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Oil Train Burning in Downtown Lynchburg, VA

Oil Train Burning in Downtown Lynchburg, VA

In what could have been America’s deadliest oil train disaster, over a dozen crude oil tankers in a 100-car train derailed and caught fire in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia. Police and Homeland Security are evacuating many downtown buildings in a metropolitan

Project Greenlight Reboot: Affleck Returns the Favor

Project Greenlight Reboot: Affleck Returns the Favor

When “Project Greenlight” first aired on HBO in 2001, it was Ben Affleck whose career was in trouble. After 1998’s “Armageddon” it was all downhill. Between cameos and small parts in films like “Shakespeare In Love” (1998) and “Boiler Room”

Gut Check: Save the Lectures

Gut Check: Save the Lectures

In the interest of time (I’m nearly a half century old and have fewer years ahead than I’ve already swallowed up), I do my best to avoid black holes: what I call “time-suck” stories that are so murky and slippery

Obama Proposes Tolls on Interstates Across Nation

Obama Proposes Tolls on Interstates Across Nation

As with many federal accounts, the Highway Trust Fund is running on empty. Refilled with the 18.4-cent per gallon gas tax and disbursed by politicians and bureaucrats in Washington, the federal highway fund faces a $63 billion shortfall through 2018. Texas

Evaluating the Rhetoric of Militarized Borders

Evaluating the Rhetoric of Militarized Borders

Driving along certain parts of our southwest border with Mexico, there is no question that there is a dividing line between our two countries. South of San Diego between San Ysidro and Otay Mesa, California, lies an 18 foot-high steel

Jon Stewart: Palin Wrong on Waterboarding, NRA Wrong on Guns

Jon Stewart: Palin Wrong on Waterboarding, NRA Wrong on Guns

On April 29th, Jon Stewart criticized former Governor Sarah Palin’s support for waterboarding terrorists and the NRA’s ongoing fight to protect the Second Amendment.  According to The Wrap, Stewart focused specifically on Palin’s remarks at the April 25th-27th NRA convention,

Carney Spins, Claims WH Document 'Not About Benghazi'

White House spokesman Jay Carney did his best to spin the revelation yesterday of a new document showing the White House pushed Amb. Susan Rice to blame a video during her Sunday show appearances. The problem is that Carney’s spin

Sultan of Brunei Announces Sharia Law Enforcement

Sultan of Brunei Announces Sharia Law Enforcement

On April 30, the Sultan of Brunei announced “a controversial new penal code” based on sharia law. According to AFP the penal code is being introduced one phase at a time and will eventually “include flogging, amputation, and death by stoning

NBA Can't Legally Terminate Sterling's Ownership

NBA Can't Legally Terminate Sterling's Ownership

On Tuesday, the National Basketball Association released its Constitution and By-laws – and the release of the text demonstrates clearly that despite media reports, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling cannot be voted out of ownership of his team by