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USA TODAY Column: Bill Gates' Tech Worker Lie

USA TODAY Column: Bill Gates' Tech Worker Lie

From USA Today: Business executives and politicians endlessly complain that there is a “shortage” of qualified Americans and that the U.S. must admit more high-skilled guest workers to fill jobs in STEM fields: science, technology, engineering and math. This claim

Walsh Backtracks on Blaming PTSD for Plagiarism

The phrase ‘stop digging’ comes to mind. Just two days after indicating he may have plagiarized his master’s thesis due to post-traumatic stress disorder, now Montana Democrat U.S. Senator John Walsh said, “I am in no way, no way, tying what

Venezuelan General Arrested on US Warrant for Drug Smuggling

Venezuelan General Arrested on US Warrant for Drug Smuggling

General Hugo Carvajal, a high-ranking retired military general and former chief of Venezuela’s military intelligence, was arrested in Aruba this week on charges of helping Colombian Marxist rebels smuggle cocaine into the United States. Carvaja is expected to be extradited to

'Personhood' Again Roils Colorado Politics

'Personhood' Again Roils Colorado Politics

Proponents of personhood–the political and legal proposition that the unborn child should be recognized as a person entitled to protection under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, thereby making abortion illegal–have hoped that a state would enact a personhood amendment. Such

Jeb Bush: Use Border Crisis to Pass Amnesty Bill

Jeb Bush: Use Border Crisis to Pass Amnesty Bill

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who said that illegal immigration is an “act of love” that should not “rile” up Americans, now believes most of the illegal immigrant children from Central America should be sent back.  But he also called for

Hillary Book Rank Dips Below Two Anti-Clinton Books

Hillary Book Rank Dips Below Two Anti-Clinton Books

If book sales of the last three weeks are any indication, Hillary Clinton’s life is nowhere near as interesting for those who want to know than the internecine warfare between the Clintons and the Obamas. The last three weeks, Clinton’s

World-Renowned Giant Rubber Duck Goes Missing in China

World-Renowned Giant Rubber Duck Goes Missing in China

A giant rubber duck installed on China’s Nanming River has disappeared. The duck, a sculpture by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, was widely acclaimed and warmly received when it arrived in China, but disappeared swiftly from the waters as the river

RealClearPolitics.com Now Owned by Chinese Company

RealClearPolitics.com Now Owned by Chinese Company

Back in 2007 Forbes magazine purchased 51 percent of the then-wildly growing website RealClearPolitics.com. Now, in 2014, a Chinese company has purchased a majority position in Forbes itself. A highly visited site, RealClearPolitics.com was created in Chicago in the year

German Thieves Steal 300,000 Litres of Beer

German Thieves Steal 300,000 Litres of Beer

First the German criminals targeted the sausages, now they’ve gone for the beer: just 24 hours after Breitbart London reported that federal authorities had uncovered a multi-billion euro price-fixing cartel among some of the country’s best known manufacturers of Germany’s

Why Israel Is Winning the PR War (for Now)

Why Israel Is Winning the PR War (for Now)

As Israel begins a limited ground invasion of the Gaza Strip–with orders ” to be prepared for an expansion of the ground action”–it is winning the all-important public relations battle.  That is yet another way in which this Gaza war is

Surrender by Another Name: Obama's Endless Iran Negotiations

Surrender by Another Name: Obama's Endless Iran Negotiations

Just a day after media reports warned that no progress was being made in negotiations between the P5+1 alliance of Western nations and Iran regarding that nation’s illegal nuclear weapons program, US Secretary of State John Kerry cited significant progress

38 Illegal Immigrants Deported, Most Others Expected to Stay

38 Illegal Immigrants Deported, Most Others Expected to Stay

HOUSTON, Texas–Only 38 illegal immigrants–of the tens of thousands who have flooded the border in recent months–were deported to their home countries in Central America on Monday. Most of the migrants who have illegally entered the country since October are expected to be allowed to

National Governors Group Avoids 'Radioactive' Common Core

National Governors Group Avoids 'Radioactive' Common Core

The National Governors Association (NGA) owns the copyright – along with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) – to the Common Core State Standards. When the nationalized standards are mentioned these days, however, many governors would rather change

Rep. Jim Jordan Keeping Pressure on the IRS

Rep. Jim Jordan Keeping Pressure on the IRS

On Wednesday, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen was once again questioned by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Koskinen was brought before the committee this time to explain newly released emails from April 2013 which show Lois Lerner had a