The New York Times reports that Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz, a prolific Wikipedia editor and scholar of 18th-century British literature, died tragically earlier this month after injuries sustained in a rock climbing accident in California’s Joshua Tree National Park: The bulk of
Democrat Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) told the Boston Herald last week Obamacare will cost Democrats dearly in the upcoming midterm elections. “We will lose seats in the House,” said Lynch. “And I think we may lose the Senate. I think
Despite President Barack Obama’s proclamation that Democrats should proudly embrace Obamacare, the New York Times says “those in his party are running from it rather than on it” heading into the Nov. 4 midterm elections. Even Obama’s chief strategist, David
Though the Common Core initiative was once dismissed as a little-known and tedious education policy issue, the New York Times says that the nationalized academic standards have grown to be a central electoral issue that is separating establishment Republicans from
On Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC, New York Times columnist David Brooks took a critical shot at President Barack Obama’s posture regarding his overall foreign policy. Follow Jeff on Twitter @jeff_poor
The Chinese government has begun to remark on South Korea’s rescue operations following the capsizing of a ferry that possibly killed hundreds. Chinese news outlet Xinhua reports the government is urging South Korea to “make all-out search and rescue efforts,” language echoing statements
The Los Angeles Times reports that the entertainment industry is again out begging any state that will listen, including of course California, for more Reganomics. Tax cuts! Hollywood wants Big, fat slices of tax cuts! Tax cuts for the for
At least twelve people at the foot of Mount Everest were killed early this morning by an avalanche sweeping down the world’s tallest peak. The incident is the deadliest in known history, even as search crews seek to find four
Kathleen Sebelius, who resigned last week as President Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary, will not challenge Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) for a Senate seat this year. “Secretary Sebelius is continuing her important work at H.H.S. and is not
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI) says her constituents are “frustrated and embarrassed” by Hawaii’s failed Obamacare exchange, which cost taxpayers $204 million and signed up only 8,000 people. On Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced it will launch an investigation
Barack Obama and his feminist friends have been trotting out their tiresome slogan that women are paid only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. Every reputable scholar who has commented has proved this is a notorious falsehood which
The New York Times reports that Republicans are seizing on the popularity of guns and gun giveaways in primary races around the country. The Times points to Colorado state Senator Greg Brophy’s (R) recent gun sweepstakes as a case in point.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Energy Department announced it will begin doling out $4 billion in taxpayer-funded loan aid to renewable energy companies. “We’re back in business,” Peter Davidson, executive director of the department’s loan programs office, told Reuters. “We really want to
In one of its more bizarre attacks against the political right, Thursday morning the left-wing Politico published a lead splash containing nearly 3500 words of smoke pretending to be breaking news of a scandal that involves conservative Tea Party groups
On April 16th – the same day Michael Bloomberg told NBC’s Today show that his gun control push “isn’t gun control” – he released a new ad targeting parents who have kids in the home yet own guns. The ad
Actor Liam Neeson continued his critique of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s war on carriages courtesy of the Old Gray Lady. The unlikely action hero penned an op-ed in The New York Times explaining his defense of Big
Left-wing columnist and professor Paul Krugman has a new job by City University of New York. The university is paying him $225,000 a year to teach on the subject of income inequality. Gawker reports that CUNY offered Krugman $225,000 a
The Census Bureau decided to so drastically change the methodology of its annual survey for the first time in over 30 years that it will be nearly impossible to measure Obamacare’s impact before the midterm elections. The New York Times
In the scramble to find missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Chinese government’s insistence on being the first to find evidence has led the international search effort to chase after unrelated debris, false positive radio signals, and other signs that
In February, we reported on the depredations of large banks operating in the derivatives market focused on public sector entities, especially the bankrupt city of Detroit. Most recently, The New York Times reported that the banks involved in the swaps contracts at
One year ago today, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro defeated Henrique Capriles Radonski in an election widely considered fraudulent by the international observers present. Today, Maduro celebrates his victory after announcing a new Ministry of International Communication to improve his government’s
NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post and The Guardian won the Pulitzer Prize in public service Monday for revealing the U.S. government’s sweeping surveillance efforts in stories based on thousands of secret documents handed over by National Security Agency
President Barack Obama famously ran to inspire young Americans with his message of “hope and change,” but the president’s administration has been infamous for rewarding cronies (see: Solyndra) and punishing enemies (see: IRS). The New York Times asserts this has
President Barack Obama’s Gallup job approval rating has been under 50% for 290 days, a trend that threatens Democrats’ already uphill climb in the Nov. 4 midterm elections. According to Gallup, the last time Obama’s approval rating was at 50%
A paper published on Thursday, April 10, in the Harvard Theological Review cited scientific studies that dated a business-card-sized scrap of papyrus, written in the Egyptian Coptic language, to at least the sixth-to-ninth century and possibly the fourth century. So, apparently,
