Washington D.C. is in desperate need of entry-level jobs and mega retailer Wal-Mart was ready to bring hundreds of such jobs to the Nation’s Capitol. But the city council decided to force a “living wage” requirement on the company despite
The Washington Post reports that a Maryland couple has no regrets about a decision they made to allow their 5-year-old daughter to live as a boy. Now 6, Tyler (formerly known as Kathryn) has been living as a boy after
Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane, wildly ambitious and eager to quickly rise in the ranks of nationally known Democratic politicians, has openly abandoned her responsibility to defend the laws of her state, announcing that she will not defend the state
A California raisin farmer is facing bankruptcy for defying a law requiring him to give the government a portion of his raisin crop without compensation. According to a Washington Post report, Marvin Horne, 68, stopped giving the government his
National security reporter Walter Pincus took to the pages of the Washington Post earlier this week to attack NSA leaker Edward Snowden and by extension Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian reporter who initially broke the story. It is safe to say
When “Gang of Eight” Senator John McCain faced a tough re-election campaign back in 2010, he found an issue that gave him an edge over his Republican primary challenger at a time when anti-incumbent sentiment was running high. McCain
The UK Guardian has enjoyed a traffic spike from its sensationalist story about globetrotting intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, spun as part of the anti-military narrative of leftist journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras. The reason for the traffic spike is clear:
In one of those somewhat silly and portentous “Behind the Curtain” reports Tuesday night, Politico hotshots Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen engaged in a high-profile piece of concern-trolling aimed at goading House Republicans into passing immigration reform. The dynamic left-wing
Democrats and activist groups on the left used the Washington Post‘s Greg Sargent to publicly circulate a target list of House Republicans whom Democrats plan to pressure to try to get the Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration bill or something
A small group of Hong Kong filmmakers have produced a short film on Edward Snowden. The five minute movie was shot over 4 days for a total budget of $550 and released last week on You Tube. So far it
Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour appointed Mohamed ElBaradei, the former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as the country’s interim Prime Minister on Saturday. ElBaradei, a 2005 Nobel Prize Winner, opposed former Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and joined
On July 2, the campaign of 71-year-old Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released a YouTube video attacking his 34-year-old Democratic opponent, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. The unusual campaign ad has already gone viral, attracting more than 400,000 views
Canceled fireworks displays at U.S. military bases are being blamed on sequester-related budget cuts just days after President Barack Obama pledged $7 billion in taxpayer money to fund energy initiatives in Africa. “Expect fewer patriotic displays this July 4, thanks
In his new book “This Town,” New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich describes a concerted effort by the Obama White House to feed negative stories about Rep. Darrel Issa’s past to willing and “trusted” reporters in Washington. The Washington Post has an
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie reportedly threatened to drop an “F-bomb” during his primetime address at last year’s Republican National Convention if organizers shortened his introductory video. The Huffington Post obtained an advance copy of Washington Post reporter Dan Balz’s book on the 2012
The sequester was not so scary after all. That’s the conclusion the Washington Post reached after surveying a list of scary claims the White House promoted just a few months ago. Back in February the White House released an intentionally
Ross Douthat argues in the New York Times this weekend that the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down part of the Voting Rights Act is a boon to the Democrat Party. Douthat believes the Court’s invalidation of a portion of
The Washington Post reports that President Obama lost track of alleged NSA leaker Edward Snowden by relying on attorneys at the DOJ instead of using diplomacy with China and Hong Kong. By the time Obama decided to take advantage of diplomatic
Catholic leaders and writers across the country are reacting to the Supreme Court’s decisions on Wednesday that affect same-sex marriage. The high court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, and the federal government must recognize “gay marriages”
Heritage.org has released a new report that states that the new Common Core “alignment” by the ACT, SAT, and GED exams “raises questions about the impact Common Core will have on private and homeschooled students and their ability to ‘opt
Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D – IL) told Breitbart News on Wednesday he thinks Speaker John Boehner (R – OH) supports passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill. “I think Speaker Boehner wants comprehensive immigration reform. He wants a solution to the
Dershowitz weighed in on Glenn Greenwald’s publication of Snowden’s material Monday night on the Piers Morgan show: Dershowitz: Well it doesn’t border on criminality it’s right in the heartland of criminality. The statute itself does punish the publication of classified
Greg Sargent of The Washington Post has decided that any worries over the IRS intimidation tactics are nothing but “fever swamp” nonsense. In his June 21 post at The Plum Line, Sargent has declared the IRS scandal over. In fact,
President Barack Obama will deliver a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday afternoon in which he will call for new regulations aimed at restricting carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants, not just new ones. Previously, Obama had aimed regulations
A new Washington Post poll released on Tuesday found that 66% of Washington residents and 79% of Redskins fans do not want the football team to change its name. The poll also found that 56% of Washington area adults and 53%
