A sniper attack in April 2013 that disabled several transformers at a substation near San Jose, CA was “the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred,” according to officials, and may have been a
The recent overdose of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has served as a catalyst for coverage of the recent wave of bad heroin that has swept across the country and Hoffman isn’t the only one to have died from its use.
On Monday, weaker than expected factory data and continued concerns over emerging markets sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average nosediving 326 points to shave 2.08 percent off the Dow as the S&P 500 posted its worst loss (40.7 points) since
Democrats running for Congress in 2014 are worried that prominent outside groups that are forming to back a potential Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy in 2016 are making it more difficult for them to raise the money that is needed to
During the 2014 Super Bowl, a commercial produced by Coca-Cola aired which caused quite a lot of controversy. The ad featured the song “America The Beautiful,” something in itself that is not surprising. But what caused outrage from some viewers was
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead on Sunday afternoon at his New York City apartment. The New York Post has reported that Hoffman died of an apparent drug overdose, “in the
The Obama administration and its progressive soldiers seem to know no bounds when it comes to seeking political advantage by limiting speech. The Wall Street Journal put it well: “The Obama administration is moving to rein in the influence of
Nearly 140 teachers and administrators of the Philadelphia school district have been implicated in one of the largest cheating scandals in the United States. District officials say they expect to discipline or terminate several district employees in connection with the
Last month, President Barack Obama hailed income inequality as “the defining challenge of our time.” Politico says nervous Democrats are “convinced” the issue will help stave off midterm election losses to Republicans. On Wednesday, however, Obama’s own pollster, Joel Benenson, told
James L. Pollack (no relation), the former finance director for Michele Bachmann’s 2012 presidential campaign, won last week’s Wall Street Journal stock-picking contest, beating thousands of entires, many of them from Wall Street professionals. Then Pollack did something no one has
William Kristol at The Weekly Standard writes: The Wall Street Journal reports that some House Republican leaders: are looking to give illegal immigrants legal status right away, with the chance for a green card–and citizenship–down the line….First, illegal immigrants would be offered
California Gov. Jerry Brown will attempt to divert water from Southen California, which has invested in storage capacity in recent years, to Northern California, which has not. In what local media are already calling a “water war,” the friendly rivalry
President Obama waded lightly through every major issue on Americans’ minds in his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, from war to jobs to salaries in those jobs. But the line of the night–a call to abandon “workplace policies
Port Authority Chairman David Samson is currently one of twenty facing subpoenas from the New Jersey legislature over the closing of lanes on the George Washington Bridge to Fort Lee. He is also being probed, the Bergen Record reports, for
In the space of about twelve hours, two major emerging market economies, Turkey and South Africa, raised interest rates dramatically in order to attract foreign cash flows and shelter their currencies from an ongoing global crisis in confidence. Turkey’s central
The scandal known as BridgeGate continues to wreak havoc on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s public image. A Wall Street Journal/NBC poll reveals that opinion of Christie has reached new levels of negativity with Democrats and moderates, and more and more Americans think he
On January 27th Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych proposed to loosen anti-protest laws and “hold a vote of no confidence in the government.” However, he stopped short of allowing the “snap presidential elections” protesters were demanding. According to The Wall Street
Ahead of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) detailed how the federal government is failing Americans in poverty and mapped out an agenda that would give the private sector and states more flexibility to
The United States State Department has warned U.S. Olympic athletes that wearing team USA colors around Sochi may put them in danger during the Winter Games in two weeks. According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Olympic Committee sent
U.S. military leaders have submitted a proposal to the Obama White House that would leave behind a 10,000-strong military force in Afghanistan after 2014 when the combat mission ends. The Wall Street Journal first reported the plan, and Fox News confirmed it.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell were the first victors in the Tea Party wave, riding fresh conservative enthusiasm–and outrage over Obamacare–to victory in November 2009. The left, predictably, is trying to link Christie’s bullying
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, now facing 14 felony counts on corruption charges, offered up what may be called the “Obama defense” in his response: “If it were applied as the law of the land, then nearly every elected official,
The latest economic indicators continue to suggest that the housing market is slowing due to the twin evils of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform law and the Fed’s low interest rate policies. The former has greatly constricted the availability of
Health insurance industry expert Bob Laszewski says between 70-85 percent of Obamacare “enrollees” have paid their first month’s premium. When insurers finally close their books he anticipates 10-20 percent will have their policies voided for failure to pay. We’ve known
Much like in his first term, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has left his state in the dead of winter and amid a storm of sorts to go to Florida. This time, however, the storm is a political one and
