Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush sees an opening in the 2016 field and is seriously considering an attempt to become the third member of his family to occupy the White House. Those in Bush’s inner circle have said that he
The “manufacturing innovation hubs” President Barack Obama touted in his 2013 State of the Union speech as a way to create jobs in America are reducing, not increasing, the need for unskilled workers, reports Reuters. “A lot of the equipment
The pornography business, noting the wild success of social media that dwarfs its own, has figured out that social media can skyrocket the pornography business to new heights. The fact that social networking sites are four of the top ten
For as long as there has been an “American Dream,” there have likely been people who insisted that it was dead. But it’s funny. No one really knows what the “American Dream” actually is. In recent years we have been
With the resurgence of a Cold War sensibility in Europe and the U.S. now that Russia has annexed Crimea, it is getting hotter for Westerners living in Russia. Many foreign business leaders and ex-patriots living in Moscow are beginning to
One month after Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro arrested Popular Will opposition party leader Leopoldo López for leading a protest against the government’s socialist policies, Venezuelan protesters plan a day of marches and demands for justice after hundreds have been arrested
A Malaysian newspaper is reporting that authorities have found five runways in the Indian Ocean on a flight simulator kept by the pilot of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370– including one in the Maldives, where reports have surfaced of locals
(Reuters) – Western sanctions on Russia for its attempts to annex the Ukrainian region of Crimea have so far been pathetic and European leaders must get tougher on Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, a senior British lawmaker said on Tuesday. The United States
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Monday of being guided in its foreign policy not by international law but by the “rule of the gun.”
An NFL lineman who abruptly retired midway through last season because of concerns over the game’s effect on the brain was arrested in Chicago over the weekend on drug possession charges. Police in Cook County, Illinois arrested John Moffitt after
(Reuters) – Andy Coulson, Prime Minister David Cameron’s ex-media chief and a former Rupert Murdoch editor, agreed to fund the hacking of phones of aides to Britain’s Prince William and Harry, a former reporter told a London court on Tuesday. Clive Goodman,
Another week, and another raft of data that will attempt to give some direction to these otherwise directionless markets. Over in the UK, the FTSE 100 has been ‘range bound’ (meaning it struggled to get any real momentum behind it).
In an article from Mother Jones, the authors imply that marijuana growing is causing global warming. Watch the way the article moves deliberately to its focus on the environmental dangers of marijuana growing to the climate change climax. The authors
The Economist’s latest cover story warns readers of “The New Age of Crony Capitalism.” The magazine’s editors are to be commended for shining a journalistic light on cronyism’s rise and the corrosive effects of rent-seeking behavior. The Economist does a
The streets of every major city in Venezuela continue to be war zones as President Nicolás Maduro escalates the military repression of opposition protesters looking for an escape from socialist dictatorship. After announcing a new “e-card” to ration goods, Maduro
According to Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business professor Edward Lazear, America has lost a net 100,000 jobs since September 2013. The Hoover Institute fellow asserts in his March 16 Wall Street Journal editorial that job employment numbers are more
Last week, a New York Times analysis of General Motors federal crash data found that 303 people died when their air bags failed to deploy in two GM models that were recalled early this year. Then on Friday, GM got
As the Common Core standards continue to draw intense controversy from parents, teachers, and taxpayers across the country, one of the test consortia creating and operating the multi-state assessments aligned with the standards has abruptly delayed its field tests by
President Obama and the European Union passed sanctions against Russia and Crimeans who are responsible for Crimea’s referendum to join Russia and leave Ukraine. Obama signed the executive order early Monday morning, which expanded on EO 13660 he signed two
The BBC’s appointment of a Labour candidate as the new economics editor of its flagship politics show has provoked genuine anger in the Conservative Party. Sources at Tory HQ reacted not with faux outrage but actual bewilderment at how a
On the night of March 14th Muslim Fulani herdsmen “shot, hacked, and burned to death at least 100 people” in attacks targeting Christians in central Nigeria. According to Reuters, the herdsmen raided around 11 p.m. on the 14th. They chased
U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement (ICE) has deported more than 860 sex offenders from the State of Texas this year, according to an official press release from the agency. More than 7,000 sex offenders have been deported from Texas alone
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned protesters in a Caracas square, a focal point for the opposition, to evacuate or face the full force of the military, after months of protests in which unofficial government paramilitary groups have killed dozens of
West Bromwich Albion have given French striker Nicolas Anelka notice they are terminating his contract for gross misconduct, the Premier League club said in a statement on Friday. Anelka was originally banned for five matches in February for his use
The UK Independence Party is on course to win the largest share of the vote in May’s European Elections, according to a new poll. The party is currently on 30 percent, with Labour in second place on 28. The ComRes
