Blue Oyster Cult is best known for the classic rock staple (Don’t fear) The Reaper. It’s a great song but, as a fan of the band, I find it unfortunate that many people’s knowledge of their music seems limited to
House Republicans have launched another “Hispanic outreach” initiative. Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) is spearheading the most recent “comprehensive” outreach program. As Roll Call reports, the initiative will focus on a “Spanish-language social-media initiative” in addition to getting the
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced an ad buy to criticize Arkansas’ Democrat Senator Mark Pryor. Pryor, who will be running for a third term in 2014, recently voted against the Toomey-Manchin anti-gun bill, drawing the ire of Bloomberg
(AP) Douglas, Damon dramatize a steamy showbiz affairBy FRAZIER MOOREAP Television WriterNEW YORKThe idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself. Liberace, forever hailed as Mr. Showmanship, was the excess-to-the-max pianist-personality whose onstage and
ESPN is reportedly laying off 400 employees–or roughly 10% of its workforce–on Tuesday. According to a report that originated on TheBigLead.com and the Gawker-owned sports rumor site Deadspin – and picked up by other outlets like Variety and Business Insider
When Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee last Wednesday to provide information on a variety of scandals plaguing the Obama administration, he was also questioned about whether he had ever enforced the federal Born Alive Infants
We are constantly bombarded with judgments of how we live our lives. People who wouldn’t last a day in the shoes of an average American beat us over the head with a non-stop stream of demands and commands on how
During the 2012 election we heard about “Julia,” the woman who benefited from government programs or more specifically from President Obama being in office. What we didn’t hear (because Republicans failed to make the case) was the harm that big
Tea party groups’ allegations that the IRS has long been targeting them for their political beliefs were recently confirmed by an apology from the IRS. The scandal gained traction as congressional leaders began efforts to hold the IRS accountable and
YouTube already stands alone as the web’s most famous distributor of video content. The site specializes in free clips supplemented by a modest lineup of pay-per-view material. Now, the site is getting deeper into the pay arena, launching a series
Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter who got cut on Monday, implied that if he and Brendon Ayanbadejo, who was also released by the Baltimore Ravens earlier this year do not get jobs in the NFL, it would potentially cause
Movie stars are the coin of the realm in Hollywood, but casting recognizable actors in some roles can work against a film. So far, the first official look at The Butler, the new film from director Lee Daniels, finds seeing
On Tuesday, famed physicist Stephen Hawking withdrew from a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in solidarity with an academic boycott against the Jewish state. Hawking, 71, had accepted an invitation to the Facing Tomorrow conference in June in
On Thursday night at 9 PM EDT/6 PM PDT, Breitbart News editor-at-large Ben Shapiro will be appearing on Piers Morgan Live on CNN to discuss a variety of issues ranging from gun control to Mirandizing terror suspects. In Shapiro’s last
LOS ANGELES, May 1 (UPI)–U.S. actor-comedian Kelsey Grammer has signed on to play a villain in the next “Transformers” film starring Mark Wahlberg, Variety reported. The 58-year-old actor, who for two decades portrayed psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the hit
***CLARIFICATION Due to Netflix Streaming losing almost 2,000 streaming titles, Wednesday was dubbed “Streamageddon,” and in the course of the frenzy some misinformation was passed on, including by us. In a game of editorial telephone, we reported what Mashable reported
Jarron Collins (left), who is Jason Collins’s younger twin brother by eight minutes, had absolutely no idea his twin brother was gay until last summer, which was when Jason revealed to Jarron for the first time that he was gay.
On Thursday Fred Smith, CEO of FedEx, a company that consumes “over 1.5 billion gallons” of gasoline per year, told a gathering at the libertarian oriented Cato Institute that “oil has become a geopolitical weapon of choice, both for U.S. interests and against U.S.
By KAREL JANICEKAssociated PressPRADLO DISTILLERY, Czech RepublicThe Scottish peat was put on trucks and trains. The destination was Communist-era Czechoslovakia. The recipient: apparatchiks desperate for a decent whisky. The journey beyond the Iron Curtain during the Cold War turned out
At the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library, President Obama and former President Clinton took to the podium to praise Bush – and in the process, stump for their version of immigration reform. Trying to leverage Republicans into
The NFC East is home to some of the NFL’s most storied franchises, and it is always a highly competitive division. While most will be watching the Eagles and the variety of directions they could go at #4, the Cowboys
The AFC West, one of the NFL’s weakest divisions will set the tone early for the rest of the draft. With the Chiefs picking first, Reggie McKenzie getting his first chance to select in the first round as he seeks
Sci-fi fan website io9 has an interesting article about a meeting of anthropologists, held every year for the last 25 years, in which the best methods for communicating with extraterrestrial life are discussed. Clearly, the appearance of flying saucers in
For Politico, the motivation for the bombers who murdered innocent civilians at the Boston Marathon simply isn’t very clear. Politico asks rhetorically, “Chechens have been locked for nearly two decades in a bitter, violent conflict against the Russian government. But
The bipartisan Senate group pushing immigration reform, dubbed the “Gang of Eight,” dropped their bill at 2:25 a.m. The bill clocks in at 844 pages long, and the group’s dead-of-night filing of it means they missed their deadline. A Senate
