When Randolph-Macon College economics professor David Brat announced a challenge to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Republican primary several months ago, many wrote his campaign off as a quixotic whim that would go nowhere.
Moms’ Night Out co-director Jon Erwin has a simple message for critics who slammed his film for what the stay-at-home mom character supposedly represents. “You’re not offending me and my movie. You’re offending tens of millions of women including my wife,”
The office of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) has announced Jindal will sign a bill expanding concealed carry into restaurants that serve alcohol. The Louisiana Senate “overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that eliminates a long-time ban on guns in restaurants
Breitbart Texas reported this weekend that the Mexican government gave uniforms and assault rifles to hundreds of vigilantes in the country, creating the Rural Police Force. Authorities made the decision in response to the increasingly menacing drug cartels in the country. Recent
TheEducation Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) hascreated quite a stir in Houston ISD. It’sa teacher and principal job performance metric that the district has used previously to award bonuses. However, inthe 2012-13 school year, Houston ISD started using another one of the EVAAScomponents — “value
On May 13th The Washington Post ran a story expressing shock that Americans can buy parts to build their own guns – especially “unfinished receivers” for AR-15s. They even reached out to the ATF for comment on how this allows
On Tuesday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson lashed out at conservative pundits, including author and conservative commentator Ann Coulter, fellow Washington Post columnist George Will and Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume for mocking the #BringBackOurGirls
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A 26-year-old French photojournalist who had spent months documenting deadly conflict in Central African Republic has been killed, the French presidency said Tuesday. Camille Lepage, a freelance photographer whose work was published in major
Kathleen Parker, a Washington Post Republican columnist whose standing among the mainstream press and the D.C. chattering class improved as she spewed vitriol at Sarah Palin and other conservatives, said on Tuesday that Karl Rove ensured Hillary Clinton’s presidential election with his
HOUSTON, Texas–Progress Texas, a pro-Wendy Davis group, published an ad and blog post that attempts to make the case that Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott was potentially responsible for the deaths of cancer patients. Progress Texas attempted to form linkage
In response to Note to Michelle and Hillary — #SaveOurGirls: The Washington Post has a piece today discussing the history of “hashtag activism.” : We’ve all heard this debate before — first over “slacktivism” in the ’90s, then over “clicktivism”
On Saturday, Tea Party activists ousted a top ally of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) from a key Virginia chairmanship in Cantor’s own district, underscoring discontent Cantor is facing from conservative activists at home. Conservatives mobilized against Linwood Cobb
Danny Yatom, the retired director of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency laughed off a much-hyped story in the ‘new’ Newsweek magazine claiming that Israeli spies trailed Al Gore, America’s former Vice President during a Jerusalem visit in 1998. Yatom responded Saturday
With The Washington Post pushing for New Jersey to implement a 2002 smart gun-only mandate based on the Armatix iP1, it is important to point out that such a mandate will effectively turn gun ownership into a rich man’s game.
On May 9th, The Washington Post editorial board argued that New Jersey needs to enact a “Smart Gun” mandate that has been waiting for implementation “for more than a decade.” The mandate is a 2002 New Jersey law which will require
North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reportedly unleashed a variety of racial slurs directed at United States President Barack Obama. The reprehensible verbal rhetoric comes as North Korea prepares its fourth nuclear test. According to The Washington Post, Obama was
On Thursday’s “The Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer weighed the pros and cons of the House Select Committee on Benghazi led by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC). Follow Jeff on Twitter @jeff_poor
While covering the Indiana Pacers-Washington Wizards game, Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise found himself shocked and disgusted by the profanity-laden, race-based rap music blaring throughout the locker room. But when he Tweeted his displeasure, he created controversy instead of
The Obama Administration wants to eliminate jobs and make more people dependent on the government. There simply isn’t any other way to put it. They have turned their sites on for-profit, non-traditional colleges, like trade schools and continuing-ed programs for
Barack Obama received the Ambassador for Humanity award at the USC Shoah [Holocaust] Foundation gala Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, receiving accolades from Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg and reflecting on the memory of the Holocaust, while projecting a sense of
(AFP)–For a non-candidate, Hillary Clinton is on the move, making at least 35 public appearances since January on a circuit that took her from coast to coast, testing out themes for an expected White House run. In the past five
From the Washington Post: One of the biggest challenges for the White House and other political leaders in the future will be grappling with algorithms on search engines and social networks that use a person’s online history and habits to
OK, so the US seems to be losing in Syria and in Ukraine. And not doing too well at curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Nor is it bringing peace to the Israelis and Palestinians. And the economy doesn’t look too good,
On Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist George Will explained why some scientists are reluctant to be out about any skepticism aimed the suggestion climate change is settled science. Follow Jeff on Twitter @jeff_poor
An economist whose research finding increased immigration does not depress the wages of American workers that was touted by liberal pundits received a $50,000 grant from Microsoft in 2011, a company lobbying for amnesty. The economist, Giovanni Peri of the
