In response to President Obama’s executive order last week banning “all companies that receive a contract from the federal government from discriminating against their LGBT employees,” the U.S. Catholic bishops have responded by decrying the order as “unprecedented and extreme.”
Background checks for gun purchases in New Mexico began surging amid the gun control talk that followed Sandy Hook, and the surge has yet to subside. According Albuquerque’s KOAT 7, following Adam Lanza’s heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary and
The Mercury News reports that a frightening scenario is unfolding in Silicon Valley: employers and employees in the rapid-paced, high-tech culture are turning to illicit drugs as strong as heroin in order to keep up with the frantic pace of
In first lady Michelle Obama’s campaign video to announce the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees new 1millionvotesfor2014.com website, she urged voters “to be even more passionate and more hungry to get Democrats elected to Congress.” “When it comes to the midterm
On July 24 China announced successful testing of its land-based missile interception system. The test was conducted on July 23, and officials said it “achieved the preset goal.” According to Xinhuanet, China’s test represents a milestone in the growth of
Anyone who wants a glimpse of America’s Third World future can just take a gander at Detroit. Things have gotten so bad that Detroit residents are fighting over the only thing more urgently necessary than food and weapons when nature
On her Saturday MSNBC program, Melissa Harris-Perry railed against those protesting the flow of unaccompanied illegal immigration children across the southern U.S. border. She particularly took aim at Gov. Rick Perry’s use of his state’s National Guard at the border
The extremist Islamic State (IS) on Sunday seized an army position in the northeast Syrian city of Hasakeh, amid a major escalation in the jihadist offensive against regime bases, a monitor said. On another front in Syria’s complex civil war,
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former Clinton administration Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said, “To put it mildly, the world is a mess. “Can you recall a time when there was so much trouble in so many places around
Simon Cowell is used to heaping abuse on strangers, not taking it from them. The former American Idol judge made a fortune by mocking the singing abilities of the Fox show’s contestants. Now, Cowell is getting nasty messages from strangers,
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pointed to the latest actions of the United Nations and called the body “anti-Semitic.” The South Carolina lawmaker condemned the United Nations for its so-called human rights report, saying,
Sunday on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the United States standing in the world and said former President George W. Bush is the president who made her “proud to be an American.” Clinton then
Sunday on CNN’s “State Of The Union,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression comes from a deep insecurity. “Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do, as the president said, Russia
On July 26, federal Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr., ruled the District of Columbia’s ban on carrying firearms in public is unconstitutional and ordered that the enforcement of the ban be halted. The ruling came as the result of a
On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Washington Post columnist George Will took a position on the illegal unaccompanied minors flooding the southern U.S. border that conflicts with the views of most conservatives on how to handle the situation.
US actor David Duchovny has stirred up a storm of debate in Russia by appearing in an ultra-patriotic beer ad in which he fantasises about being Russian. The “X-Files” and “Californication” star appears in a glossy ad for a Russian
Tyson Foods has announced another corporate retraction with the closing of three meat processing plants at a loss of some 950 jobs. Tyson, America’s largest meat producer which successfully bought out Hillshire Brands in June, announced the closings saying that
After a controversy over the large number of sometimes capricious edits of Wikipedia pages made from computers inside the network of the House of Representatives, the crowd-sourced, online encyclopedia placed a temporary, 10-day ban on an IP address emanating from
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Martin O’Malley’s latest foray into Iowa began, appropriately, in a place called Clinton. The Maryland governor is filling the void in Iowa, New Hampshire and beyond during the early stages of the 2016 presidential race,
Judge Jeanine Pirro, host of the Fox News Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” criticized Pope Francis for defending illegal immigrant children in the United States while failing to take action on behalf of Christians in the Middle East on her
Saturday on MSNBC’s “Up w/Steve Kornacki,” Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) claimed not only will House Democrats “survive” the 2014 midterm elections, but they will “take back the House.” The Democratic Whip said “We’re going to survive.” He added Democrats will
Friday on HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher told popular scientist and host of the Fox network’s “Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey” Neil DeGrasse Tyson that Republicans don’t like him because he is black. Maher, holding up a critical National Review magazine
While salvaging Qurans from the rubble of the Al-Farouq Mosque in Gaza, junior imam Muhammad Hamad told the New York Times, “This is a house of God” – as though this proved the mosque is a peaceful place of worship.
On July 25, a UPS driver was arrested and faces federal charges for allegedly stealing “dozens of guns to sell… on the black market.” According to the Associated Press, 36-year-old Curtis Hays was charged with “[stealing] packages at the UPS
Jeremy Scahill, the National Security correspondent for the left-wing The Nation magazine, appeared on HuffPo Live and ranted that Israel is responsible for “war crimes” in which “child after child” is killed. The hyperbolic Scahill also accused the U.S. media
