LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Rooney’s approach to life was simple: “Let’s put on a show!” He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life. A superstar in his
While federal immigration agencies have taken heat for selective “catch and release” protocols in the southern Texas border region as cost-cutting measures, California’s Trust Act is already evidencing significant drops in illegal immigrant deportations since the act’s initial enforcement in
HOUSTON, TEXAS–According to new statistics from the Labor Department, 16,000 new people sought U.S. unemployment benefits. This brought the seasonally adjusted figure to 326,000. In addition, the national employment holds at 6.7 percent. Meanwhile in Texas, the job market is booming and
Tesla Motors recently announced that it is planning to build a “GigaFactory” in order to manufacture batteries for its electric cars. Texas is among the finalist states (along with Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada). In touting Texas as the place
Results of a new study suggest that students with more exposure to homeschooling relative to public schooling tend to be more politically tolerant. This challenges critics of the education option who claim that children can only learn the values of
Hollywood’s Running Out of High Concepts? — — This is the kind of “high-concept” that every wannabe screenwriter has come up with and then was never able to execute or was wise enough to cast aside as too stupid. With
Texas Governor Rick Perry spoke at the grand opening of GEICO’s new claims operation in a west Houston suburb on April 3 with GEICO Chairman Tony Nicely and CEO Warren Buffet to celebrate the new 138,000 square-foot office. Perry stressed
Adam Carolla knows it’s no accident entertainment scribes bring up his “right wing” politics at every turn. The podcast king called out biased entertainment reports during a feisty Q&A with RollingStone.com. The interviewer stirred the pot by asking if Carolla
April 2 (UPI) — A Scottish woman has started using a variety of food products to call attention to some of her neighbors’ unappetizing habits of not picking up after their dogs. Theresa Ritchie has started decorating the left-behind dog poo
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (FRBD), Texas has been home to more job growth than any other state since 2000. This is true for all pay levels said the report, which was released on March 31. One key
1. ‘Noah’ Could Top Out at $110 Million The folks at Box Office Mojo believe “Noah” could top out at $110 million or better in North America. A lot will depend on how it does next weekend. A brutal “C”
Allahpundit at Hot Air has some interesting thoughts on why support for the death penalty reached an all-time national low of 55 percent in the latest Pew survey, versus 38 percent opposed. (Interesting that so many other issues with considerably
Cable and satellite TV distributors (Pay-TV) have secretly declared war on local TV stations who broadcast television programming for free over the air (Free-TV). Pay-TV has chosen a free market flag as its standard and marched into battles over the
1. Critics Pummel Cesar Chavez Biopic For critics to murder “Cesar Chavez” with a 46% Rotten rating, this thing either has to truly suck or be a little too Catholic for critical comfort. Everyone knows that politically correct films are
While Indiana may be the first state to legislatively dump the Common Core standards, the jury is still out on whether the state will simply “rebrand” the nationalized standards, relabeling them with a different name, or make a decided effort
Over at The Federalist, my friend David Harsanyi susses out an organized media campaign to use creationism as a means of frightening secular parents away from school choice: Yes,14 states spend “nearly $1 billion” of taxpayer tuition on “hundreds of
1. Muslim Country Bans ‘Noah’ But Hollywood Will Keep Bashing Christians Indonesia has joined Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates in banning the film “Noah” for religious purposes. Muslims consider Noah a prophet and Sharia Law forbids depicting a
Variety reported Friday “Just days after the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) expressed concerns over potential stereotyping in the pilot for ABC Family‘s ‘Alice in Arabia‘ and requested a meeting with execs, the network has decided not to pursue the show that
On March 22nd, The Economist claimed U.S. police are overly militarized, relying too much and too often on raids by Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) units who were “originally designed to tackle only the most dangerous criminals” but are increasingly
The Iranian government views evangelical Christians as a threat to national security and has imprisoned some of them for up to 8 years, according to a UN report. The report on the human rights situation in Iran also says that
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The NCAA tournament has a new darling after one of the most improbable finishes in the NCAA tournament’s long bracket-busting history. Got Jacks? Pulling off a comeback for the ages, feisty Stephen F. Austin became the
On March 19th–the very day a Hollywood fundraiser for Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) was scheduled to take place–Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and other anti-gun groups objected to raising funds
1. Andy Serkis to Direct ‘Jungle Book’ for Warner Bros You gotta give it to this guy. Andy Serkis makes his name as a performance-capture actor and works his way up to directing an A-picture for Disney. While playing Gollum
Breitbart Texas recently reported on 109 individuals found locked inside an alleged human “stash house” located just outside of Houston city limits. Houston Police Department (HPD) spokesman John Cannon confirmed to Breitbart Texas that five suspected human smugglers were taken into custody
NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks plans to turn more of its cafes into a destination for beer and wine in the evenings. The coffee company says it is looking to expand alcohol sales to “thousands of select stores” over the
