The most controversial aspect of the rapidly developing story of Heartbleed – possibly the greatest security vulnerability in the history of the Internet – is the assertion made in a Bloomberg News report that the National Security Agency learned about
Abu Azmi, the leader of India’s Samajwadi (Socialist) party in the Midwestern state of Maharashtra, argued India’s laws against rape were insufficient because “nothing happens to women, only to men,” and that anyone engaging in sexual activity outside of marriage, “with
In their continued silliness, the stealth Citizens for Health (i.e. Citizens for Sugar) is advising that “High Fructose Corn Syrup Named the #1 Ingredient to Avoid for National ‘Read Your Labels Day.’” From their press release: Consumer advocate group Citizens
At UCLA, Jackie Robinson became an NCAA-champion long jumper, twice led the Pacific Coast Conference in scoring on the basketball court, and earned an All-American nod as a Bruins running back. He hit .097 playing baseball. Sixty-seven years after Jackie
The New York Times revealed Wednesday that “the Russian government declined to provide the F.B.I. with information about one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects that would most likely have led to more extensive scrutiny of him at least two years before
Vice President Jorge Arreaza announced yesterday that the communist Cuban government was “here to stay” in Venezuela: “to raise a flag against the Cuban Revolution… is an insult to the wellbeing of the Venezuelan people,” Arreaza claimed, as opposition leaders
The New York Times reports that a new investigation reveals that the Russian government was not forthcoming with pivotal facts about proceedings leading up to last year’s Boston Marathon terrorist attack. That withheld information left FBI agents with insufficient information to investigate bomber
The headline in Thursday’s New York Times was blunt: “Report Finds a Los Angeles in Decline.” Was that header a little bit of east coast Schadenfreude? A little bit of right coast kicking the left coast? No, not really, because the
A scandal-scarred multimillionaire Democratic Party donor was paid more by Medicare than any other doctor in the nation in 2012, according to new data released by the Obama administration. Dr. Salomon Melgen, a South Florida ophthalmologist at the center of
Former U.S. President George W. Bush recently unveiled a collection of his portraits featuring numerous world leaders. The art exhibition, on display in Dallas at the Bush Center, revolves around the former president’s personal relationships with world leaders during his
Actor Rob Lowe of Brat Pack fame doesn’t want to restrict himself to any one political party. Yet he has no qualms describing the role government should have in our lives. Lowe opened up about his Brat Pack days, the
On Sunday, The New York Times quoted Ezra Klein slamming his old bosses at The Washington Post. But by Monday morning, the Times altered the quote from one that hit the Post specifically to one criticizing the newspaper industry in general. On Sunday evening, the NYT published a
Breitbart News: Not all of our readers know that you were born and raised in California–San Mateo to be exact. What was it like growing up in California? Gutfeld: It was exactly what you’d expect. As a child everything is
Hornswoggle is a word I have always liked. It is a verb meaning to bamboozle or to dupe. While its origin is considered “unknown,” the word is generally thought to be native to America. The word is said to date
Venezuela’s Chavista government has always prided itself on having friends in Hollywood, most notably Sean Penn and Oliver Stone. That tide has begun to turn. After condemning Nicolás Maduro during the Oscars, actor Kevin Spacey wrote a post on his
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Rooney’s approach to life was simple: “Let’s put on a show!” He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life. A superstar in his
According to the New York Times, the world of computer engineering is a sexist one, where women are disparaged and made to feel like pariahs. The Times tells the story of Elissa Shevinsky, 35, who was outraged because her business
The New York Times recently reported on how modern epidemiology may be changing a nearly two-century-old diagnosis of the first president to die in office. Though most American’s could not pick the ninth president out of a lineup, William Henry
Is the First Amendment a protection of the individual’s right to free speech or merely a recognition of the social utility of free speech? That’s the question which underlies the divide between the Supreme Courts conservative and liberal wings. Justice
Operations to find missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have turned up few leads, and impatience with search operations continues to surface. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who has been embroiled in the missing plane saga, accused the government of not being
As promised in his New York Times column, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has established a “Human Rights Council” responsible for assessing incidents of violent repression of unarmed protesters since the current wave of protests began in February. The committee will be
John Edwards’ shamelessness led to an embarrassing moment at the funeral of former donor Bunny Mellon’s funeral: he and his daughter Cate were not allowed inside the church. Mellon, 103, the Listerine fortune heiress, shunned publicity, telling the New York
Entertainment Weekly announced Thursday that for her cable channel OWN, Oprah Winfrey is developing a two-part miniseries about the 1921 Oklahoma Riots that claimed the lives of up to 300 people. A New York Times story on the little-known historical
On December 31, 2013, Democrats on the House Energy & Commerce Committee released a report claiming that of the nearly five million people the Associated Press said had their health plans canceled due to Obamacare, only 10,000 had not yet
A day after President Barack Obama triumphantly declared that 7.1 million Americans enrolled in Obamacare, one of the leading healthcare companies said that 15-20% of its “enrollees” are not covered because they have not paid their premiums. According a report
