More than 90 percent of Britons think homeowners should be able to use force against intruders, according a report by insurers RIAS. A further one-in-six people said they would personally attack an intruder on their property. Just 33 percent think
On June 17 “an accidental explosion” at a central China armory “killed 17 soldiers while they were stacking ammunition.” The armory is located “on the outskirts of Hengyang.” The Associated Press reports that China’s Xinhua News Agency says the cause
(Reuters) – Iran’s president vowed on Wednesday to defend Shi’ite holy sites in Iraq, where Sunni militants battled their way into the biggest oil refinery in what is rapidly turning into a sectarian war across the frontiers of the Middle East.
(Reuters) – It takes a British American Tobacco factory machine three minutes to load 4 million cigarettes onto a truck in northern Bavaria – but it can take a lot longer to figure out whether those cigarettes end up where they should.
In response to It Took 645 Days to Arrest Benghazi Terrorist, 16 Days to Arrest Filmmaker: David Kirkpatrick, the reporter who wrote the widely derided “clear the decks for Hillary” piece in the New York Times, last December, resurrected the
Beautiful, iridescent blue and green peacocks have been roaming a Rolling Hills Estates neighborhood for over 100 years, but according to the Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCLA), since June 2012 fifty of them have
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California have issued a floor alert to members of the California legislature urging lawmakers to defeat all pro-life amendments to budget bills, including any that ban sex-selection abortions or require parental consent for minors to obtain
On Monday, a hospital in Sudan used by members of the internationally recognized NGO Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was hit by Sudanese air force bombing runs. Doctors Without Borders said in a statement, “As bombs struck the
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition on June 16th by Argentina to stop a group of its sovereign bondholders from foreclosing on Argentine assets in the U.S. The decision effectively ends five years of legal battles in U.S. courts.
Last week a Pasco County, Florida, homeowner shot an armed home invader after calling 911 and being transferred to voicemail. According to Fox 13 Tampa Bay, four armed invaders entered the home, hurt two women, and “demanded money and prescription
Defense attorneys for jailed former football star Aaron Hernandez are blasting the New England Patriots for their “silence” on his personnel records, a move they say hampers their defense. It might seem unsurprising that the Patriots have been reticent to
Mixed reports Tuesday revealed that between 44 and 52 prisoners were killed along with two policemen during an apparent attempted jail-break at a police station in Baquba, 37 miles from Baghdad. According to Shia policemen stationed at the small jail,
On June 13 Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) told a gathering of Sheriff’s that he did not speak to Michael Bloomberg during his push for gun control in Colorado in 2013. On June 16 Hickenlooper’s office said the governor “spoke
Despite evidence that America has a surplus of high-tech workers, the White House pushed Congress to pass amnesty and an increase in high-tech visas by August. “As the economic costs of inaction continue to grow, now is the time for
Ahmed Abu Khattala, one of the leaders of Ansar Al-Sharia, the group blamed for the attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, has been captured and will be brought to the United States to face trial. The Washington Post reports
Mark Glaze, the former executive director of Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group, says Obama’s “political problems” killed gun control. Glaze’s last day with the gun control group was June 13 and he left without securing the gun control measures he
On Tuesday, Ukraine’s border service said 30 Ukrainian soldiers were injured in a battle with pro-Russians near the Russia-Ukraine border, a day after President Petro Poroshenko ordered troops to retake the border. From Reuters: It [border service] said separatist fighters
As fallout from the continuing crisis regarding the three kidnapped Israeli teens, which Israel has blamed on Islamic terror group Hamas, the Times of Israel reports that the Palestinian Authority has stopped taking steps in the reconciliation process with Hamas
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Kenya suffers worst terrorist attack since Westgate Mall attack Syrian warplanes strike inside Iraq U.S. sending 275 troops back into Iraq to protect embassy Kenya suffers worst terrorist attack since Westgate Mall attack The
Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab attacked a coastal town in Kenya, killing 48 people through a series of shootings and fires. The group claimed responsibility and asserted that it would target World Cup viewings and highly populated places in Kenya, warning
The immigration debate is mostly driven by the crisis of massive illegal immigration, which has been deliberately conflated with legal immigration by activists, to the extent that we’re not even supposed to refer to them as “illegal aliens” any more.
In the fifth essay of this series, I discussed Richard Sander, a law professor at UCLA. Among researchers of education policy, Sander is perhaps the fiercest critic of affirmative action. He’s also probably been the target of more criticism from race and
Today the Supreme Court denied review in an important First Amendment case, Elmbrook School District v. Doe. But there’s big news in a dissent that accompanied this denial, declaring that big change is underway for religious liberty. When the Supreme
Ukraine and Russia did not agree on a gas deal, and Gazprom, Russia’s state owned gas giant, stopped gas flow to Ukraine on Monday. Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state-owned gas company, filed a lawsuit against Gazprom early Monday morning. “We have an
Buddhist-Muslim violence is said to have started after a group known as the Buddhist Brigade, or BBS, staged a rally, where anti-Muslim slogans were reportedly chanted by the masses. The Buddhist group’s speech was followed by Muslim rioters reportedly killing
