When Democracy and Multi-Culturalism Collide
Imagine: You receive an e-mail from the friend of a friend, asking if he might stay with you for a week or so while visiting your town on business. “Of course,” you say, but caution him that your home can
Tag: New York Times
Fugitive Ecuadorian Bankers Gave 'Hundreds of Thousands' of Dollars to Obama
Roberto and William Isaias, Ecuadorian fugitives convicted of embezzlement by that nation’s socialist government, donated “hundreds of thousands” of dollars to United States politicians, including President Obama, while living exiled in Miami, The New York Times reports. The brothers, whose background as
Exec Order: Obama Demands More Overtime Pay for Workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will direct the Labor Department to strengthen overtime pay protections for millions of workers, a White House official said. The directive is meant to help salaried workers, such as fast-food shift supervisors or convenience
How Obama Stiffed Legal Immigrants
President Barack Obama may have made life easier for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants when he declared the “Dream Act” by fiat in 2012, in the midst of his re-election campaign. But in doing so, he shoved legal immigrants
Mainstream Media Whitewash Disgraceful Episodes of Joe McGinniss's Career from Obits
Disgraced writer Joe McGinniss, who may have condemned an innocent man and stalked and smeared a former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee with lies that he himself admitted were based on no factual evidence whatsoever, died Monday. However,
CIA Chief Confirms Reports Malaysia Jet's Transponder 'Disabled or Turned Off'
On March 11th CIA Directer John Brennan “confirmed reports” that Malaysia Flight 370’s transponder “had been disabled or turned off at some point during the flight” and said he is not ready to rule out terrorism as the cause behind
Confusion Reigns over Explanation for Missing Jet
Reports of what may have happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are confusing at best, and there is no consensus yet as to what happened to the missing jet. The jet disappeared with 239 people aboard after taking off Saturday
New York Times: California Drought Not from Global Warming
On Sunday, The New York Times ran an opinion piece stating that the terrible drought in California is not due to global warming. Martin P. Hoerling, a research meteorologist at the Earth System Research Laboratory of the National Oceanic and
In Rejecting Israel as 'Jewish State,' Arab League Destroys Obama's Peace Efforts
On Sunday, the Arab League rejected Israel’s demand that Palestinians recognize it as the “Jewish state,” backing up Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s insistence he would never agree to those terms. In doing so, the Arab League not only ended
300,000-Member Union Drops Bombshell Obamacare Report
The 300,000-member union that was the first to endorse then-Senator Barack Obama has released a devastating Obamacare report that says Obama’s controversial healthcare program will slash worker wages by up to $5 an hour, reduce worker hours, and exacerbate income
Buyer's Remorse: Poll Shows New Yorkers Turning on Mayor De Blasio
The first poll gauging Mayor Bill de Blasio’s approval rating brings some ill tidings for the progressive stalwart. Only 10% of voters think de Blasio is doing an “excellent” job, while 57% believe his term has been less than “good.”
Washington & Wall Street: Behind the Jobs Numbers & the Midterm Election
Job creation in the US rose modestly in February, posting a better-than-expected gain of 175,000 despite expectations that weather would keep the count low. The unemployment rate moved higher to 6.7 percent, according to the latest report from the Bureau
Andrew Breitbart Remembered at CPAC
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — On Thursday, conservatives were offered a rare treat while attending the CPAC conference at the Gaylord Resort, settled above the Potomac River in National Harbor, Maryland. Mark Levin, a New York Times bestselling author, firebrand conservative
NYT Lauds De Blasio for Weather-Related NYC Crime Drop Despite Short Time in Office
Thanks to a number of unmeasurable factors including three brutal winter storms, New York City is enjoying a significant drop in violent crime, including robberies and murders. The New York Times has made of this occasion an “I told you
Chevron vs Big Green: Capitalism Finally Grows a Pair
This week the environmental movement suffered its biggest defeat since Climategate. And at the hands of its most hated enemy: Big Oil. Here are the reasons why the court ruling by a US federal judge that Chevron should not have
Paul Krugman Moves Down the Academic Food Chain from Princeton to CUNY
In a surprising move, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman announced in his New York Times blog last week that he is moving his academic home from Princeton University to the City University of New York (CUNY) in 2015. Though the two
Andrew Cuomo Declares War on Bill De Blasio's Charter School Crackdown
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has managed to make Andrew Cuomo look like a near-right moderate. The New York Governor took to the streets alongside charter school parents yesterday in a clear stand against de Blasio for shutting
New York Times Blasts 'Absentee Landlord' Cory Booker's Newark Record
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has definitively lost The New York Times. The newspaper’s Michael Powell describes Booker in a profile Tuesday as a loquacious “absentee landlord” who let Newark rot from the core out, who has failed the children of the
Brandon Darby Loses Appeal Against New York Times, but Wins His Reputation
An appeals court in Texas ruled 2-1 to deny an attempt by Breitbart News’ Brandon Darby to overturn a lower court decision that tossed his defamation case against the New York Times. The three-judge panel, however, was unanimous in agreeing
7 Obamacare Numbers that have Democrats Panicking
As the seemingly endless deluge of negative Obamacare developments continue to mount up, the National Journal’s “Hotline” reported on Thursday that “disapproval of the health care law” has “put Democrats on the defensive” heading into the November midterm elections. Here
AZ Religious Freedom Bill: GOP Accepts Slanderous Attacks
Can a political party that refuses to challenge the most vicious mischaracterizations of its views win at a national level? The Republican Party seems intent on finding out. Opponents of Arizona’s entirely reasonable religious freedom proposal did everything they could
New York Goes After Bottomless Mimosas
An attack on brunch? As a New York Times headline should say, “Women and gay men hardest hit.” No wonder they didn’t announce this before the mayoral election. From The Foundry: The NYC Hospitality Alliance sent out an alert
Enquirer Apologizes for Claiming Philip Seymour Hoffman Had Gay Relationship
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (UPI)–The National Enquirer admits it published an erroneous story about Philip Seymour Hoffman and is now funding an annual scholarship in the late actor’s name. The announcement came after Hoffman’s longtime friend, New York playwright David
$380 Million Virtual Currency Theft from MtGox Sparks Debate: Bitcoin or 'Sh*tcoin'?
The world’s largest bitcoin trading exchange shut down on Tuesday, sparking a massive sell-off that calls into question the long-term viability of the nascent virtual currency trade. “This is extremely destructive,” risk-management expert and former Federal Reserve Bank Examiner Mark
Wendy Davis Camp 'Less than Truthful' About Role Barring Press From Speech
While the mainstream media has done its normal job of downplaying, dismissing, or defending Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis from her bio fabrications, policy flip-flops, and ethics complaints, the quiet buzz in the media is that the Democrat rising star
