The Israeli government has confirmed reports initially surfacing at the Associated Press and the New York Times that the bodies of three Israeli teenagers reported missing earlier this month have been found. The Israeli cabinet is conducting an emergency meeting on the
Reuters and The New York Times have both had paradigm shifts in their coverage of the gubernatorial campaign of Wendy Davis. From early stories that seemed intoxicated with the soaring hopes of the Texas Democrat, the tone has shifted to
On Saturday, The New York Times featured a piece by jailed Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood member Khaled Al-Qazzaz titled “Why Is the World Silent? Khaled al-Qazzaz: Disappeared by Egypt’s Military.” The imprisoned Qazzaz, whose op-ed was “smuggled” out of prison and
Editor’s Note: 100 years ago today, the bloody 20th century started with an assassination. The New York Times has given over much of today’s edition to coverage. We reprint here some of the highlights. From “The War to End All
There has been a sevenfold increase in credible fear claims in recent years, the vast majority of which are being claimed by immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Mexico, according to a government report published Friday. Each year the
Eccentric Chinese millionaire Chen Guangbiao hosted a lavish luncheon for New York’s homeless this week during which he sang, gave a speech, and declared himself the “world’s greatest philanthropist.” Unfortunately, many homeless who were told they would receive money in addition
New York Times White House reporter Jackie Calmes argued that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is “not like Mitt Romney or George W. Bush” in a discussion on Clinton’s wealth on Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” Collins
AUSTIN, Texas–Yesterday, the Texas Ethics Commission (“TEC”) held a public hearing regarding a complaint against Breitbart contributor Michael Quinn Sullivan and Empower Texans, the organization he leads, alleging that Sullivan improperly failed to register with the State of Texas as
On Wednesday, Islamist fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) made a push towards the Haditha Dam, the second-largest dam in Iraq. Iraqi officials worried that if ISIS successfully overtook the dam, major geopolitical repercussions would ensue,
Citing the need to respect the independence of government institutions, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said this week that he would not interfere to overrule the sentences of three Al Jazeera journalists condemned to at least seven years in prison
The New York Times recently ran a piece on female genital mutilation (FGM) here in the United States. A common practice in many areas of the world, FGM is the partial or total removal of clitoris or labia, commonly with a
In response to New York Times Whitewashes Cochran’s Racial Tactics: I agree that an important distinction must exist between “unwise” and “illegal” tactics. It was a bit disappointing to hear Chris McDaniel refusing to concede, with his camp signaling they
I’m not particularly aggrieved by Thad Cochran’s victory in the Senate runoff in Mississippi over challenger Chris McDaniel. Cochran’s tactics–ginning up fear among black Democrats by exploiting false accusations of racism against the Tea Party–may be nasty, and they certainly
During his opening “Talking Point Memo” opening monologue on Tuesday, host Bill O’Reilly gave credit where was due in that early on, conservative radio talk show hosts warned Barack Obama would be ill-equipped for the presidency of the United States.
A week after an NBC News poll showed that the American people had lost faith in Obama’s competence and ability to lead, a new CBS News/New York Times poll has even worse news for a president embattled by his own
On his Tuesday broadcast, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, host of “Morning Joe,” ripped mainstream media outlets, particularly The New York Times and The Washington Post, for choosing to target Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) for a possible second bridge scandal on their
New York Congressman Charlie Rangel is in the first tough primary race he has ever experienced. The pressure he feels has sent him into unexplored campaign territory, resulting in his first rap song, one where he calls himself the “original
Hank Paulson, the former US Treasury Secretary who helped transform the 2008 crash from a temporary crisis into a long-running, still-unresolved disaster, has now turned his expertise to the subject of climate change. In a lengthy editorial for the New
Last Thursday the State Department hosted its now annual Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies Pride day. One of the speakers was journalist and LGBT activist Masha Gessen, who has been an outspoken critic of the Russian government on
Influential playwright David Mamet told a theater company in Milwaukee it must cease and desist production of his play Oleanna because the company cast a man to play the female lead. The play was performed for one show only at the
Federal District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller has “imposed a temporary restraining order that prohibits disputing factions of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians from…carrying firearms within a hundred yards of the tribe’s Rolling Hills Casino” in Corning, California. The order
On the seventh day, the Lord rested–but that is a luxury that the Israeli Defense Forces can ill afford. This is the seventh day of captivity for the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers. Some well-meaning Jews have already compared them to
The government of Libya is demanding that the United States return Ahmed Abu Khatallah, a man the Obama administration is calling the “mastermind” of the September 11, 2012 attacks on the American embassy in Benghazi, calling the arrest an “infringement”
Citing Charlie Rangel’s censure four years ago for serious ethics issues and his “nearly 44 years in office, the New York Times is calling for him to “yield to the next generation,” while endorsing his opponent Adriano Espaillat in Tuesday’s Democrat primary. In Tuesday’s
The New York Times has an interesting piece this morning on the runoff election between Sen. Thad Cochran and his Republican primary challenger, Chris McDaniel. The piece reflects a general amazement at the way that citizens of Mississippi are voting for McDaniel
