “No, I don’t think so.” Fundraiser: “Why not?” Mogul: “Frankly, I don’t think the Republicans are relevant to my priorities.” Fundraiser: “Well, maybe the Party could be
Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia lead the world in documented executions, according to the latest global report from Amnesty International. According to Amnesty, China executed more people than the rest of the world put together, but the data on the
Barack Obama would not be President of the United States were it not for his purported opposition to the Iraq War. I say “purported,” because he never had to vote on the war, as his unfortunate rival Hillary Clinton did,
